Charles Dickens

• Dec-2013
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• 1899
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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning...

• 1871
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Dodo Collections brings you another classic from Charles Dickens, 'A Child's Dream of a Star.' A Child's Dream of a Star was written in the year 1850 by Charles Dickens. This book is one of the most popular novels of Charles Dickens;There was on...

• 1870
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Charles Dickens's final, unfinished novel, and one that has puzzled readers and inspired writers since its publication

Edwin Drood is contracted to marry orphan Rosa Bud when he comes of age, but when they find that duty has gradually replace...

• 1869
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This is an electronic edition of the complete book complemented by author biography. This book features a table of contents linked to every chapter. The book was designed for optimal navigation on the iPad, PDA, Smartphone, and other electronic reade...

• 1869
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Sketches of Young Gentlemen is a sequel to Sketches of Young Ladies. Dickens entertains his readers by dividing the universe of young gentlemen into classes and describing each impeccably....

• 1869
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A collection of literary sketches and reminiscences....

• 1868
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Charles Dickens needs no formal introduction, having been the most popular English writer of the 19th century and still one of the most popular writers in history today. Dickens was obsessed with reading, making him a natural journalist by the age of...

• 1867
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This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available a...

• 1867
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What happens if two boys are given the exact same name? If you guessed 'disaster in adulthood', you would be right. When one of the men dies, there is an exciting adventure to find his heir. Leading from London to the sunny Mediterranean and across t...

• 1866
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Charles Dickens needs no formal introduction, having been the most popular English writer of the 19th century and still one of the most popular writers in history today. Dickens was obsessed with reading, making him a natural journalist by the age of...

• 1865
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Craving some feel-good fiction? Curl up with "Doctor Marigold," a heartwarming tale from the pen of beloved author Charles Dickens. The story follows the tragedies and triumphs of a street vendor who loses a child and then adopts a young deaf...

• 1865
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Complete and unabridged.One of BBC's 100 Novels That Shaped Our World.Dickens exposes the corrupting power of money in his last complete novel, Our Mutual Friend, with its expansive cast of characters and interweaving plots.Part of the Macmillan Coll...

• 1864
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Charles Dickens needs no formal introduction, having been the most popular English writer of the 19th century and still one of the most popular writers in history today. Dickens was obsessed with reading, making him a natural journalist by the age of...

• 1863
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Charles Dickens needs no formal introduction, having been the most popular English writer of the 19th century and still one of the most popular writers in history today. Dickens was obsessed with reading, making him a natural journalist by the age of...

• 1862
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Charles Dickens needs no formal introduction, having been the most popular English writer of the 19th century and still one of the most popular writers in history today. Dickens was obsessed with reading, making him a natural journalist by the age of...

• 1861
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Great Expectations is at once a superbly constructed novel of spellbinding mystery and a profound examination of moral values. Written at a time when Dickens' relationship with Victorian society had reached a crisis, this novel is peopled by characte...

• 1861
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Charles Dickens wrote short stories and essays that are comical, satirical, and morally earnest. This collection of over thirty of Dickens's stories and essays is an invaluable addition to the library of all fans and students of the preeminent Victor...

• 1861
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In this remarkable work, Dickens has discussed profound issues in a light manner. It presents the motif that the talents and abilities provided to men are for the general benefit of mankind. With deeply drawn characters that are multidimensional, thi...

• 1860
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This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available a...

• 1859
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"The Haunted House" is an anthology of connected stories, written by Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins, Elizabeth Gaskell, Adelaide Ann Procter, Hesba Stretton, George Augustus Sala and Sarah Smith. On Christmas Eve the narrator and his sister invite ...

• 1859
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Catchy detective tales."A very little key will open a very heavy door." - Hunted Down, Charles Dickens A fascinating selection of Dicken's detective stories about the law officers and the circumstances in which they work....

• 1859
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The storming of the Bastille...the death carts with their doomed human cargo...the swift drop of the guillotine blade -- this is the French Revolution that Charles Dickens vividly captures in his famous work, A Tale of Two Cities. With dramatic eloq...

• 1858
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Compiled by Charles Dickens, and including chapters by Elizabeth Gaskell, Wilkie Collins and Adelaide Anne Procter, A House to Let is a composite tale of mystery and intrigue set amid the dark streets of Victorian London. Advised by her doctor to hav...

• 1857
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"In the autumn month of September, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven... two idle apprentices, exhausted by the long, hot summer, and the long, hot work it had brought with it, ran away from their employer." Under the pseudonyms of Francis Goodchild an...

• 1857
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The novel "Little Dorrit", published originally between 1855 and 1857, is a work of satire on the shortcomings of the government and society of the period. Much of Dickens' ire is focused upon the institutions of debtor's prisons -- in which people w...

• 1857
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'The Perils of Certain English Prisoners' was the 'Household Words' Extra Christmas Number for 1857, and was co-authored by Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins. Dickens and his co-author Wilkie Collins transfered the theme of the Indian Mutiny of 185...

• 1856
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Many crime and detective stories, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original te...

• 1856
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Dodo Collections brings you another classic from Charles Dickens, 'The Wreck of the Golden Mary.' Captain Ravender and first mate Steadiman are bringing the Golden Mary from England to California, for the gold rush, when they run into an iceberg...

• 1855
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Over the course of his career, Charles Dickens wrote a series of Christmas-themed short stories that were serialized in popular magazines of the era. "The Holly Tree Inn," like many of these tales, reflects on the deeper meaning of the holida...

• 1854
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Charles Dickens classic novel with biography, plot summary, character analysis and more. Dickens's reasons for writing Hard Times were mostly monetary. Sales of his weekly periodical, Household Words, were low, and he hoped the inclusion of this nove...

• 1854
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Charles John Huffam Dickens (7 February 1812 - 9 June 1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's most memorable fictional characters and is generally regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian period. During...

• 1853
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Building on the success of his Christmas number for 1852, Dickens used the same framing concept for 1853's Another Round of Stories by the Christmas Fire. This wide-ranging round features tales of angels, ghosts, and ma...

• 1853
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The complex story of a notorious lawsuit in which love and inheritance are set against the classic urban background of 19th-century London, where fog on the river, seeping into the very bones of the characters, symbolizes the corruption of the legal ...

• 1853
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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefo...

• 1852
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Published in its entirety for the first time since 1852, this shining collection of Christmas tales was originally selected by Charles Dickens for his periodical Household Words. Each story varies in theme and tone, wit...

• 1852
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Charles Dickens needs no formal introduction, having been the most popular English writer of the 19th century and still one of the most popular writers in history today. Dickens was obsessed with reading, making him a natural journalist by the age of...

• 1852
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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning...

• 1851
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Many crime and detective stories, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original te...

• 1851
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Many crime and detective stories, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original te...

• 1851
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Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and...

• 1849
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Charles Dickens's other Christmas classic, with a new introduction by Dickens's great-great-grandson, Gerald Charles Dickens.Charles Dickens wrote The Life of Our Lord during the years 1846-1849, just about the time he was completing David Copperfiel...

• 1848
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The story concerns Paul Dombey, the wealthy owner of the shipping company of the book's title, whose dream is to have a son to continue his business. The book begins when his son is born, and Dombey's wife dies shortly after giving birth. Following t...

• 1848
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Redlaw is a teacher of chemistry who often broods over wrongs done him and grief from his past life. He is haunted by a spirit, who is not so much a ghost as Redlaw's phantom twin and is "an awful likeness of himself...with his features, and his brig...

• 1846
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Two sisters, Grace and Marion, live happily in an English village with two servants Clemency Newcome and Ben Britain, and their good-natured widower father Dr Jeddler. Dr Jeddler is a man whose philosophy is to treat life as a farce. Marion, the youn...

• 1846
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Charles Dickens needs no formal introduction, having been the most popular English writer of the 19th century and still one of the most popular writers in history today. Dickens was obsessed with reading, making him a natural journalist by the age of...

• 1845
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John Peerybingle, a carrier, lives with his young wife Dot, their baby boy and their nanny Tilly Slowboy. A cricket constantly chirps on the hearth and acts as a guardian angel to the family. One day a mysterious elderly stranger comes to visit and t...

• 1844
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One New Year's Eve, Trotty, a "ticket-porter" or casual messenger, is filled with gloom at the reports of crime and immorality in the newspapers, and wonders whether the working classes are simply wicked by nature. His daughter Meg and her long-time ...

• 1844
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Martin Chuzzlewit was raised by his grandfather and namesake. Years before, Martin senior takes the precaution of raising an orphaned girl, Mary. She is to be his nursemaid, with the understanding that she should be well cared for only for as long as...

• 1843
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Christmas should be a wonderful time. Mean old Scrooge says, "Humbug," when anyone mentions Christmas. He doesn't like giving money away and he resents giving his clerk Bob Cratchit the day off to spend with his family. The Cratchits don't have mo...

• 1842
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American Notes is the fascinating travel journal of one of nineteenth-century America's most celebrated visitors: Charles Dickens. A lively chronicle of his five-month trip around the United States in 1842, the book records the author's adventures jo...

• 1841
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Charles Dickens classic novel with biography, plot summary, character analysis and more. The plot is a murder mystery interwoven with the historical events of England's Gordon riots of 1780, a violent and bloody mob action of fanatical, anti-Catholic...

• 1841
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This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available a...

• 1841
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'The Old Curiosity Shop' tells the story of Nell Trent, a beautiful and virtuous young girl of 'not quite fourteen.' An orphan, she lives with her maternal grandfather (whose name is never revealed) in his shop of odds and ends. Her grandfather loves...

• 1839
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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. His Uncle Ralph, who thinks Nicholas will never amount to anything, plays the role of principal antagonist. (...

• 1839
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Charles Dickes classic novel with biography, plot summary, character analysis and more. Oliver Twist is the second novel by English author Charles Dickens, published by Richard Bentley in 1838. The story is about an orphan Oliver Twist, who escapes f...

• 1838
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An interesting short story depicting with satire the cultures of both the lamplighters and the scientifically minded nobleman....

• 1837
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In 1837 Charles Dickens, then twenty-five years old, was asked to 'tidy up' Joseph Grimaldi's autobiography -- he ended up re-writing most of it. Joseph Grimaldi (1778-1837), one of the greatest English clowns and pantomimes of all time, was born i...

• 1837
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Charles Dickens' series of funny sketches about the fictional 'Mudfog Society for the Advancement of Everything', a parody of the real-life British Association for the Advancement of Science....

• 1836
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Written for publication as a serial, "The Pickwick Papers" is a sequence of loosely-related adventures. The action is given as occurring 1827 -- 28. The novel's main character, Samuel Pickwick, Esquire, is a kind and wealthy old gentleman, and the fo...

• 1836
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Charles Dickens classic book with a biography about the life and times of Dickens, and a plot summary. The 56 sketches concern London scenes and people and are divided into four sections: "Our Parish", "Scenes", "Characters", and "Tales". The materia...

• 1836
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Another classic converted by eBooksLib.com.You were among the first, some years ago, to expatiate on the vicious addiction of the lower classes of society to Sunday excursions; and were thus instrumental in calling forth occasional demonstrations of ...

Rediscover the Puffin Classics collection and bring the best-loved classics to a new generation - including this stunning 175th anniversary abridged edition of David Copperfield complete with a bold brand new cover.Of all my books, I like this the be...

The black veil is a short story by Charles Dickens. Charles John Huffam Dickens (7 February 1812 -- 9 June 1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's most memorable fictional characters and is generally regarded a...

The Bloomsbury Christening is a short story by Charles Dickens. Charles John Huffam Dickens (7 February 1812 -- 9 June 1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's most memorable fictional characters and is generall...

The boarding-house is a short story by Charles Dickens. Charles John Huffam Dickens (7 February 1812 -- 9 June 1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's most memorable fictional characters and is generally regard...

Charles John Huffam Dickens 7 February 1812 - 9 June 1870) was the most popular English novelist of the Victorian era, and he remains popular, responsible for some of English literature's most iconic characters. Many of his novels, with their recurre...

Clearly a literary great, Charles Dickens gave his gifts to the world many years ago with his classic tales. Enjoy Dickens' imagination as you read one of his classic Christmas short stories, "A Christmas Tree." *Classic cream color pages* *Matte cov...

The Drunkard's Death is a short story by Charles Dickens. Charles John Huffam Dickens (7 February 1812 -- 9 June 1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's most memorable fictional characters and is generally rega...

The Great Winglebury Duel is a short story by Charles Dickens. Charles John Huffam Dickens (7 February 1812 -- 9 June 1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's most memorable fictional characters and is generally...

Horatio Sparkins is a short story by Charles Dickens. Charles John Huffam Dickens (7 February 1812 -- 9 June 1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's most memorable fictional characters and is generally regarded...

WHEN the wind is blowing and the sleet or rain is driving against the dark windows, I love to sit by the fire, thinking of what I have read in books of voyage and travel. Such books have had a strong fascination for my mind from my earliest childhood...

Mr. Minns and his cousin is a short story by Charles Dickens. Charles John Huffam Dickens (7 February 1812 -- 9 June 1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's most memorable fictional characters and is generally ...

Mrs. Joseph Porter is a short story by Charles Dickens. Charles John Huffam Dickens (7 February 1812 -- 9 June 1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's most memorable fictional characters and is generally regard...

A passage in the life of Mr. Watkins Tottle is a short story by Charles Dickens. Charles John Huffam Dickens (7 February 1812 -- 9 June 1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's most memorable fictional character...

Clearly a literary great, Charles Dickens gave his gifts to the world many years ago with his classic tales. Enjoy Dickens' imagination as you read one of his classic Christmas short stories, "The Poor Relation's Story." *Classic cream color pages* *...

Sentiment is a short story by Charles Dickens. Charles John Huffam Dickens (7 February 1812 -- 9 June 1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's most memorable fictional characters and is generally regarded as the...

The railway signal-man of the title tells the narrator of a ghost that has been haunting him. Each spectral appearance precedes a tragic event on the railway on which the signalman works. The signalman's work is at a signal-box in a deep cutting near...

If I felt your warm and generous welcome less, I should be better able to thank you. If I could have listened as you have listened to the glowing language of your distinguished Chairman, and if I could have heard as you heard the "thoughts that breat...

The Steam Excursion is a short story by Charles Dickens. Charles John Huffam Dickens (7 February 1812 -- 9 June 1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's most memorable fictional characters and is generally regar...

The Tuggses at Ramsgate is a short story by Charles Dickens. Charles John Huffam Dickens (7 February 1812 -- 9 June 1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's most memorable fictional characters and is generally r...

No landlord is my friend and brother, no chambermaid loves me, no waiter worships me, no boots admires and envies me. No round of beef or tongue or ham is expressly cooked for me, no pigeon-pie is especially made for me, no hotel-advertisement is per...