Charles Dickens - Libros y biografía

Coming-of-age novel that depicts the growth and personal development of an orphan named Pip, who suddenly finds himself owning a large sum of money, given by a mysterious benefactor that will allow him...

A Christmas Carol, one of the Charles Dickens' books most loved, was published by Chapman & Hall on 19 December 1843. It tells the story of old Ebenezer Scrooge (miserable, bitter old man without...

The story traces the life and the formation of David Copperfield. The sad and unfortunate childhood, the growth under the wing of Aunt Betsey to the maturity.

'Marley was dead to begin with.' So begins one of the best-loved and famous Christmas stories that has been filmed, inspired musicals, and plays, and still entertains with a timeless story of transformation...

One of Dickens's best-loved and most autobiographical stories, brilliantly and faithfully dramatised by Alastair Cording.All Dickens's marvellous creations are here: Mr Micawber, Uriah Heep, Mrs Peggotty,...

A beautifully simple adaptation of one of Dickens's best-loved novels, bringing it thrillingly to life for the stage.When the orphan Pip meets the convict Magwitch in a graveyard and is forced to help...

A spine-chilling play by Hugh Janes, based on several original ghost stories by Charles Dickens.In an ancient, crumbling mansion, sheltering from the howling winds that tear across the surrounding desolate...

Best known for enduring classics such as Oliver Twist and A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens also wrote a number of short stories and novellas, often neglected today. A House to Let is one such story,...

The second in Dickens' Christmas novels, The Chimes is the story of a poor ticket porter, whose outlook is changed from despair to hope by the spirits of the chimes on New Year's Eve. In the second of...

A gritty adaptation of Dickens' least sentimental love story with a cast of some of his most unforgettable characters.Whilst at his parents' graveside, Pip is accosted by Magwitch, a convict escaped from...

Il Cantico di Natale (A Christmas Carol), noto anche come Canto di Natale o Ballata di Natale, è una delle opere più famose e popolari di Charles Dickens. È il più importante della serie dei Libri di...

"Oliver Twist" is the second novel by English author Charles Dickens and was first published as a serial 1837–39. Charles Dickens (7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English writer and social critic. 

Our Mutual Friend was Charles Dickens' last completed novel, and some believe his most sophisticated. A young man discovers that he must marry a mercenary young woman before he can claim his inheritance....

Charles Dickens' work is ranked among the finest writing in the Western canon, and the author specialized in seasonal stories to warm the hearts of his adoring fans during the holiday season. This collection...

The most gorgeously theatrical of all Dickens’s novels, Nicholas Nickleby follows the delightful adventures of a hearty young hero in nineteenth-century England. Nicholas, a gentleman's son fallen upon...

Though he ranked as the most popular Victorian-era novelist by far, Charles Dickens craved creative innovation and often collaborated with other writers of the era. This clever collection of collaborative...

Set in Victorian London, this is a tale of a spirited young innocent's unwilling but inevitable recruitment into a scabrous gang of thieves. Masterminded by the loathsome Fagin, the underworld crew features...

Il "Canto di Natale" ("A Christmas Carol: A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In"), noto anche come "Cantico di Natale", "Ballata di Natale" o "Racconto di Natale", è...

It is a work of satire on the shortcomings of the government and society of the period. Much of Dickens' ire is focused upon the institutions of debtors' prisons—in which people who owed money were imprisoned,...

In his "Ghostly little book," Charles Dickens invents the modern concept of Christmas Spirit and offers one of the world's most adapted and imitated stories. We know Ebenezer Scrooge, Tiny Tim, and the...

Il Canto di Natale è forse il racconto più popolare di Charles Dickens. Scritto nel 1843-48, narra la storia di Scrooge, un uomo avaro e cattivo che si rifiuta di festeggiare il Natale. La sera della...

Raised in squalor in the marsh country of Kent, the orphan Pip is taken under the wing of the eccentric and reclusive Miss Havisham—only to blindly give his heart to the dowager’s beautiful but ice-cold...

The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit is, according to Dickens, a novel about selfishness. And every member of the Chuzzlewit family is given the chance to display their own brand thereof, among...

Oliver Twist is born an orphan and grows up handed from bad position to worse. Eventually he ends up in the London street gang run by Fagin, who attempts to blacken the boy's pure soul in his service....

"The Christmas Goblins" is a Christmas novella by Charles Dickens. Charles Dickens (7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English writer and social critic.

(Special Christmas layout edition.) In his "Ghostly little book," Charles Dickens invents the modern concept of Christmas Spirit and offers one of the world’s most adapted and imitated stories. We know...

A true Christmas classic for all ages: On Christmas Eve, as the miserly Scrooge broods over his hatred of the season, the ghost of his business partner, Marley, appears. Over the course of the evening,...

Master Humprey, a lonely London man, decides to start up a club where the members would read aloud the manuscripts that Master Humphrey kept in an old longcase clock. The members include Mr Pickwick,...

With A to Z Classics, discover or rediscover all the classics of literature. Contains Active Table of Contents (HTML) In his "Ghostly little book," Charles Dickens invents the modern concept of Christmas...

Although he is now revered as the author of such long-form masterworks as Great Expectations, Charles Dickens' short stories ranked among his most popular creative endeavors during his lifetime. Like...