Charles Dickens was born in Hampshire on February 7, 1812. His father was a clerk in the navy pay office, who was well paid but often ended up in financial troubles. When Dickens was twelve years old he was send to work in a shoe polish...

In a book that is part fairy tale and part thinly veiled autobiography, Dickens transmutes his life experience into a brilliant series of comic and sentimental adventures in the spirit of the great eighteenth-century novelists he so much...

"Great Illustrated Novels: David Copperfield; Great Expectations; Oliver Twist; A Christmas Carol" ist eine Sammlung von vier klassischen Romanen des berühmten britischen Autors Charles Dickens. Diese Werke sind bekannt für ihre...

In Great Expectations, one of his best-loved novels, Dickens tells the enthralling story of the orphaned Pip and introduces us to a gallery of unforgettable characters including Joe, the kindly blacksmith, the mysterious Magwitch, the...

From A to Z, the Penguin Drop Caps series collects 26 unique hardcovers-featuring cover art by type superstar Jessica Hische It all begins with a letter. Fall in love with Penguin Drop Caps, a new series of twenty-six collectible and...

Eine kleine Aufmunterung oder erheiternde Lektüre kann jeder einmal gebrauchen. Dieses stilvolle Buch wirkt mit seinen detailreichen Illustrationen von Blumen, Schmetterlingen und Vögeln nostalgisch und herzerwärmend. Die mehr als 200...

'Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show' Dickens's epic, exuberant novel is one of the greatest coming-of-age stories in literature. It...

"The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit" (Leben und Abenteuer des Martin Chuszlewit), bekannter als "Martin Chuzzlewit", gilt als der letzte von Charles Dickens Schelmenromane. Der Roman erschien in mehreren Fortsetzungen zwischen...

Having moved into an abandoned haunted house, the narrator, undaunted by the warnings of the locals, invites a party of friends over; on Twelfth Night he and his guests gather together, and relate the supernatural experiences they have...

Die Pickwickier von Dickens, Charles

The redemptive story of Ebenezer Scrooge getting into the Christmas spirit, available here as a "Barnes & Noble Flexibound Pocket Edition". von Dickens, Charles

Einer der bedeutensten Romane der englischen Literatur Der Roman schildert, wie der gefühlslose und stolze Geschäftsmann Mr. Dombey zu Fall kommt, aber dank des Einflusses seiner so lang vernachlässigten Tochter Florence gutherzig wird....