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The Old Curiosity ShopByCharles DickensCHAPTER 1Night is generally my time for walking. In the summer I often leave home early in the morning, and roam about fields and lanes all day, or even escape for days or weeks together; but, saving in the country, I seldom go out until after dark, though, Heaven be thanked, I love its light and feel the cheerfulness it sheds upon the earth, as much as any creature living.I have fallen insensibly into this habit, both because it favours my infirmity and because it affords me greater opportunity of speculating on the characters and occupations of those who fill the streets. The glare and hurry of broad noon are not adapted to idle pursuits like mine; a glimpse of passing faces caught by the light of a street-lamp or a shop window is often better for my purpose than their full revelation in the daylight; and, if I must add the truth, night is kinder in this respect than day, which too often destroys an air-built castle at the moment of its completion, without the least ceremony or remorse.That constant pacing to and fro, that never-ending restlessness, that incessant tread of feet wearing the rough stones smooth and glossyis it not a wonder how the dwellers in narrows ways can bear to hear it! Think of a sick man in such a place as Saint Martins Court, listening to the footsteps, and in the midst of pain and weariness obliged, despite himself (as though it were a task he must perform) to detect the childs step from the mans, the slipshod beggar from the booted exquisite, the lounging from the busy, the dull heel of the sauntering outcast from the quick tread of an expectant pleasure-seekerthink of the hum and noise always being present to his sense, and of the stream oflife that will not stop, pouring on, on, on, through all his restless dreams, as if he were condemned to lie, dead but conscious, in a noisy churchyard, and had no hope of rest for centuries to come.Then, the crowds for ever passing and repassing on the bridges (on those which are free of toil at last), where many stop on fine evenings looking listlessly down upon the water with some vague idea that by and by it runs between green banks which grow wider and wider until at last it joins the broad vast seawhere some halt to rest from heavy loads and think as they look over the parapet that to smoke and lounge away ones life, and lie sleeping in the sun upon a hot tarpaulin, in a dull, slow, sluggish barge, must be happiness unalloyedand where some, and a very different class, pause with heavier loads than they, remembering to have heard or read in old time that drowning was not a hard death, but of all means of suicide the easiest and best.Covent Garden Market at sunrise too, in the spring or summer, when the fragrance of sweet flowers is in the air, over-powering even the unwholesome streams of last nights debauchery, and driving the dusky thrush, whose cage has hung outside a garret window all night long, half mad with joy! Poor bird!the only neighbouring thing at all akin to the other little captives, some of whom, shrinking from the hot hands of drunken purchasers, lie drooping on the path already, while others, soddened by close contact, await the time when they shall be watered and freshened up to please more sober company, and make old clerks who pass them on their road to business, wonder what has filled their breasts with visions of the country.But my present purpose is no...

Bleak HouseByCharles DickensCHAPTER IIn ChanceryLondon. Michaelmas term lately over, and the Lord Chancellor sitting in Lincolns Inn Hall. Implacable November weather. As much mud in the streets as if the waters had but newly retired from the face of the earth, and it would not be wonderful to meet a Megalosaurus, forty feet long or so, waddling like an elephantine lizard up Holborn Hill. Smoke lowering down from chimney-pots, making a soft black drizzle, with flakes of soot in it as big as full-grown snowflakesgone into mourning, one might imagine, for the death of the sun.Dogs, undistinguishable in mire. Horses, scarcely better; splashed to their very blinkers. Foot passengers, jostling one anothers umbrellas in a general infection of ill temper, and losing their foot-hold at street-corners, where tens of thousands of other foot passengers have been slipping and sliding since the day broke (if this day ever broke), adding new deposits to the crust upon crust of mud, sticking at those points tenaciously to the pavement, and accumulating at compound interest.Fog everywhere. Fog up the river, where it flows among green aits and meadows; fog down the river, where it rolls defiled among the tiers of shipping and the waterside pollutions of a great (and dirty) city. Fog on the Essex marshes, fog on the Kentish heights. Fog creeping into the cabooses of collier-brigs; fog lying out on the yards and hovering in the rigging of great ships; fog drooping on the gunwales of barges and small boats. Fog in the eyes and throats of ancient Greenwich pensioners, wheezing by the firesides of their wards; fog in the stem and bowl of the afternoon pipe of the wrathful skipper, down in his close cabin; fog cruelly pinching the toes and fingers of his shivering little prentice boy on deck. Chance people on the bridges peeping over the parapets into a nether sky of fog, with fog all round them, as if they were up in a balloon and hanging in the misty clouds.Gas looming through the fog in divers places in the streets, much as the sun may, from the spongey fields, be seen to loom by husbandman and ploughboy. Most of the shops lighted two hours before their timeas the gas seems to know, for it has a haggard and unwilling look.

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This carefully crafted ebook: "The Adventures of Oliver Twist (Unabridged with the Original Illustrations by George Cruikshank)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. The Adventures of Oliver Twist, first published in 1838, is a story written by Charles Dickens. Orphaned at birth, Oliver Twist grows up under the loveless, relentless watch of a workhouse. He runs away with hopes for a better life in London and finds himself taken under the wing of the Artful Dodger and caught up with a group of pickpockets, headed by Fagin. As he tries to free himself from their clutches he becomes immersed in the seedy underbelly of the Capital, amongst criminals, prostitutes and the homeless. He is rescued by Mr. Brownlow but the gang kidnap him back. But Oliver discovers the identity of his parents and the gang is exposed. 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.

Este ebook presenta "Oliver Twist (texto completo, con índice activo)" con un sumario dinámico y detallado. Oliver Twist es la segunda novela de Charles Dickens. Se publicó originalmente como novela por entregas entre febrero de 1837 y abril de 1839. Oliver Twist es una de las primeras novelas sociales de la historia de la literatura, pues llama la atencion a sus lectores sobre varios males sociales de la epoca, tales como el trabajo infantil o la utilizacion de niños para cometer delitos. La historia de un pequeño huerfano en la Inglaterra victoriana refleja a la perfeccion la patetica realidad de los niños de bajo nivel social en una epoca oscura. El joven Oliver es castigado, perseguido y azotado en un mundo de canallas y ladrones, pero su valentia e ingenio le permiten sobrevivir a tanta maldad. Charles Dickens (1812 1870) fue un famoso novelista ingles, uno de los mas conocidos de la literatura universal, y el principal de la era victoriana. Fue maestro del genero narrativo, al que imprimio ciertas dosis de humor e ironia, practicando a la vez una aguda critica social. En su obra destacan las descripciones de gente y lugares, tanto reales como imaginarios. Utilizo en ocasiones el seudonimo Boz.

Tale of Two Cities is is a novel set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution. The main characters Doctor Alexandre Manette, Charles Darnay, and Sydney Carton are all recalled to life, or resurrected, in different ways as turmoil erupts. Great Expectations centers around a poor young man by the name of Pip, who is given the chance to make himself a gentleman by a mysterious benefactor.

The Life And Adventures Of Nicholas Nickleby - Charles Dickens - The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby is a novel by Charles Dickens. Originally published as a serial from 1838 to 1839, it was Dickenss third novel.The novel centres on the life and adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, a young man who must support his mother and sister after his father dies.

This carefully crafted ebook: "Dickens Christmas Stories (20 original stories as published between the years 1850 and 1867 in collaboration with Wilkie Collins and others in Dickens own Magazines)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Not to be confused with Dickens well known Christmas Tales (A Christmas Carol; The Chimes; The Cricket on the Hearth; The Battle of Life; The Haunted Man) this eBook presents a collection of 20 short stories, published in the Christmas edition of Dickens weekly magazines "Household Words" and its successor, "All the Year Round", between the years 1850 and 1867. Charles Dickens was the publisher and editor of, and a major contributor to these magazines. He often invited other authors to contribute with stories or to write stories in collaboration with himself. Content: - 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 - The Wreck of the Golden Mary - The Perils of Certain English Prisoners - Going Into Society - The Haunted House - A Message From the Sea - Tom Tiddles Ground - Somebodys Luggage - Mrs. Lirripers Lodgings - Mrs. Lirripers Legacy - Doctor Marigold - Mugby Junction - No Thoroughfare

Este ebook presenta "Historias de Fantasmas" con un sumario dinámico y detallado. Historias de Fantasmas recoge una docena de relatos breves escritos por Dickens a lo largo de su vida, y que aparecieron publicados en diferentes revistas y diarios. Todos estos cuentos, como el titulo de libro indica, son historia de aparecidos y muertos vivientes, fantasmas y encuentros con lo sobrenatural. Estas narraciones contienen suspenso y un poco del estilo literario detectivesco. Son cuentos llenos de misterio, sorpresa y pasion, escritos todos con la habitual maestria y oficio que caracterizan a Charles Dickens. Charles Dickens (1812 1870), es considerado el mas famoso de los escritores de la epoca Victoriana en Inglaterra, asi como uno de los indudables clasicos universales de la literatura. Fue maestro del genero narrativo, al que imprimio ciertas dosis de humor e ironia, practicando a la vez una aguda critica social.

Oliver es un niño huérfano que pasa sus primeros años en el orfanato de la señora Mann. Al igual que el resto de los niños en el orfanato, Oliver sufre hambre continuamente. Los niños deciden entonces jugar a quien de ellos pedira un plato mas de comida y Oliver resulta ser el elegido. En la cena de esa noche, despues de su racion normal, se dirige al director del orfanato y le pide mas comida. Debido a este episodio, es tachado de problematico por el Sr. Bumble, el bedel y el director, quien lo ofrece como aprendiz a cualquiera que lo quiera contratar. Asi, Oliver se convierte en aprendiz del enterrador Sowerberry; sin embargo, se pelea con un empleado del enterrador y decide escapar a Londres.En las afueras de la ciudad, cansado y hambriento, conoce a Jack Dawkins (El Pillastre), quien le ofrece un lugar donde hospedarse en Londres. Lleno de inocencia, Oliver se ve inmerso en el mundo del hampa londinense y se encuentra en medio de una banda de chicos carteristas, dirigida por el malvado Fagin. Londres es descrito como una sucesion de laberinticas calles y callejones, patios por los que Oliver es arrastrado, y en los que percibe la pobreza, la suciedad o la delincuencia. En esa ciudad, conoce a una mujer llamada Nancy, quien se gana la vida en la calle.

The Old Curiosity Shop is one of Charles Dickens most beloved novels about a poor orphan girl, Nell, and her caring grandfather. In an attempt to improve Nells life, her grandfather accepts a loan from the cruel and conniving landlord, Quilp, and begins gambling but this only worsens their fortune. After issues with the police, Nell and her grandfather set out on a grand adventure and meet many of Dickens most memorable characters as Nells health deteriorates. The Old Curiosity Shop is an incredible drama involving love, betrayal, and death that blends the fantastical nature of Nells journey with Dickens realistic criticism of living conditions in Victorian slums. The story caused mania at the time as Little Nell captured the hearts of readers around the globe including Queen Victoria. Nell and her grandfather have captivated audiences for generations in this timeless story that is equally as heart-warming as it is heart-breaking, and it is recommended for readers of all ages.

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.

" 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 en cine y television.Traduccion de Pollux Hernuñez