Чарльз Диккенс

Rich in the imagery of nineteenth-century England, this literary classic celebrates a return to old-fashioned Christmas festivities while examining the crisis in one man's personal life. One of the most famous characters in literary history, Ebenezer Scrooge is the «grasping old sinner» who finds redemption after witnessing scenes from his life in which his greed, self-interest, and lack of compassion are revealed.Complementing the master storyteller's wise and witty prose are the...

"It was the best of times, it was the worst times," so begins the famous first lines of one of Charles Dickens most popular novels. «A Tale of Two Cities» is a story set in the late 18th century during the French Revolution and the title cities in question are that of London and Paris. At the heart of the novel is the story of a young Englishman who sacrifices his life to save the husband of a woman he loves. «A Tale of Two Cities» is a classic love story set against the backdrop of...

"It was the best of times, it was the worst times," so begins the famous first lines of one of Charles Dickens most popular novels. «A Tale of Two Cities» is a story set in the late 18th century during the French Revolution and the title cities in question are that of London and Paris. At the heart of the novel is the story of a young Englishman who sacrifices his life to save the husband of a woman he loves. «A Tale of Two Cities» is a classic love story set against the backdrop of...

"It was the best of times, it was the worst times," so begins the famous first lines of one of Charles Dickens most popular novels. «A Tale of Two Cities» is a story set in the late 18th century during the French Revolution and the title cities in question are that of London and Paris. At the heart of the novel is the story of a young Englishman who sacrifices his life to save the husband of a woman he loves. «A Tale of Two Cities» is a classic love story set against the backdrop of...

"It was the best of times, it was the worst times," so begins the famous first lines of one of Charles Dickens most popular novels. «A Tale of Two Cities» is a story set in the late 18th century during the French Revolution and the title cities in question are that of London and Paris. At the heart of the novel is the story of a young Englishman who sacrifices his life to save the husband of a woman he loves. «A Tale of Two Cities» is a classic love story set against the backdrop of...

"It was the best of times, it was the worst times," so begins the famous first lines of one of Charles Dickens most popular novels. «A Tale of Two Cities» is a story set in the late 18th century during the French Revolution and the title cities in question are that of London and Paris. At the heart of the novel is the story of a young Englishman who sacrifices his life to save the husband of a woman he loves. «A Tale of Two Cities» is a classic love story set against the backdrop of...

"It was the best of times, it was the worst times," so begins the famous first lines of one of Charles Dickens most popular novels. «A Tale of Two Cities» is a story set in the late 18th century during the French Revolution and the title cities in question are that of London and Paris. At the heart of the novel is the story of a young Englishman who sacrifices his life to save the husband of a woman he loves. «A Tale of Two Cities» is a classic love story set against the backdrop of...

"It was the best of times, it was the worst times," so begins the famous first lines of one of Charles Dickens most popular novels. «A Tale of Two Cities» is a story set in the late 18th century during the French Revolution and the title cities in question are that of London and Paris. At the heart of the novel is the story of a young Englishman who sacrifices his life to save the husband of a woman he loves. «A Tale of Two Cities» is a classic love story set against the backdrop of...

"It was the best of times, it was the worst times," so begins the famous first lines of one of Charles Dickens most popular novels. «A Tale of Two Cities» is a story set in the late 18th century during the French Revolution and the title cities in question are that of London and Paris. At the heart of the novel is the story of a young Englishman who sacrifices his life to save the husband of a woman he loves. «A Tale of Two Cities» is a classic love story set against the backdrop of...

"It was the best of times, it was the worst times," so begins the famous first lines of one of Charles Dickens most popular novels. «A Tale of Two Cities» is a story set in the late 18th century during the French Revolution and the title cities in question are that of London and Paris. At the heart of the novel is the story of a young Englishman who sacrifices his life to save the husband of a woman he loves. «A Tale of Two Cities» is a classic love story set against the backdrop of...

"It was the best of times, it was the worst times," so begins the famous first lines of one of Charles Dickens most popular novels. «A Tale of Two Cities» is a story set in the late 18th century during the French Revolution and the title cities in question are that of London and Paris. At the heart of the novel is the story of a young Englishman who sacrifices his life to save the husband of a woman he loves. «A Tale of Two Cities» is a classic love story set against the backdrop of...

"It was the best of times, it was the worst times," so begins the famous first lines of one of Charles Dickens most popular novels. «A Tale of Two Cities» is a story set in the late 18th century during the French Revolution and the title cities in question are that of London and Paris. At the heart of the novel is the story of a young Englishman who sacrifices his life to save the husband of a woman he loves. «A Tale of Two Cities» is a classic love story set against the backdrop of...

"It was the best of times, it was the worst times," so begins the famous first lines of one of Charles Dickens most popular novels. «A Tale of Two Cities» is a story set in the late 18th century during the French Revolution and the title cities in question are that of London and Paris. At the heart of the novel is the story of a young Englishman who sacrifices his life to save the husband of a woman he loves. «A Tale of Two Cities» is a classic love story set against the backdrop of...

"It was the best of times, it was the worst times," so begins the famous first lines of one of Charles Dickens most popular novels. «A Tale of Two Cities» is a story set in the late 18th century during the French Revolution and the title cities in question are that of London and Paris. At the heart of the novel is the story of a young Englishman who sacrifices his life to save the husband of a woman he loves. «A Tale of Two Cities» is a classic love story set against the backdrop of...

"It was the best of times, it was the worst times," so begins the famous first lines of one of Charles Dickens most popular novels. «A Tale of Two Cities» is a story set in the late 18th century during the French Revolution and the title cities in question are that of London and Paris. At the heart of the novel is the story of a young Englishman who sacrifices his life to save the husband of a woman he loves. «A Tale of Two Cities» is a classic love story set against the backdrop of...

"It was the best of times, it was the worst times," so begins the famous first lines of one of Charles Dickens most popular novels. «A Tale of Two Cities» is a story set in the late 18th century during the French Revolution and the title cities in question are that of London and Paris. At the heart of the novel is the story of a young Englishman who sacrifices his life to save the husband of a woman he loves. «A Tale of Two Cities» is a classic love story set against the backdrop of...

"It was the best of times, it was the worst times," so begins the famous first lines of one of Charles Dickens most popular novels. «A Tale of Two Cities» is a story set in the late 18th century during the French Revolution and the title cities in question are that of London and Paris. At the heart of the novel is the story of a young Englishman who sacrifices his life to save the husband of a woman he loves. «A Tale of Two Cities» is a classic love story set against the backdrop of...

"It was the best of times, it was the worst times," so begins the famous first lines of one of Charles Dickens most popular novels. «A Tale of Two Cities» is a story set in the late 18th century during the French Revolution and the title cities in question are that of London and Paris. At the heart of the novel is the story of a young Englishman who sacrifices his life to save the husband of a woman he loves. «A Tale of Two Cities» is a classic love story set against the backdrop of...

"It was the best of times, it was the worst times," so begins the famous first lines of one of Charles Dickens most popular novels. «A Tale of Two Cities» is a story set in the late 18th century during the French Revolution and the title cities in question are that of London and Paris. At the heart of the novel is the story of a young Englishman who sacrifices his life to save the husband of a woman he loves. «A Tale of Two Cities» is a classic love story set against the backdrop of...

Fully entitled «Barnaby Rudge: A Tale of the Riots of 'Eighty,» this novel was Dickens' first attempt at a historical novel. As such, it is the precursor to his more famous «A Tale of Two Cities,» in which his exploration of mob violence, and especially the effect of public events on individual lives, becomes apparent. This work centers on Barnaby Rudge, a mentally simple son, and his loving mother, who are a part of the small village of Epping Forest, just outside of London. This...

Widely considered one of Dickens most superb and complete novels, «Bleak House» has a complex plot that contains one of his most elaborate attacks on a flaw of society: the chancery system. The kind John Jarndyce is tied up in litigation that only his wards Richard and Ada care to discuss. He then becomes guardian of Esther, an orphaned young woman who comprises a part of the experimental narration of the novel. A series of events take the vast array of comic and tragic characters from the slums...