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  • Charles Dickens 200th Anniversary Collection Vol. 1-Charles Dickens

    Charles Dickens 200th Anniversary Collection Vol. 1-Charles Dickens
    2026/11/11
    Charles Dickens 200th Anniversary Collection Vol. 1 by Charles Dickens.

    This first volume was released on Dickens' 200th birthday, February 7th 2012 and further volumes followed during the anniversary year. Volume 1 includes short stories including, amongst others, The Holly Tree , the first part of Holiday Romance and three pieces from Mugby Junction . Some items requiring a little further explanation are Prince Bull , written as a fairy tale, but in reality a scathing attack on the Government's handling of supplies to the troops in the Crimean War; Old Lamps for New Ones in which Dickens makes clear his low opinion of the ethos of the Pre-Raphaelite school of painting; and Frauds on the Fairies , a polemic against George Cruikshank's bowdlerisation of fairy tales for moralistic purposes, and the interesting revelation that 'product placement' is by no means a new phenomenon.

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    7 時間 32 分
  • Charles Dickens 200th Anniversary Collection Vol. 5-Charles Dickens

    Charles Dickens 200th Anniversary Collection Vol. 5-Charles Dickens
    2026/11/10
    Charles Dickens 200th Anniversary Collection Vol. 5 by Charles Dickens.

    2012 was the 200th anniversary of Dickens' birth.

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    6 時間 49 分
  • Charles Dickens 200th Anniversary Collection Vol. 3-Charles Dickens

    Charles Dickens 200th Anniversary Collection Vol. 3-Charles Dickens
    2026/11/09
    Charles Dickens 200th Anniversary Collection Vol. 3 by Charles Dickens.

    2012 is the 200th anniversary of Dickens' birth.

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    8 時間
  • Great Expectations - Charles Dickens (Part 2 of 2)

    Great Expectations - Charles Dickens (Part 2 of 2)
    2026/11/08
    Great Expectations by Charles Dickens.

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    9 時間 59 分
  • Great Expectations - Charles Dickens (Part 1 of 2)

    Great Expectations - Charles Dickens (Part 1 of 2)
    2026/11/07
    Great Expectations by Charles Dickens.

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    9 時間 59 分
  • Three Ghost Stories-Charles Dickens

    Three Ghost Stories-Charles Dickens
    2026/11/06
    Three Ghost Stories by Charles Dickens.

    As a gifted writer with a strong interest in supernatural phenomena, Charles Dickens produced a string of ghost stories with enduring charm. Three of them are presented here, of which The Signal Man is one of the best known. Though quite different from his most celebrated realistic and humorous critical novels, these ghost stories, Gothic and grotesque as they are, are of good portrayal, and worth a read/listen.

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    2 時間 11 分
  • Seven Poor Travellers-Charles Dickens

    Seven Poor Travellers-Charles Dickens
    2026/11/05
    Seven Poor Travellers by Charles Dickens.

    One of Dickens' Christmas stories, this was first published as part of the Christmas number of Household Words for 1854. The first chapter relates Dickens' visit to the ancient Richard Watts's Charity at Rochester. The second chapter is the touching story of "Richard Doubledick", which Dickens supposedly told the travellers, and Dickens' journey home on Christmas morning provides the short concluding chapter.

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    1 時間 11 分
  • Chimes-Charles Dickens

    Chimes-Charles Dickens
    2026/11/04
    Chimes by Charles Dickens.

    The Chimes: A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In is the second of Charles Dickens' Christmas books, published in 1844. Its contemporary setting is the "Hungry Forties", a time of social and political unrest, and the book has a strong moral message. It remained popular for many years, although its fame has since been eclipsed by that of A Christmas Carol , the first of the series. Our hero Toby ("Trotty") Veck is a poor but hard-working man, whose beloved daughter Meg is due to marry on New Year's Day. Trotty, who is appalled by newspaper reports of crime and immorality, is further depressed by his encounters with the rich and influential Alderman Cute and Sir Joseph Bowley, who make him feel that the poor have no right to exist in society, and his daughter has no right to marry.

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    4 時間 12 分