"Pearl-Fishing; Choice Stories from Dickens' Household Words; Second Series" by Charles Dickens. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is...
"Pearl-Fishing; Choice Stories from Dickens' Household Words; First Series" by Charles Dickens. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is...
First published serially between 1864 and 1865, “Our Mutual Friend” is the last novel completed by Charles Dickens. The death of a wealthy miser, who is estranged from all except his trusted employees, Nicodemus and Henrietta Boffin, brings his son John Harmon back to London in order to claim his inheritance. The patrimony carries with it one condition, that he marries a woman he has never met, Miss Bella Wilfer. When a body is found floating in the Thames, it is presumed to be John, and the...
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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...
Zbliżają się Święta Bożego Narodzenia. W całym Londynie czuć już świąteczną atmosferę. Jest tylko jeden człowiek, dla którego Wigilia to kolejny zwykły dzień pracy. Ebenezer Scrooge – zrzędliwy skąpiec, dla którego w życiu liczą się tylko zyski. Na co dzień stroni od ludzi, do których czuje jedynie niechęć. Niespodziewanie, za sprawą ducha zmarłego przyjaciela dostaje od życia szansę na zmianę i zupełnie nowy początek… Trzy duchy zabierają go w niesamowitą podróż w czasie, a to wszystko dzieje...
"Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy's Progress. Illustrated" by Charles Dickens. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks...
Oliver wird im Armenhaus einer englischen Kleinstadt geboren, der Vater ist unbekannt, die Mutter stirbt gleich nach der Geburt. Seine Kindheit ist trostlos. Er kommt ins Arbeitshaus, wird wenig später zu einem Sargtischler in die Lehre gegeben, ehe er nach London flieht und an eine Bande jugendlicher Taschendiebe gerät. Die Geschichte vom armen Waisenjungen, hinter dessen Herkunft sich ein tiefes Geheimnis verbirgt, zählt zu Charles Dickens' großen Gesellschaftsromanen. Eine Anklage gegen...
This carefully crafted ebook: «Oliver Twist + The Old Curiosity Shop (2 Unabridged Classics, Illustrated)» is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Oliver Twist, subtitled The Parish Boy's Progress, is the second novel by Charles Dickens, published by in 1838. The story is about an orphan, Oliver Twist, who endures a miserable existence in a workhouse and then is placed with an undertaker. He escapes and travels to London where he meets the Artful...
Originally serialized in “Bentley’s Miscellany” between February 1837 and April 1839, “Oliver Twist,” is Charles Dickens’s second novel, the classic story of the struggles of a young orphan in 19th century England. When his mother dies in childbirth, Oliver Twist finds himself in a situation of dire poverty. At the time, those who could not afford to provide for themselves were often forced into servitude under the harsh Poor Laws of 19th century England. At the age of nine, Oliver is set to...