Charles Dickens
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In this unflaggingly suspenseful story of aspirations and moral redemption, humble, orphaned Pip, a ward of his short-tempered older sister and her husband, Joe, is apprenticed to the dirty work of the forge but dares to dream of becoming a gentleman. And, indeed, it seems as though that dream is destined to come to pass — because one day, under sudden and enigmatic circumstances, he finds himself in possession of «great expectations.» In telling Pip's story, Dickens traces a boy's path from a hardscrabble rural life to the teeming streets of 19th-century London, unfolding a gripping tale of crime and guilt, revenge and reward, and love and loss. Its compelling characters include Magwitch, the fearful and fearsome convict; Estella, whose beauty is excelled only by her haughtiness; and the embittered Miss Havisham, an eccentric jilted bride.Written in the last decade of Dickens' life, Great Expectations was praised widely and universally admired. It was his last great novel, and many critics believe it to be his finest. Readers and critics alike praised it for its masterful plot, which rises above the melodrama of some of his earlier works, and for its three-dimensional, psychologically realistic characters — characters much deeper and more interesting than the one-note caricatures of earlier novels. «In none of his other works,» wrote the reviewer in the 1861 Atlantic, «does he evince a shrewder insight into real life, and a cheaper perception and knowledge of what is called the world.» To Swinburne, the novel was unparalleled in all of English fiction, with defects «as nearly imperceptible as spots on the sun or shadows on a sunlit sea.» Shaw found it Dickens' «most completely perfect book.» Now this inexpensive edition invites modern readers to savor this timeless masterpiece, teeming with colorful characters, unexpected plot twists, and Dickens' vivid rendering of the vast tapestry of mid-Victorian England.
Great Expectations Thrift Study Edition
Includes the unabridged text of Dicken's classic novel plus a complete study guide that helps readers gain a thorough understanding of the work's content and context. The comprehensive guide includes chapter-by-chapter summaries, explanations and discussions of the plot, question-and-answer sections, author biography, analytical paper topics, list of characters, bibliography, and more.
David Copperfield
"Like many fond parents, I have in my heart of hearts a favourite child," confessed Charles Dickens in the preface of this novel, «and his name is David Copperfield.» Millions of readers have taken young David into their hearts as well, weeping over his misfortunes and exulting in his triumphs. Dickens' seventh novel, David Copperfield, appeared in 1850, by which time he was a British national institution. Based on the author's own tumultuous journey from boy to man, this epic traces David's progress from his mother's sheltering arms to the miseries of boarding-school and sweatshop, and the rewards of friendship, romance, and self-discovery in his vocation as a writer.In addition to its compelling narrative, the great appeal of David Copperfield lies in its memorable cast of characters. From Mr. Murdstone, the brutal stepfather, to the scheming clerk Uriah Heep, the novel is peopled by vividly observed characters. Nursemaid Peggoty, bursting with vitality, leaves a trail of flying buttons in her wake. Grandiloquent Mr. Micawber is ever-confident that something will turn up to save his large brood from penury. Kind by wildly eccentric, Aunt Betsey Trotwood accepts counsel from the wise fool, Mr. Dick, and provides a heated reception for trespassing donkeys. Dickens' genius was comic, and David Copperfield reflects his view of existence as a mixture of laughter and tears — with laughter uppermost.
The Essential Christmas Anthology
The essential collection of classic Christmas books and stories in one book:<br><br>The Abbot's Ghost, A Christmas Story, A. M. Barnard 1867 <br>The Sad Shepherd, A Christmas Story, Henry Van Dyke 1911 <br>Christmas Comes but Once A Year, Luke Limner 1850 <br>A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens 1843 <br>A Budget of Christmas Tales by Charles Dickens and Others, 1885 <br>The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain, Charles Dickens 1907 <br>Some Christmas Stories, Charles Dickens (1812-1870) <br>A Christmas Sermon, Robert Louis Stevenson 1900 <br>The Birds' Christmas Carol, Kate Douglas Wiggin 1887 <br>The Christmas Angel, Abbie Farwell Brown 1910 <br>The Christmas Dinner, Shepherd Knapp 1921 <br>The Old Peabody Pew, A Christmas Romance, Kate Douglas Wiggin 1907 <br>The Spirit of Christmas, Henry Van Dyke 1911 <br>The Night Before Christmas, Clement Moore 1823 <br>Trifles for the Christmas Holidays, H. S. Armstrong 1869 <br>A Little Book for Christmas, Cyrus Townsend Brady 1917 <br>Old Christmas From the Sketch Book of Washington Irving, 1886 <br>Christmas Stories And Legends, PHEBE A. CURTISS 1916 <br>Christmas: Its Origin and Associations, William Francis Dawson 1902
The Complete Charles Dickens Collection
The complete works of Charles Dickens in one collection:<br><br>American Notes for General Circulation <br>Bardell v. Pickwick <br>Barnaby Rudge <br>The Battle of Life <br>Bleak House <br>A Child's History of England <br>The Chimes <br>A Christmas Carol <br>The Cricket on the Hearth <br>David Copperfield <br>Doctor Marigold <br>Dombey and Son <br>George Silverman's Explanation <br>Going into Society <br>Great Expectations <br>Hard Times <br>The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargin <br>Holiday Romance <br>A House to Let <br>The Lamplighter <br>The Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices <br>Little Dorrit <br>Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit <br>Master Humphrey's Clock <br>A Message from the Sea <br>Miscellaneous Papers <br>Mrs. Lirriper's Legacy <br>Mrs. Lirriper's Lodgings <br>Mudfog and Other Sketches <br>Mugby Junction <br>The Mystery of Edwin Drood <br>The Life And Adventures Of Nicholas Nickleby <br>No Thoroughfare <br>The Old Curiosity Shop <br>Oliver Twist <br>Our Mutual Friend <br>The Perils of Certain English Prisoners <br>The Pickwick Papers <br>Pictures from Italy <br>Reprinted Pieces <br>Sketches of Young Couples <br>Sketches of Young Gentlemen <br>Somebody's Luggage <br>Some Christmas Stories <br>Sunday Under Three Heads <br>A Tale of Two Cities <br>Three Ghost Stories <br>To be Read at Dusk <br>Tom Tiddler's Ground <br>The Uncommercial Traveller <br>The Wreck of the Golden Mary
The Pickwick Papers (Mermaids Classics)
The Pickwick Papers (1836), by Charles Dickens (1812-1870) follows the travelling adventures of Samuel Pickwick. Samuel is the president of the Pickwick Club and along with a few other members they set out on a journey to discover anything interesting about life and report it back to those remaining members of the Club.<br><br>Mermaids Classics, an imprint of Mermaids Publishing brings the very best of old classic literature to a modern era of digital reading by producing high quality books in ebook format. All of the Mermaids Classics epublications are reproductions of classic antique books that were originally published in print format, mostly over a century ago and are now republished in digital format as ebooks. Begin to build your collection of digital books by looking for more literary gems from Mermaids Classics.
David Copperfield (Mermaids Classics)
David Copperfield (1850) by Charles Dickens (1812-1870) follows the story of a boy named David who's step-father mistreats him and he's sent to boarding school. The story continues to follow David to adulthood which was also was considered to be a more of an autobiographical account of the authors own life from childhood to adulthood.<br><br>Mermaids Classics, an imprint of Mermaids Publishing brings the very best of old classic literature to a modern era of digital reading by producing high quality books in ebook format. All of the Mermaids Classics epublications are reproductions of classic antique books that were originally published in print format, mostly over a century ago and are now republished in digital format as ebooks. Begin to build your collection of digital books by looking for more literary gems from Mermaids Classics.
A Tale of Two Cities (Mermaids Classics)
A Tale of Two Cities (1859) by Charles Dickens (1812-1870) is a novel set during the French Revolution. "With well over 200 million copies sold, it ranks among the most famous works in the history of fictional literature. The novel depicts the plight of the French peasantry demoralized by the French aristocracy in the years leading up to the revolution, the corresponding brutality demonstrated by the revolutionaries toward the former aristocrats in the early years of the revolution, and many unflattering social parallels with life in London during the same time period." (Citation from Wikipedia: The free Encyclopaedia)<br><br>Mermaids Classics, an imprint of Mermaids Publishing brings the very best of old classic literature to a modern era of digital reading by producing high quality books in ebook format. All of the Mermaids Classics epublications are reproductions of classic antique books that were originally published in print format, mostly over a century ago and are now republished in digital format as ebooks. Begin to build your collection of digital books by looking for more literary gems from Mermaids Classics.
Oliver Twist (Mermaids Classics)
Oliver Twist, (also known as The Parish Boy's Progress) by Charles Dickens (1812-1870) was first published in 1838. <br><br>"The story is about an orphan, Oliver Twist, who endures a miserable existence in a workhouse and then is placed with an undertaker. He escapes and travels to London where he meets the Artful Dodger, leader of a gang of juvenile pickpockets. Naively unaware of their unlawful activities, Oliver is led to the lair of their elderly criminal trainer Fagin". (Citation from Wikipedia)<br><br>Mermaids Classics, an imprint of Mermaids Publishing brings the very best of old classic literature to a modern era of digital reading by producing high quality books in ebook format. All of the Mermaids Classics epublications are reproductions of classic antique books that were originally published in print format, mostly over a century ago and are now republished in digital format as ebooks. Begin to build your collection of digital books by looking for more literary gems from Mermaids Classics.
Barnaby Rudge: A Tale of the Riots of 'Eighty'
In the year 1775, there stood upon the borders of Epping Forest, at a distance of about twelve miles from London—measuring from the Standard in Cornhill,' or rather from the spot on or near to which the Standard used to be in days of yore—a house of public entertainment called the Maypole; which fact was demonstrated to all such travellers as could neither read nor write (and at that time a vast number both of travellers and stay-at-homes were in this condition) by the emblem reared on the roadside over against the house, which, if not of those goodly proportions that Maypoles were wont to present in olden times, was a fair young ash, thirty feet in height, and straight as any arrow that ever English yeoman drew.<br><br>The Maypole—by which term from henceforth is meant the house, and not its sign—the Maypole was an old building, with more gable ends than a lazy man would care to count on a sunny day; huge zig-zag chimneys,…