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Characteristic of Dickens' later writings, «Little Dorrit» is a social condemnation, particularly of the system of prisons set aside for the debtors of England. Through the memorable characters of Amy and her father William Dorrit, as well as the disenchanted Arthur Clennam, recently returned from abroad, Dickens weaves a suspenseful tale that plumbs the depths of confined minds. Despite the changing fortunes of many of the characters, financial scandal is never far behind them, and they...
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Characteristic of Dickens' later writings, «Little Dorrit» is a social condemnation, particularly of the system of prisons set aside for the debtors of England. Through the memorable characters of Amy and her father William Dorrit, as well as the disenchanted Arthur Clennam, recently returned from abroad, Dickens weaves a suspenseful tale that plumbs the depths of confined minds. Despite the changing fortunes of many of the characters, financial scandal is never far behind them, and they...
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Characteristic of Dickens' later writings, «Little Dorrit» is a social condemnation, particularly of the system of prisons set aside for the debtors of England. Through the memorable characters of Amy and her father William Dorrit, as well as the disenchanted Arthur Clennam, recently returned from abroad, Dickens weaves a suspenseful tale that plumbs the depths of confined minds. Despite the changing fortunes of many of the characters, financial scandal is never far behind them, and they...
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Regarded by Dickens himself as his best novel upon publication, the experiences of Martin Chuzzlewit relate a tale of familial selfishness and eventual moral redemption. While he is in love with the young Mary Graham, Martin alienates himself from his grandfather and begins working for the corrupt and dishonest Seth Pecksniff. Though he meets the unequivocally kind Tom Pinch during this apprenticeship, Martin is fired and decides to travel to the United States, where he nearly dies. It is in the...
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Regarded by Dickens himself as his best novel upon publication, the experiences of Martin Chuzzlewit relate a tale of familial selfishness and eventual moral redemption. While he is in love with the young Mary Graham, Martin alienates himself from his grandfather and begins working for the corrupt and dishonest Seth Pecksniff. Though he meets the unequivocally kind Tom Pinch during this apprenticeship, Martin is fired and decides to travel to the United States, where he nearly dies. It is in the...
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Англия 1860-х годов. Белла была завещана в невесты. Лишь по причине одного несчастного случая Беллу миновала эта участь. Красивую, но бедную девушку взяла под свою опеку пожилая пара. Они хотели вывести ее в свет. Но Белла влюбилась в загадочного секретаря, забыв обо всем… На Лиззи, дочь лодочника, обращает внимание небогатый джентльмен Юджин. Лиззи старается избегать его внимания. В юную девушку влюбляется еще один мужчина: неуравновешенный учитель ее брата, который ради нее готов даже на...
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Though only the third novel Dickens wrote, «Nicholas Nickleby» is a well-crafted and significant precursor to his other great works. The tale follows the fortunes of the young man Nicholas, the son of an imprudent gentleman who leaves his family without resources. Fiercely devoted to his mother and sisters, as well as his true friends, Nicholas is occasionally emotional and even violent, yet always idealistic. He seeks the aid of his villainous uncle, Ralph Nickleby, who comes to hate his nephew...
| Автор | Charles Dickens, Чарльз Диккенс |
Starved and mistreated, empty bowl in hand, the young hero musters the courage to approach his master, saying, «Please, sir, I want some more.» Oliver Twist's famous cry of the heart has resounded with readers since the novel's initial appearance in 1837, and the book remains a popular favorite with fans of all ages.Dickens was no stranger to the pain of hunger and the degradation of poverty. He poured his own youthful experience of Victorian London's unspeakable squalor into this...
| Автор | Charles Dickens, Чарльз Диккенс |
Mit 24 Original Zeichnungen von George Cruikshank Dies ist die Geschichte des Findelkindes und Waisenjungen Oliver Twist, der ohne Kenntnisse über seine Herkunft im Armenhaus einer englischen Kleinstadt aufwächst. Als dem Jungen eine Anstellung beim ansässigen Sargtischler vermittelt wird, kann er den katastrophalen Zuständen im Waisenhaus entfliehen. Bald darauf flieht er nach einer Prügelei mit einem anderen Lehrling nach London. In London angekommen gerät er in die Fänge des Hehlers...
| Автор | Charles Dickens, Чарльз Диккенс |
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A level 6 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. Retold for Learners of English by Richard Rogers. London in the 1830s was no place to be if you were a hungry ten-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...
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HarperCollins is proud to present a range of best-loved, essential classics.'Oliver Twist has asked for more!'Fleeing the workhouse, Oliver finds himself taken under the wing of the Artful Dodger and caught up with a group of pickpockets in London. As he tries to free himself from their clutches he becomes immersed in the seedy underbelly of the Capital, amongst criminals, prostitutes and the homeless. Dickens scathing attack on the cruelness of Victorian Society features some of his most...
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When a rich miser dies, his inheritance is to pass to his estranged son John Harmon, who must return from South Africa to claim it, on condition that he marries a woman he has never met, Miss Bella Wilfer. When John Harmon goes missing and is presumed dead, the fortune passes instead to the miser’s faithful employees Mr. and Mrs. Boffin. Rich with psychological and social insight into the effects of money on society, «Our Mutual Friend», the last novel that Charles Dickens completed is...
| Автор | Charles Dickens, Чарльз Диккенс |
Одно из самых очаровательных произведений английской юмористической литературы. Книга, после выхода которой молодой журналист Чарлз Диккенс стал самым популярным писателем Англии. Четверо «настоящих английских джентльменов» – милейший Сэмюел Пиквик, вечно попадающий впросак, престарелый романтик Трейси Тапмен, не написавший ни одного стихотворения «поэт» Огастес Снодграсс и спортсмен-недотепа Натэниел Уинкль – отправляются на поиски приключений… Вот уже два века после первой публикации роман...
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«Повесть о двух городах» – исторический роман Чарльза Диккенса о временах Французской революции в Париже и Лондоне. О том, что предшествует началу любых кровавых событий, что движет людьми, когда уже ничего не остается, кроме последнего довода народа – восстания. Одновременно с этой социальной составляющей «Повесть о двух городах» – роман о любви и дружбе, которые лишь крепнут в гиблые и бессмысленные времена революций, и силе человеческого духа, для которого смыслом жизни становится спасение...
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