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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, long imprisoned for debt in the Marshalsea.

Edited with an introduction by John Bowen Based on the first one-volume publication Reproduces all original illustrations Appendices include a map of London at the time of the Gordon Riots 'The mob began to join and whirl, and with loud yells, and shouts … bestirred themselves to feed the fire, and keep it at its height' 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 and retribution. Through the course of the novel fathers and sons become opposed, apprentices plot against their masters and anti-Catholic mobs rampage through the streets. And, as London erupts into riot, Barnaby Rudge himself struggles to escape the curse of his own past. With its dramatic descriptions of public violence and private horror, its strange secrets and ghostly doublings, Barnaby Rudge is a powerful, disturbing blend of historical realism and Gothic melodrama. This edition is based on the first one-volume publication of Barnaby Rudge, reproducing all the original illustrations. Appendices include a map of London at the time of the Gordon Riots and the preface to the 1868 edition.

The tale of the orphan, Pip, and his mysterious benefactor provides a grotesque but pointed comedy that explores the many levels of English society with insight and sympathy as well as a satiric eye. Considered by many to be Dickens's best novel, GREAT EXPECTATIONS is the story of a young man who rises out of a rough, deprived childhood to a life in which his expectations--or some of them--are fulfilled: he is a gentleman and a success, though he soon finds that happiness doesn't necessarily accompany money and position. The novel is full of fascinating scenes and characters, among them the ...

A retelling of Dickens'' famous novel about the trials and tribulations of the poor young orphan boy, Oliver.Follow his journey from the appalling conditions of a nineteenth-century workhouse to Lond

These stories are narrated almost completely in the present tense. Generally there is also some use of verbs in the simple past and future. Some of these readers also include explanations of more complex grammatical structures, such as first conditional, relative clauses and infinitive constructions. The illustrations are a tool for building and testing vocabulary.

Tiempos difíciles es o, mejor dicho, fue una de las novelas menos conocidas de Charles Dickens. Con el tiempo, esta narración ha ido atrayendo cada vez más el interés de los lectores y de los críticos. Quiza haya ocurrido esto no tanto por el argumen

Una selección de títulos variada y representativa de los distintos subgéneros de la narrativa juvenil (aventuras, piratería, oeste, fantasía, investigación policial, novela histórica, etcétera).

As the boat moved silently over the water, the thing at the end of the rope always followed. Sometimes it came near the boat and sometimes it pulled away like something alive. As it moved through the water, changes seemed to pass over the dead man''s face. Foe the thing that followed at the end of the rope was the body of a drowned man. At the inquest the dead man was identified as Mr John Harmon, who had recently returned from abroad. John Harmon had not been drowned, but murdered. But how had he died and who had killed him?.

Charles Dickens often thrilled audiences by reading aloud these tales of the supernatural.

Lectura graduada con textos adaptados según el nivel de conocimiento de vocabulario y estructuras gramaticales de los alumnos.

Cuentan que la pequeña Harriet Thackeray, hija del novelista in­glés Wiliam Thackeray, le preguntaba a su padre con conster­nación: "Papá, ¿por qué tú no escribes libros como NICHOLAS NICKLEBY?" Y es

A CHRISTMAS CAROL is Dickens's tender and comic tale of the Cratchit family, Tiny Tim, and Ebenezer Scrooge--a favorite ever since it was written, in 1843. Badly in need of money, Dickens produced A CHRISTMAS CAROL in six weeks; the first printing of 6,000 copies sold out instantly. In Dickens's original version, Tiny Tim was Tiny Fred, and Scrooge said "Bah!" but not "Humbug!"

Oliver Twist es una novela que capta desde el primer momento la atención del lector y la mantiene hasta su última página. Una trama excelentemente urdida, personajes inolvidables, buenos y malvados, drama, tension, amenazas y peligros, aventuras y peripecias, y un final inesperado y feliz son los ingredientes que hacen de ella una obra sin edad, objeto de numerosas adaptaciones y llevada al cine por Roman Polanski.Charles Dickens (1812-1870) es uno de los grandes narradores ingleses de todos los tiempos. Aparte de Oliver Twist, entre sus obras mas conocidas se cuentan David Copperfield, Tiempos dificiles, Grandes esperanzas, Cancion de Navidad (BT 8046) y Papeles postumos del Club Pickwick (L 5605, L 5606 y L 5607).

The story of the orphan Oliver, who runs away from the workhouse only to be taken in by a den of thieves, shocked readers when first published. Memorable characters such as Fagin, the artful Dodger and the menacing Bill Sykes combine with gothic romance to create one of Dicken's greatest works.Read by Alex Jennings

Let the beautiful illustrations and the clear studentfriendly layout of the Illustrated Readers introduce your learners to the cultures and histories of English-speaking countries through a collection of classic stories, legends and plays. The stories are developed in two-page episodes accompanied by a page of activities designed to help learners with comprehension and develop their language skills.