Charles Dickens - Libros y biografía

Lançado em 1859, Um conto de duas cidades nos leva em uma intensa viagem histórica pela Inglaterra e pela França do final do século XVIII, trazendo como pano de fundo os acontecimentos que eclodiram na...

Oliver Twist ou história de um órfão é um dos maiores clássicos da literatura inglesa. Aqui, acompanhamos a história de um menino órfão e pouco sortudo, que perdeu a mãe no nascimento. O personagem passa,...

A Tale of Two Cities (1859) is the second historical novel by Charles Dickens, set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution. It depicts the plight of the French proletariat under the...

The Trial For Murder, written in 1865, is a short story by Charles Dickens. It is one of Dickens' ghost stories, and is perhaps the best known outside of "A Christmas Carol."

CANTO DI NATALE (A Christmas Carol) è uno dei racconti più celebri di Charles Dickens, e uno dei più famosi dedicati a quella che è la ricorrenza dei buoni sentimenti per eccellenza: il Natale. Buoni...

After eighteen years as a political prisoner in the Bastille, the ageing Doctor Manette is finally released and reunited with his daughter in England. There the lives of two very different men, Charles...

The 'terrible mistake' was the contemporary utilitarian philosophy, expounded in "Hard Times" (1854) as the Philosophy of Fact by the hard-headed disciplinarian Thomas Gradgrind. But the novel, Dickens's...

Oliver Twist, or The Parish Boy's Progress, is the second novel by Charles Dickens, and was first published as a serial 1837–39. The story is of the orphan Oliver Twist, who starts his life in a workhouse...

The sensational bestselling story of Little Nell, the beautiful child thrown into a shadowy, terrifying world, seems to belong less to the history of the Victorian novel than to folklore, fairy tale,...

A rare detective story by one of the greatest writers in the English language A mysterious man named Julius Slinkton enters the life of Mr. Sampson, the manager of a life assurance office.

When Nicholas Nickleby is left penniless after his father's death, he appeals to his wealthy uncle to help him find work and to protect his mother and sister. But Ralph Nickleby proves both hard-hearted...

Set against the backdrop of the Gordon Riots of 1780, "Barnaby Rudge" is a story of mystery and suspense which begins with an unsolved double murder and goes on to involve conspiracy, blackmail, abduction...

The greed of his family has led wealthy old Martin Chuzzlewit to become suspicious and misanthropic, leaving his grandson and namesake to make his own way in the world. And so young Martin sets out from...

Charles Dickens - Hard Times For These Times (commonly known as Hard Times) is the tenth novel by Charles Dickens, first published in 1854. The book appraises English society and is aimed at highlighting...

Questo romanzo storico, anche se non tra i più conosciuti di Dickens, è diventato negli anni il testo più venduto al mondo, segno dell’impegno sociale descritto dalle vicende storiche di due famiglie,...

Weihnachten naht. Die schönste Zeit des Jahres, wenn es am Abend zeitig dunkel wird, der Schnee um die Häuser weht und die Familie gemeinsam bei Kakao beisammen sitzt. Doch eines darf dabei nicht fehlen:...

Our Mutual Friend (written in the years 186465) is the last novel completed by Charles Dickens and is one of his most sophisticated works, combining psychological insight with social analysis. It centres...

A Christmas Carol (1843) is a short fantasy novel. Set in London, the tale tells the story of the conversion of the old and stingy financier Ebenezer Scrooge into a generous and nice man, after the visit,...

Night is generally my time for walking. In the summer I often leave home early in the morning, and roam about fields and lanes all day, or even escape for days or weeks together; but, saving in the country,...

We intend this Collection of Letters to be a Supplement to the "Life of Charles Dickens," by John Forster. That work, perfect and exhaustive as a biography, is only incomplete as regards correspondence;...

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La collana “Coffeebook” nasce idealmente con il preciso intento di voler offrire la lettura di un classico della letteratura al prezzo di un solo caffè. David Copperfield (il tit. originale èThe Personal...

La collana “Coffeebook” nasce idealmente con il preciso intento di voler offrire la lettura di un classico della letteratura al prezzo di un solo caffè. Oliver Twist, o Le avventure di Oliver Twist (Oliver...

La collana “Coffeebook” nasce idealmente con il preciso intento di voler offrire la lettura di un classico della letteratura al prezzo di un solo caffè. Il Circolo Pickwick (The Posthumous Papers of the...

La collana “Coffeebook” nasce idealmente con il preciso intento di voler offrire la lettura di un classico della letteratura al prezzo di un solo caffè. Nicholas Nickleby, pubblicato in Italia anche con...

A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In, a short novel by Charles Dickens, was written and published in 1844, one year after A Christmas Carol. It is the second in his...

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A Tale of Two Cities (1859) is a novel by Charles Dickens, set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution. The novel depicts the plight of the French peasantry demoralized by the French...

Dieses E-Book ist mit einem detaillierten und dynamischen Inhaltsverzeichnis versehen und wurde sorgfältig Korrektur gelesen. Charles John Huffam Dickens, FRSA (als Pseudonym auch "Boz"; * 7. Februar...

Oliver Twist, or The Parish Boy's Progress, is the second novel by Charles Dickens, and was first published as a serial 1837–39. The story is of the orphan Oliver Twist, who starts his life in a workhouse...