A Christmas Carol- The tale has been viewed by critics as an indictment of 19th-century industrial capitalism. It has been credited with restoring the holiday to one of merriment and festivity in Britain and America after a period of sobriety and sombreness. The Chimes – The story of Trotty Veck, a poor ticket porter, whose outlook is changed from despair to hope by the spirits of the chimes on New Year's Eve. The Cricket on the Hearth – Short tale written by Charles Dickens as a...
This eBook has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby tells the story of a young man who must support his mother and sister, as his father dies unexpectedly after losing all of his money in a poor investment. Nicholas, his mother and his younger sister, Kate, are forced to give up their comfortable lifestyle in Devonshire and travel to London to seek the aid of their only relative, Nicholas's...
"A Tale of Two Cities" is set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution. The novel depicts the plight of the French peasantry demoralized by the French aristocracy in the years leading up to the revolution, the corresponding brutality demonstrated by the revolutionaries toward the former aristocrats in the early years of the revolution, and many unflattering social parallels with life in London during the same period. "Barnaby Rudge: A Tale of the Riots of Eighty" is...
Charles Dickens jest jednym z najsłynniejszych pisarzy angielskich w dziejach światowej literatury. Jako pisarz realistyczny wiernie opisuje charakter społeczeństwa Anglii czasów wiktoriańskich. Jest autorem wielu powieści obyczajowych zawierających krytykę niesprawiedliwych praw angielskich. Powieści Dickensa stanowią panoramę życia i obyczajowości dziewiętnastowiecznej Anglii. Bohaterami jego dzieł nie są przedstawiciele elit towarzyskich i arystokracji, ale biedota i żebracy. W jego...
