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Born in debtors prison, Little Dorrit is befriended by a family who hires her as a seamstress. When the Dorrits inherit a fortune and their benefactor becomes a victim of fraud, Little Dorrit visits him in prison, and a relationship develops.

Born in debtors prison, Little Dorrit is befriended by a family who hires her as a seamstress. When the Dorrits inherit a fortune and their benefactor becomes a victim of fraud, Little Dorrit visits him in prison, and a relationship develops.

Bleak House follows the fortunes and relationships of three characters whose fates are tied to the obscure inheritance case of Jarndyce v. Jarndyce, which is tied up in endless litigation.

Bleak House follows the fortunes and relationships of three characters whose fates are tied to the obscure inheritance case of Jarndyce v. Jarndyce, which is tied up in endless litigation.

Nicholas, a gentleman's son fallen upon hard times, must set out to make his way in the world. His journey is accompanied by some of the most swaggering scoundrels and unforgettable eccentrics in Dickenss pantheon.

Nicholas, a gentleman's son fallen upon hard times, must set out to make his way in the world. His journey is accompanied by some of the most swaggering scoundrels and unforgettable eccentrics in Dickenss pantheon.

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Dickens was a Victorian novelist and social campaigner. This novella published in 1845 is a Christmas story. Instead of chapters this book is divided into Chirps. The story revolves around a family with a cricket in the house. The cricket is their guardian angel. At one point the cricket warns the master that his wife may be having an affair. Even though this seems to be a tragic occurrence all is well in the end. Love prevails and a girl may ...

Considered by many to be Charles Dickens's finest novel, Great Expectations traces the growth of the book's narrator, the orphan Philip Pirrip (Pip), from a boy of shallow dreams to a man with depth of character.

A Tale of Two Cities provides a highly charged examination of human suffering and human sacrifice, private experience and public history, during the French Revolution.

Considered by many to be Charles Dickens's finest novel, Great Expectations traces the growth of the book's narrator, the orphan Philip Pirrip (Pip), from a boy of shallow dreams to a man with depth of character.

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En un Londres neblinoso y enfangado, un pleito se eterniza en el decadente Tribunal de la Cancillería. La anquilosada maquinaria judicial asiste al paso de generaciones, al suicidio o al enloquecimiento de algunos querellantes, al enmohecimiento de las posesiones y a la ruina material o espiritual de incontables individuos con una impasibilidad que llega a lo cruel. Esther Summerson, Ada Clare y Richard Carstone serán los jóvenes elegidos que,...

PRESENTACIÓN, La época, Novela victoriana, El autor, La obra. CANCIÓN DE NAVIDAD, Prefacio, Primera estrofa: EL FANTASMA DE MARLEY, Segunda estrofa: EL PRIMERO DE LOS TRES ESPÍRITUS, Tercera estrofa: EL SEGUNDO DE LOS TRES ESPÍRITUS, Cuarta estrofa: EL ÚLTIMO DE LOS ESPÍRITUS, Quinta estrofa: El FINAL DE LA HISTORIA. PARA SABER MÁS, Guía de lectura: I. Consideraciones generales / II. Marley y los tres espíritus / III. El personaje de Scrooge /...

Here are not many people-and as it is desirable that a story- teller and a story-reader should establish a mutual under-standing as soon as possible, I beg it to be noticed that I confine this observation neither to young people nor to little people, but extend it to all conditions of people: little and big, young and old: yet growing up, or already growing down again-there are not, I say, many people who would care to sleep in a church. I don...

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY MATTHEW PEARLThe story of the fate of Edwin Drood is a mystery within a mystery. Tragically, the mystery is destined never to be truly solved, as Dickens died before he could finish this novel - all that is left are the clues that can be found in the completed chapters.

Der Waisenjunge Pip steigt dank eines unbekannten Gönners aus ärmlichen Verhältnissen zu einem reichen Londoner Snob auf und kehrt schließlich zu seinen Wurzeln zurück. Verknüpft ist sein Schicksal auf zunächst tragische Weise mit dem von Estella, in die er sich schon als Kind verliebt ist. Das Buch, in dem Dickens seine eigene, von Armut geprägte Kindheit im England des 19. Jahrhunderts verarbeitete, gehört zu den großen Bildungsromanen der W...

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A Yuletide gathering in an eerie country retreat provides the backdrop for Dickens and his friends -- including Elizabeth Gaskell and Wilkie Collins -- who take turns spinning supernatural yarns.