"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...
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 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...
Musaicum Books presents to you this carefully created volume of «THE ESSENTIAL DICKENS – 8 Greatest Novels in One Edition». This ebook has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Contents: The Pickwick Papers Oliver Twist A Christmas Carol David Copperfield Bleak House Hard Times A Tale of Two Cities Great Expectations Charles Dickens (1812–1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the...
This unique collection of «30 DICKENSIAN CHRISTMAS CLASSICS: Complete Christmas Novels & Tales (Illustrated Edition)» has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards. A Christmas Carol The Chimes Oliver Twist A Christmas Tree David Copperfield Little Dorrit The Cricket on the Hearth The Battle of Life The Haunted Man What Christmas Is As We Grow Older The Poor Relation's Story The Child's Story The Schoolboy's Story Nobody's Story ...
A Tale of Two Cities and Great Expectations are two much-loved novels by Charles Dickens. Tale of Two Cities is is a novel set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution. The main characters – Doctor Alexandre Manette, Charles Darnay, and Sydney Carton – are all recalled to life, or resurrected, in different ways as turmoil erupts. Great Expectations centers around a poor young man by the name of Pip, who is given the chance to make himself a gentleman by a mysterious...
This unique collection of «The Greatest Children's Classics of Charles Dickens (Illustrated)» has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards. Contents: Stories About Children Every Child Can Read: Trotty Veck and Meg Tiny Tim The Runaway Couple Little Dorrit The Toy-Maker and His Blind Daughter Little Nell Little David Copperfield Jenny Wren Pip's Adventure Todgers' Dick Swiveller and the Marchioness Mr. Wardle's Servant Joe The Brave and...
