Charles - Libros y biografía

"Il Circolo Pickwick" fu il primo romanzo dello scrittore inglese Charles Dickens. Viene considerato uno dei capolavori della letteratura britannica. L'opera vuole essere un resoconto dei viaggi che il...

"The Old Curiosity Shop" is a novel by Charles Dickens. The plot follows the life of Nell Trent and her grandfather, both residents of The Old Curiosity Shop in London.   Charles John Huffam Dickens (7...

"On the Origin of Species", published on 24 November 1859, is a work of scientific literature by Charles Darwin which is considered to be the foundation of evolutionary biology. The book was written for...

‘Now, what I want is, Facts. Teach these boys and girls nothing but Facts. Facts alone are wanted in life. Plant nothing else, and root out everything else. You can only form the minds of reasoning animals...

Edwin Drood is contracted to marry orphan Rosa Bud when he comes of age, but when they find that duty has gradually replaced affection, they agree to break off the engagement. Shortly afterwards, in the...

When Arthur Clennam returns to England after many years abroad, he takes a kindly interest in Amy Dorrit, his mother's seamstress, and in the affairs of Amy's father, William Dorrit, a man of shabby grandeur,...

A satiric masterpiece about the allure and peril of money, "Our Mutual Friend" revolves around the inheritance of a dust-heap where the rich throw their trash. When the body of John Harmon, the dust-heap’s...

To Paul Dombey, business is all and money can do anything. He runs his family life as he runs his firm: coldly, calculatingly and commercially. The only person he cares for is his frail son, grooming...

Charles King (October 12, 1844 in Albany, New York – March 17, 1933 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) was a United States soldier and a distinguished writer. King was the son of Civil War general Rufus King, grandson...

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:...

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:...

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...

King was the son of Civil War general Rufus King, grandson of Columbia University president Charles King, and great grandson of Rufus King, who was one the signers of the United States Constitution on...

Charles King was a United States soldier and a distinguished writer. King was the son of Civil War general Rufus King, grandson of Columbia University president Charles King, and great grandson of Rufus...

Charles King was a United States soldier and a distinguished writer. King was the son of Civil War general Rufus King, grandson of Columbia University president Charles King, and great grandson of Rufus...

traduzione di giovanni fazzini scritti di giovanni fazzini e gianluca montinaro a cura e con un saggio di massimo gatta L’ultima novella di Charles Nodier, dedicata ad Aldo Manuzio, pubblicata postuma....

Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species, in which he writes of his theories of evolution by natural selection, is one of the most important works of scientific study ever published.

Great Expectations is Charles Dickens's thirteenth novel and his penultimate (completed) novel; a bildungsroman which depicts the personal growth and personal development of an orphan nicknamed Pip. It...

Charles King (October 12, 1844 in Albany, New York – March 17, 1933 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) was a United States soldier and a distinguished writer. King was the son of Civil War general Rufus King, grandson...

"Dickens’ most compactly perfect book." —George Bernard Shaw "‘Great Expectations’ has the most wonderful and most perfectly worked-out plot for a novel in the English language." —John Irving "The most...

Thirty years ago, Marseilles lay burning in the sun, one day. A blazing sun upon a fierce August day was no greater rarity in southern France then, than at any other time, before or since. Everything...

Great Expectations is a novel by Charles Dickens first serialised in All the Year Round from 1 December 1860 to August 1861. It is regarded as one of his greatest and most sophisticated novels, and is...

Under none of the accredited ghostly circumstances, and environed by none of the conventional ghostly surroundings, did I first make acquaintance with the house which is the subject of this Christmas...

An ancient English Cathedral Tower? How can the ancient English Cathedral tower be here! The well known massive gray square tower of its old Cathedral? How can that be here! There is no spike of rusty...

Magie, druidisme, satanisme et alchimie, Ch. Louandre retrace l'histoire fascinante de la sorcellerie, de ses croyances et de ses instruments. Le texte est suivi d'un article du même auteur sur le...

Charles King (October 12, 1844 in Albany, New York – March 17, 1933 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) was a United States soldier and a distinguished writer. King was the son of Civil War general Rufus King, grandson...

Charles Dickens pubblicò questo fortunatissimo romanzo storico nel 1859 sulla rivista inglese da lui fondata «All the Year Round». Da allora, questo libro conobbe un enorme successo, vendendo oltre 200...

'Lord Kilgobbin' appeared originally as a serial, (illustrated by Luke Fildes) in 'The Cornhill Magazine,' commencing in the issue for October 1870, and ending in the issue for March 1872. It was first...

Content: 1 - PROSPERITY 2 - THE TWELVE POWERS OF MAN 3 - DYNAMICS FOR LIVING 4 - TEACH US TO PRAY 5 - MYSTERIES OF JOHN 6 - MYSTERIES OF GENESIS 7 - ATOM-SMASHING POWER OF MIND 8 - TALKS ON TRUTH 9 -...

I have been looking on, this evening, at a merry company of children assembled round that pretty German toy, a Christmas Tree. The tree was planted in the middle of a great round table, and towered high...