It is said that Charles Dickens invented Christmas, and within these pages you'll certainly find all the elements of a quintessential traditional Christmas brought to vivid life: snowy rooftops, gleaming shop windows, steaming bowls of punch, ... Zobraziť viac
'The monstrous thought came into my mind as I perused the fixed eyes and the saturnine face, that this was a spirit, not a man. ' Three ghostly tales from a master of the form, 'The Signalman', 'The Trial for Murder' and the title story... Zobraziť viac
A mysterious benefactor provides Philip Pirrip with the chance to escape his poor upbringing. Aspiring to be a gentleman, and encouraged by his expectations of wealth, he abandons his friends and moves to London... Zobraziť viac
HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. `Oliver Twist has asked for more!` Fleeing the workhouse, Oliver finds himself taken under the wing ... Zobraziť viac
Oliver is an orphan living on the dangerous London streets with no one but himself to rely on Fleeing from poverty and hardship he falls in with a criminal street gang who will not let him go however hard he tries to escape In Oliver Twist Dickens... Zobraziť viac
Living with his sister and her husband, Pip is an orphan without any expectations. It is only when he begins to visit a rich old woman, Miss Havisham and her adopted niece that he begins to hope for something better... Zobraziť viac
Oliver is an orphan living on the dangerous London streets with no one but himself to rely on Fleeing from poverty and hardship he falls in with a criminal street gang who will not let him go however hard he tries to escape In Oliver Twist Dickens... Zobraziť viac
Lucie Manette had been separated from her father for eighteen years while he languished in Paris’s most feared prison, the Bastille. Finally reunited, the Manettes’s fortunes become inextricably intertwined with those of two men, the heroic ... Zobraziť viac
Vedle své románové tvorby se Charles Dickens věnoval i vydávání časopisů. Ve speciálním vánočním čísle týdeníku All the Year Round vyšel v roce 1859 i soubor povídek Strašidelný dům. Oproti předchozím sbírkám posílil autor... Zobraziť viac
Wordsworth Editions Ltd: This book includes an introduction and notes by Dr Adrienne Gavin, Canterbury Christ Church... Zobraziť viac
In David Copperfield, Dickens describes one boy growing up in a world which is by turns magical, fearful and grimly realistic. Zobraziť viac
Dickens’s story of solitary miser Ebenezer Scrooge, who is taught the true meaning of Christmas by a series of ghostly... Zobraziť viac
Ladybird Classics give young readers an abridged version of some favourite stories... Zobraziť viac
The story of the orphan Oliver, who runs away from the workhouse only to be taken in by a den of thieves, shocked readers... Zobraziť viac
Penguin Books Ltd: Pip doesn't expect much from life... His sister makes it clear that her orphaned little brother is... Zobraziť viac
Coketown is dominated by the figure of Mr Thomas Gradgrind, school headmaster and model of Utilitarian success. Feeding both... Zobraziť viac
Penguin Books Ltd: After eighteen years as a political prisoner in the Bastille the aging Dr Manette is finally released and... Zobraziť viac
