Author: Charles DickensPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 448
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The Works of Charles Dickens
Author: Charles DickensCharles Dickens' Complete Works
Author: Charles DickensThe Complete Works of Charles Dickens in Thirty Volumes
Author: Charles DickensWorks of Charles Dickens: The uncommercial traveler [and additional Christmas stories
Author: Charles DickensThe Complete Works of Charles Dickens in Thirty Volumes
Author: Charles DickensThe Works of Charles Dickens in Thirty Volumes
Author: Charles DickensThe Complete Works of Charles Dickens (in 30 Volumes, Illustrated)
Author: Charles DickensPublisher: Cosimo, Inc.
ISBN: 1616400056
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 462
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It is impossible to overstate the importance of British novelist CHARLES DICKENS (1812-1870) not only to literature in the English language, but to Western civilization on the whole. He is arguably the first fiction writer to have become an international celebrity. He popularized episodic fiction and the cliffhanger, which had a profound influence on the development of film and television. He is entirely responsible for the popular image of Victorian London that still lingers today, and his characters-from Oliver Twist to Ebenezer Scrooge, from Miss Havisham to Uriah Heep-have become not merely iconic, but mythic. But it was his stirring portraits of ordinary people-not the upper classes or the aristocracy-and his fervent cries for social, moral, and legal justice for the working poor, and in particular for poor children, in the grim early decades of the Industrial Revolution that powerfully impacted social concerns well into the 20th century. Without Charles Dickens, we may never have seen the likes of Sherlock Holmes, Upton Sinclair, or even Bob Dylan. Here, in 30 beautiful volumes-complete with all the original illustrations-is every published word written by one of the most important writers ever. The essential collector's set will delight anyone who cherishes English literature...and who takes pleasure in constantly rediscovering its joys. This volume contains Part I of The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, which was originally serialized in standalone installments in 1843-44. The work Dickens considered his best, it is a satire on selfishness, revolving around the Chuzzlewit family, and is notable for what is perceived by some as anti-American attitudes, though Dickens intended his less than positive depictions of Americans as satirical, too.
The Complete Works of Charles Dickens
Author: Charles DickensPublisher: Cosimo, Inc.
ISBN: 1616400048
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 442
Book Description
It is impossible to overstate the importance of British novelist CHARLES DICKENS (1812-1870) not only to literature in the English language, but to Western civilization on the whole. He is arguably the first fiction writer to have become an international celebrity. He popularized episodic fiction and the cliffhanger, which had a profound influence on the development of film and television. He is entirely responsible for the popular image of Victorian London that still lingers today, and his characters-from Oliver Twist to Ebenezer Scrooge, from Miss Havisham to Uriah Heep-have become not merely iconic, but mythic. But it was his stirring portraits of ordinary people-not the upper classes or the aristocracy-and his fervent cries for social, moral, and legal justice for the working poor, and in particular for poor children, in the grim early decades of the Industrial Revolution that powerfully impacted social concerns well into the 20th century. Without Charles Dickens, we may never have seen the likes of Sherlock Holmes, Upton Sinclair, or even Bob Dylan. Here, in 30 beautiful volumes-complete with all the original illustrations-is every published word written by one of the most important writers ever. The essential collector's set will delight anyone who cherishes English literature...and who takes pleasure in constantly rediscovering its joys. This volume contains Dickens's famous 1843 novel A Christmas Carol plus his lesser-known tales of the winter holiday: The Chimes (1844), The Cricket on the Hearth (1845), The Battle of Life (1846), and The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain (1848).
The Complete Works of Charles Dickens in Thirty Volumes
Author: Charles DickensThe Complete Works of Charles Dickens in Thirty Volumes [prospectus]
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Author: Charles DickensPublisher:
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 36
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