Author: Charles DickensPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
Works of Charles Dickens
Author: Charles DickensThe Pickwick Papers : (Illustrated) Classic Edition with Original Illustrations
Author: Charles DickensPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 554
Book Description
Dickens was working as a Parliamentary reporter and a roving journalist at age 24, and he had published a collection of sketches on London life as Sketches by Boz. Publisher Chapman & Hall was projecting a series of "cockney sporting plates" by illustrator Robert Seymour. There was to be a club, the members of which were to be sent on hunting and fishing expeditions into the country. Their guns were to go off by accident, and fishhooks were to get caught in their hats and trousers, and these and other misadventures were to be depicted in Seymour's comic plates. They asked Dickens to supply the description necessary to explain the plates and to connect them into a sort of picture novel that was fashionable at the time. He protested that he knew nothing of sport, but still accepted the commission.Only in a few instances did Dickens adjust his narrative to plates that had been prepared for him. Typically, he led the way with an instalment of his story, and the artist was compelled to illustrate what Dickens had already written. The story thus became the prime source of interest and the illustrations merely of secondary importance. Seymour provided the illustrations for the first two instalments before his suicide. Robert William Buss illustrated the third instalment, but Dickens did not like his work, so the remaining instalments were illustrated by Phiz (Hablot Knight Browne) who illustrated most of Dickens's subsequent novels. The instalments were first published in book form in 1837.
Oliver Twist : Om Illustrated Classics
Author: Charles DickensPublisher: Om Books International
ISBN: 9383202823
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 239
Book Description
Oliver Twist is a story of a young orphan, Oliver, and his attempts to stay good in a depraved society. The book exposes the miseries of poverty and its degrading effects through society. Oliver embodies innocence and incorruptibility. He was born and raised in a workhouse, then forced to live with a group of petty criminals and finally was adopted by a generous old man to live with him happily. He faces many obstacles and lives through many horrors throughout the novel. The cruelty of institutions and bureaucracies towards the unfortunate is perhaps the pre-eminent theme of the book, and essentially what makes it a social novel. Like a true Dickensian narrative, the dichotomy between Good and Evil are very clearly marked out. The story with many twists and turns keeps the reader engaged and imparts hope that benevolence can overcome and depravity.
Charles Dickens Books
Author: Charles DickensPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
The Chimes A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In, a short novel by Charles Dickens, was written and published in 1844, one year after A Christmas Carol. It is the second in his series of Christmas books five short books with strong social and moral messages that he published during the 1840's.
Charles Dickens' Complete Works
Author: Charles DickensThe Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)
Author: Charles DickensPublisher: Delphi Classics
ISBN: 1786566877
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1153
Book Description
This eBook features the unabridged text of ‘The Pickwick Papers’ from the bestselling edition of ‘The Complete Works of Charles Dickens’. Having established their name as the leading publisher of classic literature and art, Delphi Classics produce publications that are individually crafted with superior formatting, while introducing many rare texts for the first time in digital print. The Delphi Classics edition of Dickens includes original annotations and illustrations relating to the life and works of the author, as well as individual tables of contents, allowing you to navigate eBooks quickly and easily. eBook features: * The complete unabridged text of ‘The Pickwick Papers’ * Beautifully illustrated with images related to Dickens’s works * Individual contents table, allowing easy navigation around the eBook * Excellent formatting of the textPlease visit www.delphiclassics.com to learn more about our wide range of titles
The Nonesuch Dickens
Author: Charles DickensMaster Humphrey's Clock
Author: DickensPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gordon Riots, 1780
Languages : en
Pages : 462
Book Description
Death and Mr Pickwick
Author: Stephen JarvisPublisher: Random House
ISBN: 1448192005
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 818
Book Description
Shortlisted for the HWA Goldsboro Debut Crown It is 31 March 1836. A new monthly periodical is launched entitled The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. Conceived and created by the artist Robert Seymour, it contains four of his illustrations. The words to accompany them are written by a young journalist, under the pen-name Boz. The journalist's real name is Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers soon becomes a phenomenal, unprecedented sensation, read and discussed by the entire British Isles. Before long, its success is worldwide. Stephen Jarvis's novel tells of the dawning of the age of global celebrity. It is a story of colossal triumph and of the depths of tragedy, based on real events - and an expose of how an ambitious young writer stole another man's ideas.
Author: Charles Dickens