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Toby Veck is a humble porter who has lost his faith in humanity. Then high up in a church steeple, where spiders spin their castles in the air, the spirit of the bells appear to take Toby on a New Year's Eve journey where he discovers all he has to be grateful for.

Christmas is humbug, Scrooge says - just a time when you find yourself a year older and not a penny richer. The only thing that matters to Scrooge is business, and making money. But on Christmas Eve three spirits come to visit him. They take him travelling on the wings of the night to see the shadows of Christmas past, present, and future - and Scrooge learns a lesson that he will never forget.

After eighteen years as a political prisoner in the Bastille, the ageing Doctor Manette is finally released and reunited with his daughter in England. There the lives of two very different men, Charles Darnay, an exiled French aristocrat, and Sydney Carton, a disreputable but brilliant English lawyer, become enmeshed through their love for Lucie Manette. From the tranquil roads of London, they are drawn against their will to the vengeful, bloodstained streets of Paris at the height of the Reign of Terror, and they soon fall under the lethal shadow of La Guillotine.

This delightful collection of 13 children’s classic stories features Alice in Wonderland, The Bell, A Christmas Carol, Cinderella, Emily of New Moon, The Little Match Girl, The Little Mermaid, Little Red Riding Hood, Scourge of the Desert, The Secret Garden, Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, and The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

’Please, Mr Murdstone! Don’t beat me! I’ve tried to learn my lessons, really I have, sir!’ sobs David. Although he is only eight years old, Mr Murdstone does beat him, and David is so frightened that he bites his cruel stepfather’s hand. For that, he is kept locked in his room for five days and nights, and nobody is allowed to speak to him. As David grows up, he learns that life is full of trouble and misery and cruelty. But he also finds laughter and kindness, trust and friendship . . . and love.

London in the 1830s was no place to be if you were a hungry 10-year-old boy, an orphan without friends or family, with no home to go to, and only a penny in your pocket to buy a piece of bread.But Oliver Twist finds some friends – Fagin, the Artful Dodger, and Charley Bates. They give him food and shelter, and play games with him, but it is not until some days later that Oliver finds out what kind of friends they are and what kind of ’games’ they play. An Oxford Bookworms Library reader for learners of English, adapted from the Charles Dickens original by Richard Rogers.

Step into the fog-shrouded streets and intrigue of the nineteenth century with Classic Detective Stories of the Victorian Era, a compelling collection of early mystery fiction by Charles Dickens, Guy de Maupassant, and Arthur Conan Doyle. Featuring gripping tales such as Hunted Down, The Piece of String, My Friend the Murderer, The Cabman’s Story, and the famous Sherlock Holmes mystery The Red-Headed League, this volume captures the suspense, clever deduction, and atmospheric storytelling that shaped the foundations of modern detective fiction.

"Eine Geschichte aus zwei Städten" (Originaltitel: "A Tale of Two Cities") ist ein historischer Roman von Charles Dickens aus dem Jahr 1859. Er gehört zu den berühmtesten Werken der Weltliteratur. Schauplatz des Romans sind Paris und London. Erzählt wird die Lebensgeschichte von Dr. Manette, seiner Tochter Lucie und deren Ehemann Charles Darnay in den Wirren der Französischen Revolution. Als Charles von den Revolutionären zum Tode verurteilt wird, rettet ihm der junge Anwalt Sydney Carton, der in Lucie verliebt ist, das Leben: Anstelle von Lucies Gatten besteigt Sydney das Schafott und geht für ihn in den Tod.

In this, perhaps Dickens' most profound and personal novel, we are invited to share in the sentimental education of Pip, the poor boy from the village forge who risks losing himself in snobbery and selfishness when he mysteriously inherits a fortune. The story moves from the bleak Kentish marshes of Pip's childhood to a thrilling climax that mingles tragedy and triumph.

Hunted Down: The Detective Stories of Charles Dickens gathers Dickens’s most incisive explorations of crime and character, led by the haunting tale of Mr. Julius Slinkton—a man whose impeccable manners and professional respectability conceal a chilling capacity for manipulation.

Set against the backdrop of the French Revolution, Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities is a sweeping story of love, sacrifice, and redemption in an age of chaos and change. From the crowded streets of London to the shadowed alleys of revolutionary Paris, Dickens paints a vivid portrait of two cities—and the people whose lives are bound together by fate, injustice, and hope. At its heart lies a tale of deep human emotion: a man’s long imprisonment, a daughter’s unshakable devotion, and a love that transcends despair.

Young Nicholas Nickleby is suddenly thrust into the harsh realities of life after his father’s death leaves the family penniless. Determined to protect his mother and sister, Nicholas must navigate a world of greed, cruelty, and corruption. From the grim boarding school run by the cruel Wackford Squeers to the bustling streets of London, Nicholas encounters both villainy and kindness, finding allies in unexpected places and enemies at every turn.

Join David as he encounters his eccentric Aunt Betsey, faithful Peggotty and the villainous Uriah Heep, and as he falls in love with Little Em'ly, Dora and Agnes. And then there is old school friend James Steerforth: dashing, daring and seductive. This dramatisation explores the complexities and intimacies of that relationship beyond anything possible in Dickens' day, in an adaptation giving fresh life and vividness to this beloved tale.

Dramatized by best-selling narrator Steve Cook, this abridged re-telling of Dickens' classic Christmas tale has something for everyone. All the sounds of 19th-Century London are captured, from clopping hooves on cobblestones to booming Westminster chimes at midnight to the supernatural comings and goings of Scrooge’s four nocturnal visitors. Plus, a complete soundtrack of suspenseful and seasonal music throughout puts the finishing touches on a true, old-fashioned radio theatre-style experience.

A lone narrator meets a railway worker who is confined to a cold, gloomy station in a deep cutting near a tunnel entrance. This worker is a signalman, and it is his responsibility to give the green light for trains to pass through the area. These are slow, monotonous days. The signalman’s life is not marked by much, until the nightmares begin. Three times in a row, a ghost mysteriously appears before the signalman – and with each apparition, a tragic accident unfolds on the rail tracks. Although our narrator doubts the man at first, events soon make him a believer too.

"Canción de Navidad", el más famoso de los relatos navideños de Charles Dickens, nos envía un mensaje de hermandad humana a través de las vicisitudes de Scrooge, un viejo avaro que es visitado por el espectro de su antiguo socio Marley, y conminado por éste a revisar los actos de su vida. El fantasma lo lleva a conocer su pasado, su presente, y las consecuencias que el futuro, de no cambiar su actitud, le deparará

David Copperfield es el octavo libro escrito por Charles Dickens, narrada por su protagonista, quien detalla sus aventuras en su viaje de la infancia a la madurez. Muchos elementos de la novela hacen referencia a la propia vida de Dickens, siendo probablemente la más autobiográfica de todas sus obras. Así también, el mismo Dickens señaló en un prólogo de la novela "de todos mis libros, éste es el que más me gusta", y luego "como muchos padres, tengo un hijo preferido, un hijo que es mi debilidad; este hijo se llama David Copperfield

Assembled and edited by Julian Hawthorne and first published in 1907, the Old Time English volume of The Lock and Key Library features ten classic mysteries and ghost stories by Charles Dickens, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Thomas de Quincey, Charles Robert Maturin, Laurence Sterne, and William Makepeace Thackeray. This volume of The Lock and Key Library is sure to haunt and charm fans of ghost and detective mysteries alike.

Little Dorrit is a novel by Charles Dickens, originally published in serial form between 1855 and 1857. The story features Amy Dorrit, youngest child of her family, born and raised in the Marshalsea prison for debtors in London. Arthur Clennam encounters her after returning home from a 20-year absence, ready to begin his life anew. The novel satirises the shortcomings of both government and society, including the institution of debtors' prisons, where debtors were imprisoned, unable to work, until they repaid their debts.

Cuento de navidad narra la historia de Ebenezer Scrooge, un anciano miserable y tacaño, a quien durante una gélida Nochebuena, recibe la visita del espectro de su antiguo socio, Jacob Marley, quien hace desfilar ante Scrooge la visión de los espíritus de las Navidades pasadas, presentes y futuras intentando conmover su corazón. Tras esta visita y tras visionar la soledad y la muerte que le aguardan, Scrooge cambiará su modo de ver la vida. Un tierno relato que propone remover la conciencias y convencer de la necesidad de ser más bondadosos y de practicar la caridad en un mundo injusto.