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"Nicholas Nickleby", the third novel by Charles Dickens first published in the serial format from 1838 to 1839, follows the life of young Nicholas Nickleby. Nicholas Nickleby, an 18-year-old gentlemans son, is left to take care of his mother and his beautiful sister Kate after his fathers death. His father left them no money, and his dying wish was that the family goes to London and turns to help to his brother Ralph, a well-to-do businessman.Uncle Ralph is not at all happy about Nicholas, Kate, and Mrs. Nickleby showing up on his doorstep, but he feels obligated to do something for them. He finds them a place to live and helps Nicholas to get a job as a headmasters assistant at Dotheboys Hall, a boarding school for boys in Yorkshire. Mr. Squeers, the headmaster, turns out to be a monster terribly abusing the students, especially one older boy, a poor cripple named Smike. One day, when the boy is once again being beaten, Nicholas interferes, thrashes the headmaster, and runs away from the school. Smike joins him.They travel to Portsmouth, where they are unexpectedly invited to join a theatre as actors. Things seem to go well, until Nicholas learns that his sister Kate is in trouble. Uncle Ralph, under whose protection the young lady was left, is using her to entertain his rich clients, caring little for her discomfort when those clients advances go too far. Nicholas rushes back to London to defend the honour of his sister."Nicholas Nickleby" is Dickens commentary on the educational system in place in England when he was growing up. In it he uses "Dotheboys Hall" as the school setting where his main character, who is a teachers aide, finally rebels at the evil of his boss and strikes out on his own. Another powerful social commentary, and one that led directly to legislation to correct the perceptions/situations Dickens identifies.

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Cualquier época del año es un gran momento para reencontrarse con esta clásica novela de Charles Dickens protagonizada por el avaro señor Scrooge y los ya célebres espíritus de la Navidad Pasada, la Navidad Presente y la Navidad Futura. Un cálido relato que nos invita a tomar en consideración las cosas que realmente tienen un gran valor en la vida. El señor Scrooge vive sumido en su codicia y parece odiar a todo aquel que es feliz. No tiene amigos, no visita a su escasa familia, solo se preocupa por ganar más y más dinero y ninguna caridad parece conmover su corazón, ni siquiera en Navidad. Pero aún está a tiempo de cambiar. O eso es lo que intentarán hacerle ver los tres espíritus que lo visitan en la noche de Navidad.

En “La pequeña Dorrit”, nos trasladamos, como en casi todas las novelas de Dickens, a Londres, donde nos encontramos a Amy Dorrit, una chica de 22 años con aspecto aniñado, que vive en la cárcel de d

In his "Ghostly little book," Charles Dickens invents the modern concept of Christmas Spirit and offers one of the worlds most adapted and imitated stories. We know Ebenezer Scrooge, Tiny Tim, and the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future, not only as fictional characters, but also as icons of the true meaning of Christmas in a world still plagued with avarice and cynicism.

"The Mystery of Edwin Drood" is an unfinished novel by Charles Dickens, published posthumously in 1870. Only 6 of the 12 projected parts had been completed by the time of Dickenss death.Although Dickens had included touches of the gothic and horrific in his earlier works, "The Mystery of Edwin Drood" was his only true mystery story. He left few clues as to how he intended to end the work, and the solution itself remains a mystery.Edwin Drood is the ward of Jack Jasper, the choirmaster of Cloisterham and an outwardly respectable opium addict. Jasper secretly loves Droods fiancee, Rosa Bud. Drood and Rosa no longer love each other and break their engagement. Drood disappears soon thereafter. Neville Landless, also in love with Rosa, is arrested for Droods murder but is released when no body is found. Jasper confesses his love to Rosa and threatens to incriminate Neville unless she returns his love. Datchery, a stranger, arrives, shadowing and vexing Jasper...(Source: britannica.com)

Never published in its authors lifetime and intended solely for his own children, to whom he read it every Christmas, The Life of Our Lord is an accessible and gently humorous take on the life of Jesus Christ and his teachings. Far removed from the sharp satire and social dimension of his more famous writings, but showcasing his characteristic humanity and genius for storytelling, this is both an essential work for those wanting to see a different, more intimate side to Dickens and a timeless retelling for children and adults alike.

One of Dickens's greatest novels, Great Expectations is also one of his most autobiographical stories, as the young protagonist Pip escapes from his troubled childhood experiences to learn for himself the perils of love, the dangers of wealth, and how to sort his friends from his enemies. Just as Dickens never quite recovered from the traumas of the debtor's prison and child labor, so Pip learns that his early life cut more deeply than he realizes, with unavoidable consequences. Through the lives of its unforgettable charactersPip, Magwitch, Miss Havisham, EstellaGreat Expectations charts the course of an England undergoing rapid social and economic change, and tells a tale that is among the foremost classics of the English language.

"Bleak House" is a satirical story written by Charles Dickens in 1853 and considered to be among the his best work."Bleak House" is the story of the Jarndyce family, who wait in vain to inherit money from a disputed fortune in the settlement of the extremely long-running lawsuit of Jarndyce and Jarndyce. The story of a number of people whose lives are consumed by a court case."Bleak House", like many of Dickens writings, is about various social issues. The novel is pointedly critical of Englands Court of Chancery, in which cases could drag on through decades of convoluted legal manoeuvring.

Cuentan que una frutera del mercado de Londres, al conocerse la muerte de Dickens, exclamó: "¿Ha muerto Dickens? Entonces, ¿morirá también Papá Noel?".Una Navidad sin Dickens sería, ciertamente, como una Navidad sin Papa Noel, sin villancicos, sin el mejor de los regalos posibles. Cancion de Navidad ha pasado a la historia como el compendio del estilo dickensiano, marcado por el realismo, la recreacion de los sentimientos y el halito poetico que embellece sus descripciones.Estamos ante un conocidisimo cuento cuya estructura se ha convertido ya en un arquetipo, ante un estremecedor relato en el que se combinan con singular acierto el realismo con elementos de la novela gotica (el misterio, el horror, el milagro) y una sensibilidad literaria inigualable.La sola mencion del avaro mister Scrooge y de los sucesivos fantasmas que le visitan evoca en todo lector un ambiente acogedor e inolvidable.Una lectura imprescindible, sobre todo en epoca navideña. Edicion conmemorando el bicentenario del nacimiento de Dickens en 2012.

Pocas veces como en "Grandes esperanzas" se presenta con más plenitud la oportunidad de poder entregarse al placer de leer por leer. En efecto, las venturas y desventuras que desde su infancia y en las primeras lineas empieza a contarnos el huerfano Pip nos arrastran con la fuerza de un rio hasta un final feliz -concesion a las convenciones de la epoca-, aunque teñido de normalidad y melancolia. Entre tanto, y mientras transcurre a lo largo de los años el relato que de su vida nos hace el protagonista, Charles Dickens despliega ante nosotros una galeria inolvidable de personajes -la brutal hermana de Pip y su marido, el sencillo Joe Gargery; la dulce Biddy, la extravagante señorita. Havisham, la desdeñosa y cruel Estella...- sometidos a las innumerables contingencias de la vida y de la naturaleza humana: temores, culpas, amores contrariados, accidentes, golpes de fortuna, ilusiones y frustraciones, descubrimientos imprevistos y pequeñas aventuras que dibujan una de las novelas mas redondas del escritor ingles.Traduccion de Miguel Angel Perez PerezPocas veces como en "Grandes esperanzas" se presenta con más plenitud la oportunidad de poder entregarse al placer de leer por leer. En efecto, las venturas y desventuras que desde su infancia y en las primeras lineas empieza a contarnos el huerfano Pip nos arrastran con la fuerza de un rio hasta un final feliz -concesion a las convenciones de la epoca-, aunque teñido de normalidad y melancolia. Entre tanto, y mientras transcurre a lo largo de los años el relato que de su vida nos hace el protagonista, Charles Dickens despliega ante nosotros una galeria inolvidable de personajes -la brutal hermana de Pip y su marido, el sencillo Joe Gargery; la dulce Biddy, la extravagante señorita. Havisham, la desdeñosa y cruel Estella...- sometidos a las innumerables contingencias de la vida y de la naturaleza humana: temores, culpas, amores contrariados, accidentes, golpes de fortuna, ilusiones y frustraciones, descubrimientos imprevistos y pequeñas aventuras que dibujan una de las novelas mas redondas del escritor ingles.Traduccion de Miguel Angel Perez Perez

Illustrates the condition of England through the author's depiction of the fictional northern city of Coketown. In "Hard Times", Dickens illustrates the condition of England through his depiction of the fictional northern city of Coketown. Among its inhabitants are Thomas Gradgrind, the utilitarian headmaster who attempts to impose his rigid worldview on his family circle, and the uncaring businessman Mr Bounderby. Their materialist philosophies, as opposed to the world of 'fancy', or imagination, are tested throughout the novel, which also explores workers' conditions in factories, trade unions and the spurious use of statistics. Perhaps the most polemical of his major novels - in which hard-biting satire, moving drama and exuberant comedy find a very succinct and powerful expression - "Hard Times" is possibly the best introduction to the world of Charles Dickens.