Nicht nur wird in Bleak House die Hohlheit einer Adelsgesellschaft kritisiert, sondern, wie könnte dies bei Dickens fehlen, der Blick des Lesers auch auf Großstadtnot, Wohnungselend und Vernachlässigung gerichtet, breit geschildert und...

"**Weihnachtsgeschichten**" von Charles Dickens ist eine Sammlung klassischer Erzählungen, die das Wesen und den Geist der Weihnacht einfangen. Die bekannteste Geschichte in dieser Sammlung ist "A Christmas Carol" (Eine...

An unknown benefactor provides Philip Pirrip with the chance to escape his poor upbringing. Aspiring to be a gentleman, and encouraged by his expectations of wealth, he abandons his friends and moves to London. His expectations prove to...

FICTION / Classics von Dickens, Charles

One of Dickens's finest novels, Great Expectations chronicles the fortunes of its young protagonist Pip as he is unexpectedly endowed by a mysterious benefactor with the life of a gentleman, enabling him to escape to London from the...

2015 wählten 82 internationale Literaturkritiker vier seiner Romane zu den bedeutendsten britischen Romanen: u. a. David Copperfield. Dickens verwendet in seinen Werken einen blumigen und poetischen Stil, der viele humoristische Elemente...

A delightful travelogue in the unique style of one of the greatest writers in the English language In 1844, Charles Dickens took a break from novel writing to travel through Italy for almost a year and Pictures from Italy is an...

A Tale of Two Cities von Dickens, Charles

New edition in the range; suitable for school or home reading. von Dickens, Charles

Designed to appeal to the book lover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautifully bound pocket-sized gift editions of much loved classic titles. Bound in real cloth, printed on high quality paper, and featuring ribbon...

Reproduction of the original. von Dickens, Charles

'Christmas is the perfect time to share the magic of reading with your family and Scrooge's journey to redemption is still as thrilling, moving and joyous over 175 years after it was written. This has to be the perfect Christmas book' -...