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Our Mutual Friend, Dickens last complete novel, gives one of his most comprehensive and penetrating accounts of Victorian society. Its vision of a culture stifled by materialistic values emerges not just through its central narratives, but through its apparently incidental characters and scenes. The chief of its several plots centres on John Harmon who returns to England as his fathers heir. He is believed drowned under suspicious circumstances - a situation convenient to his wish for anonymity until he can evaluate Bella Wilfer whom he must marry to secure his inheritance. The story is filled with colourful characters and incidents - the faded aristocrats and parvenus gathered at the Veneerings dinner table, Betty Higden and her terror of the workhouse and the greedy plottings of Silas Wegg.

Master Humphreys Clock was the title of the weekly periodical in which The Old Curiosity Shop and Barnaby Rudge were originally published. Begun in 1840, the narrative comprises a series of short stories, with the two novels following. In the periodical, Master Humphrey starts a club in which the members read to one another. One of the members of this club is Mr. Pickwick, of The Pickwick Papers. A mirror club, run by Sam Weller, another character from The Pickwick Papers, meets in Mr Humphreys kitchen and is called Mr Wellers Watch.

There happened to be on board the steamboat several gentlemen passengers, of the same stamp as Martins New York friend Mr Bevan; and in their society he was cheerful and happy. They released him as well as they could from the intellectual entanglements of Mrs Hominy; and exhibited, in all they said and did, so much good sense and high feeling, that he could not like them too well.If this were a republic of Intellect and Worth, he said, instead of vapouring and jobbing, they would not want the levers to keep it in motion.Having good tools, and using bad ones, returned Mr Tapley, would look as ifthey was rather a poor sort of carpenters, sir, wouldnt it?Martin nodded. As if their work were infinitely above their powers and purpose, Mark; and they botched it in consequence.The best on it is, said Mark, that when they do happen to make a decent stroke; such as better workmen, with no such opportunities, make every day of their lives and think nothing ofthey begin to sing out so surprising loud.Take notice of my words, sir. If ever the defaulting part of this here country pays its debtsalong of finding that not paying em wont do in a commercial point of view, you see, and is inconvenient in its consequencestheyll take such a shine out of it, and make such bragging speeches, that a man might suppose no borrowed money had ever been paid afore, since the world was first begun. Thats the way they gammon each other, sir. Bless you, I knowem. Take notice of my words, now!You seem to be growing profoundly sagacious! cried Martin, laughing.Whether that is, thought Mark, because Im a days journey nearer Eden, and am brightening up afore I die, I cant say. Prhaps by the time I get there I shall have growed into a prophet.He gave no utterance to these sentiments; but the excessive joviality they inspired within him, and the merriment they brought upon his shining face, were quite enough for Martin. Although he might sometimes profess to make light of his partners inexhaustible cheerfulness, and might sometimes, as in the case of Zephaniah Scadder, find him too jocose a commentator, he was always sensible of the effect of his example in rousing him to hopefulness and courage. Whether he were in the humour to profit by it, mattered not a jot. It was contagious, and he could not choose but be affected.

Hard Times: For These Times (commonly known as Hard Times) is the tenth novel by Charles Dickens, first published in 1854. The book surveys English society and satirises the social and economic condi

Originally published by Charles Dickens in the mid-1800s, "The Childs Story" is a timeless account of the journey we all take, from carefree childhood and spontaneous youth, through adulthood and marriage, and into our golden years. Now, almost 150 years after its original publication, acclaimed artist Harvey Chan adds his stirring images to Dickenss classic words, creating a unique and powerful reading experience thats ideal for children of all ages.

One of Charles Dickens Christmas Stories (Golden Deer Classics)

A Charles Dickens short story about the perception of Christmas as we get older.

This book, newly updated, contains now several HTML tables of contents that will make reading a real pleasure!This book contains the complete novels of Charles Dickens in the chronological order of their original publication.- A Christmas Carol- The Chimes - The Cricket on the Hearth- The Battle of Life- The Haunted Man and the Ghosts Bargain The Christmas Stories:- A Christmas Tree- What Christmas is as we Grow Older- The Poor Relations Story- The Childs Story- The Schoolboys Story- Nobodys Story- The Seven Poor Travellers- The Holly-Tree- Wreck of the Golden Mary- The Perils of Certain English Prisoners- Going into Society- A Message From the Sea- Tom Tiddlers Ground- Somebodys Luggage- Mrs. Lirripers Lodgings- Mrs. Lirripers Legacy- Doctor Marigold- Mugby Junction- No Thoroughfare

This ebook compiles Charles Dickens greatest writings, including novels, novellas and short stories such as "Great Expectations", "David Copperfield", "The Jewel of Seven Stars", "A Christmas Carol" and "The Signal-Man".This edition has been professionally formatted and contains several tables of contents. The first table of contents (at the very beginning of the ebook) lists the titles of all novels included in this volume. By clicking on one of those titles you will be redirected to the beginning of that work, where youll find a new TOC that lists all the chapters and sub-chapters of that specific work.

The Haunted Man and the Ghosts Bargain, A Fancy for Christmas-Time (better known as The Haunted Man and the Ghosts Bargain or simply as The Haunted Man) is a novella by Charles Dickens first published in 1848. It is the fifth and last of Dickenss Christmas novellas. The story is more about the spirit of the holidays than about the holidays themselves, harking back to the first in the series, A Christmas Carol. The tale centres on a Professor Redlaw and those close to him.Redlaw is a teacher of chemistry who often broods over wrongs done him and grief from his past.He is haunted by a spirit, who is not so much a ghost as Redlaws phantom twin and is "an awful likeness of himself...with his features, and his bright eyes, and his grizzled hair, and dressed in the gloomy shadow of his dress..." This spectre appears and proposes to Redlaw that he can allow him to "forget the sorrow, wrong, and trouble you have known...to cancel their remembrance..." Redlaw is hesitant at first, but finally agrees.As a consequence of the ghosts intervention, Redlaw is without memories of the painful incidents from his past. He experiences a universal anger that he cannot explain. His bitterness spreads to the Swidgers, the Tetterbys and his student. All become as wrathful as Redlaw himself. The only one who is able to avoid the bitterness is Milly.With this realization, the novel concludes with everyone back to normal and Redlaw, like Ebenezer Scrooge, a changed, more loving man. Now a whole person, Redlaw learns to be humble at Christmas.

Un ominoso fantasma sobre las vías del tren, cuyas apariciones desde un túnel tenebroso anuncian tragedia y muerte, atormenta al protagonista de El guardavía. Estamos ante una muestra de la prolífica dedicación que Charles Dickens dispensó a las historias de terror narradas al calor del hogar, una prueba de su atención a la cultura popular, pero también de su papel en la exploración de la psique victoriana, siempre tensada por dualidades: la tradición rural y la revolución industrial, lo espiritual y lo científico, el relato bíblico y Darwin.

Mr. Pickwicks Christmas tells about the Pickwickians adventures at the Manor Farm during winter holidays. A good-humored Christmas chapter, containing an account of a wedding, and some other sports beside, which although in their way, even as good customs as marriage itself, are not quite so religiously kept up, in these degenerate times. It also contains the story of the Goblins who stole a Sexton and tale on how the Pickwickians made and cultivated the acquaintance of a couple of nice young men belonging to one of the liberal professions; how they disported themselves on the ice; and how their visit came to a conclusion.

It was the best of times,it was the worst of times,it was the age of wisdom,it was the age of foolishness,it was the epoch of belief,it was the epoch of incredulity,it was the season of Light,it was the season of Darkness,it was the spring of hope,it was the winter of despair,we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only.

My fathers family name being Pirrip, and my Christian name Philip, my infant tongue could make of both names nothing longer or more explicit than Pip. So, I called myself Pip, and came to be called Pip.I give Pirrip as my fathers family name, on the authority of his tombstone and my sister,Mrs. Joe Gargery, who married the blacksmith. As I never saw my father or my mother, and never saw any likeness of either of them (for their days were long before the days of photographs), my first fancies regarding what they were like were unreasonably derived from their tombstones.

Em "As Vozes dos Sinos", Dickens denuncia as desigualdades sociais, no período da Revolução Industrial, chamando a atenção para os orfanatos imundos, os asilos e as prisões superlotadas, a miséria, a

Numa pequena cidade de Inglaterra, uma jovem dá à luz um menino e morre em seguida. O pequeno órfão recebe o nome de Oliver Twist e vive os seus primeiros nove anos em instituições de caridade. Não s

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 brutal oppression of the French aristocracy in the years leading up to the revolution, and the corresponding savage brutality demonstrated by the revolutionaries toward the former aristocrats in the early years of the revolution. It follows the lives of several protagonists through these events, most notably Charles Darnay, a French once-aristocrat who falls victim to the indiscriminate wrath of the revolution despite his virtuous nature, and Sydney Carton, a dissipated English barrister who endeavours to redeem his ill-spent life out of love for Darnays wife, Lucie Manette.

I have endeavoured in this Ghostly little book to raise the Ghost of an Idea which shall not put my readers out of humour with themselves, with each other, with the season, or with me. May it haunt their house pleasantly, and no one wish to lay it.Their faithful Friend and Servant,C. D.December, 1843.

David nasce pouco depois da morte do seu pai. A mãe, Clara, é fraca, mas ama-o. Quando David tem nove anos, ela casa de novo com um homem cruel e disciplinador que acaba por ser responsável pela sua

This carefully crafted ebook: "Hard Times: For These Times (Unabridged)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Hard Times For These Times (commonly known as Hard Times) is the tenth novel by Charles Dickens, first published in 1854. The book tells the tragic story of Louisa Gradgrind and her father. When Louisa, trapped in a loveless marriage, falls prey to an idle seducer, the crisis forces her father to reconsider his cherished system. Yet even as the development of the story reflects Dickenss growing pessimism about human nature and society, Hard Times marks his return to the theme which had made his early works so popular: the amusements of the people. Charles John Huffam Dickens ( 1812 1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the worlds most memorable fictional characters and is generally regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian period. During his life, his works enjoyed unprecedented fame, and by the twentieth century his literary genius was broadly acknowledged by critics and scholars. His novels and short stories continue to be widely popular.