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Charles Dickens was a writer and social critic who created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime, and by the twentieth century critics and scholars had recognised him as a literary genius. His novels and short stories enjoy lasting popularity. DOWN WITH THE TIDE: A VERY dark night it was, and bitter cold; the east wind blowing bleak, and bringing with it stinging particles from marsh, and moor, and fen from the Great Desert and Old Egypt, may be.

The story concerns a man alone on New Year's Eve, who loves to "sit by the fire, thinking of what I have read in books of voyage and travel" while he himself has never been "around the world, never has been shipwrecked, ice-environed, tomahawked, or eaten." Some of the books he has read concern Christopher Columbus, James Bruce who searched for the source of the Nile, John Franklin who made an "unhappy overland Journey" and was lost searching for the northwest passage in the Canadian Arctic.

Charles Dickens is just great, this is just a short little note about how we change as we get older and how Christmas becomes more for others and less about ourselves as we get older.

This early work is Charles Dickens 1871 short children s story, A Child's Dream of a Star . It is the charming and heart-warming tale of a brother and sister's musings on life and death inspired by night-time star-gazing. This timeless and delightfully-illustrated story would make for a fantastic addition to any family collection, and is not to be missed by lovers of Dickens seminal work. Charles John Huffam Dickens (1812 1870) was an English author widely considered to be the most important novelist of the Victorian era.

Lying Awake: The 'Gentleman Connected with the Press' are short stories 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 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.

A Flight 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 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.

Charles Dickens was a writer and social critic who created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime, and by the twentieth century critics and scholars had recognised him as a literary genius. His novels and short stories enjoy lasting popularity.

Bill-Sticking 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 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.

"Un Cuento de Navidad" (en inglés "A Christmas Carol") es una novela corta escrita por Charles Dickens y publicada por primera vez en 1843. La historia sigue la vida de Ebenezer Scrooge, un avaro anciano y solitario que desprecia la Navidad y todo lo relacionado con ella. La noche de Navidad, Scrooge recibe la visita de tres fantasmas: el Fantasma de las Navidades Pasadas, el Fantasma de las Navidades Presentes y el Fantasma de las Navidades Futuras.

Klasyczna powieść Charlesa Dickensa w uproszczonej adaptacji dla dzieci. Paryż czasów rewolucji nie jest najbezpieczniejszym miejscem na ziemi. Codziennie odbywają się egzekucje, a zabytkowe budynki są palone i równane z ziemią. Jednak kiedy doktor Manette wychodzi z więzienia i spotyka się z córką, wydaje się, że w końcu wszystko będzie dobrze.

Klasyczna powieść Charlesa Dickensa w uproszczonej adaptacji dla dzieci. Życie Davida nie jest proste. Jego ojciec nie żyje, a matka wychodzi za mąż za najpodlejszego człowieka w kraju. Na dodatek, kiedy David zostaje wysłany do szkoły, odkrywa, że kary tam stosowane są straszniejsze, niż mógł to sobie wcześniej wyobrazić. Z pewnością życie nie może być gorsze! Jedyne szczęśliwe zakończenia, jakie David zna, pochodzą z kart jego ulubionych książek.

Klasyczna powieść Charlesa Dickensa w uproszczonej adaptacji dla dzieci. Czternaście długich lat z okropną ciotką, a na pocieszenie towarzystwo lalki i starej chusteczki do nosa. Teraz jednak życie Esther Summerson ma się wreszcie zmienić i stać trochę bardziej znośne. Dziewczynka idzie do szkoły i spotyka w niej nowych przyjaciół – prawdziwych przyjaciół! Jedyne, czego teraz brakuje Esther, to matka. Cóż – dawno zaginieni rodzice nie pojawiają się przecież niespodziewanie.

This motley crew of “Pickwickians” is led by Samuel Pickwick, the philosopher without any great ideas. He is joined by Tracy Tupman, the romantic who cannot hold down a relationship; Augustus Snodgrass, the poet who has never written poetry; and Nathaniel Winkle, the sportsman without any skill. Together, they encounter a series of misadventures that will leave listeners laughing out loud.

Tercer volumen de esta recopilación de cuentos poco tranquilizadores de grandes autores. Conversaciones con fantasmas, resucitados, momias , doppelgangers o incluso...el mismísimo diablo. Dickens, Poe y Maupassant vuelven a la carga con algunos de los mejores relatos del género, pero los autores invitados en esta edición: la polifacética doña Emilia Pardo Bazan y el perturbador Leonid Andreyev se encargarán de ampliar nuestros horizontes y seguir crispando nuestro descanso e imaginación.

Twenty stories were originally published in the Christmas editions of the magazines “Household Words” and “All The Year Round”. Some of the stories have little holiday sentiment and exhibit much of the indignation Dickens felt at the social and economic injustices of his day. Some of the stories were written in collaboration with other authors.

First published in 1850, David Copperfield begins with avid the tragedy of David's brother dying when David is just a boy. After this episode, he is sent by his step-father to work in London for a wine merchant. When conditions worsen he decides to run away and embarks on a journey by foot from London to Dover. On his arrival, he finds his eccentric aunt, Betsey Trotwood, who becomes his new guardian. Being witness to the formation of David's character is quite fascinating. David begins as a strong child whose only aspiration is a better life.

First published in 1850, David Copperfield begins with avid the tragedy of David's brother dying when David is just a boy. After this episode, he is sent by his step-father to work in London for a wine merchant. When conditions worsen he decides to run away and embarks on a journey by foot from London to Dover. On his arrival, he finds his eccentric aunt, Betsey Trotwood, who becomes his new guardian.

This audiobook contains four thrilling ghost stories by the famous British writer Charles Dickens, specially adapted for English learners at CEFR level B1 (intermediate).

Charles Dickens created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime and, by the 20th century, critics and scholars had recognized him as a literary genius. After the success of A Christmas Carol in 1843 Dickens continued the series throughout the 1840s, maintaining what he called "the Carol philosophy" to "strike a sledgehammer blow" for the poor, uneducated, and repressed.

The Cricket on the Heart is a novella by Charles Dickens, published by Bradbury and Evans, and released 20 December 1845. Dickens began writing the book in October 1845 and finished it by December. Like all of Dickens’s Christmas books, it was published in book form, not as a serial. Dickens described the novel as “quiet and domestic innocent and pretty.” It is subdivided into chapters called “Chirps”, similar to the “Quarters” of The Chimes or the “Staves” of A Christmas Carol.