The Dickens Boy

Author : Thomas Keneally
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2022-03-08
Category : FICTION
ISBN : 9781982169145

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The Dickens Boy by Thomas Keneally Pdf

The award-winning author of modern classics such as Schindler's List and the "complex and mesmerizing" (The Christian Science Monitor) Napoleon's Last Island is at his triumphant best with this vibrant and engaging novel about the adventures of Charles Dickens's son in the Australian Outback during the 1860s. Edward Dickens, the tenth child of England's most famous author Charles Dickens, has consistently let down his parents. Unable to apply himself at school and adrift in life, the teenaged boy is sent to Australia in the hopes that he can make something of himself--or at least fail out of the public eye. He soon finds himself in the remote Outback, surrounded by Aboriginals, colonials, ex-convicts, ex-soldiers, and very few women. Even on the other side of the world, Edward encounters the same rabid veneration of his father that exists in England. But Edward has a secret: he has never read a single word of his father's beloved writing. Determined to prove to his parents and more importantly, himself, that he can succeed in this vast and unfamiliar wilderness, Edward works hard at his new life amidst various livestock, bushrangers, shifty stock agents, and frontier battles. By reimagining the tale of a fascinating yet little-known figure in history, this rollicking, high-spirited tale offers penetrating insights into Colonialism and the fate of Australia's indigenous people, and a wonderfully intimate portrait of Charles Dickens, as seen through the eye of his exiled son.

Author : Deborah Hopkinson
Publisher : Schwartz & Wade
Page : 41 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2012-01-10
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780375987403

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A Boy Called Dickens by Deborah Hopkinson Pdf

For years Dickens kept the story of his own childhood a secret. Yet it is a story worth telling. For it helps us remember how much we all might lose when a child's dreams don't come true . . . As a child, Dickens was forced to live on his own and work long hours in a rat-infested blacking factory. Readers will be drawn into the winding streets of London, where they will learn how Dickens got the inspiration for many of his characters. The 200th anniversary of Dickens's birth was February 7, 2012, and this tale of his little-known boyhood is the perfect way to introduce kids to the great author. This Booklist Best Children's Book of the Year is historical fiction at its ingenious best.

Author : Lloyd Jones
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2011-04-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781459616356

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Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones Pdf

Lloyd Jones' new novel is set mainly in a small village on Bougainville, a country torn apart by civil war. Matilda attends the school set up by Mr Watts, the only white man on the island. By his own admission he's not much of a teacher and proceeds to educate the children by reading them Great Expectations. Matilda falls in love with the novel, strongly identifying with Pip. The promise of the next chapter is what keeps her going; Pip's story protects her from the horror of what is happening around her - helicopters menacing the skies above the village and rebel raids on the ground. When the rebels visit the village searching for any remaining men to join their cause, they discover the name Pip written in the sand and instigate a search for him. When Pip can't be found the soldiers destroy the book. Mr Watts then encourages the children to retell the story from their memories. Then when the rebels invade the village, the teacher tells them a story which lasts seven nights, about a boy named Pip, and a convict . . .

Author : Charles Dickens
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 564 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1872
Category : English fiction
ISBN : NYPL:33433074954300

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Dombey and Son by Charles Dickens Pdf

Author : Andrea Warren
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 165 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780547395746

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Charles Dickens and the Street Children of London by Andrea Warren Pdf

The motivations behind Dickens' novels and the poverty-stricken world of 19th century London.

Author : Charles Dickens
Publisher : ABDO
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1577656857

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David Copperfield by Charles Dickens Pdf

A simplified edition of the autobiographical novel whose hero, an orphan boy in nineteenth-century England, successfully overcomes an unhappy childhood.

Author : Thomas Keneally
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2019-12-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781982121051

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The Book of Science and Antiquities by Thomas Keneally Pdf

Thomas Keneally, the bestselling author of The Daughters of Mars and Schindler’s List, brings his “insightful and nimble prose” (The New York Times Book Review) to this exquisite exploration of community and country, love and morality, set in both prehistoric and modern Australia. An award-winning documentary filmmaker, Shelby Apple is obsessed with reimagining the full story of the Learned Man—a prehistoric man whose remains are believed to be the link between Africa and ancient Australia. From Vietnam to northern Africa and the Australian Outback, Shelby searches for understanding of this enigmatic man from the ancient past, unaware that the two men share a great deal in common. Some 40,000 years in the past, the Learned Man has made his home alongside other members of his tribe. Complex and deeply introspective, he reveres tradition, loyalty, and respect for his ancestors. Willing to sacrifice himself for the greater good, the Learned Man cannot conceive that a man millennia later could relate to him in heart and feeling. In this “meditation on last things, but still electric with life, passion and appetite” (The Australian), Thomas Keneally weaves an extraordinary dual narrative that effortlessly transports you around the world and across time, offering “a hymn to idealism and to human development” (Sydney Morning Herald).

Author : Charles Dickens
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2021-04-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798736424061

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A Tale of Two Cities Illustrated by (Hablot Knight Browne (Phiz)) by Charles Dickens Pdf

A Tale of Two Cities (1859) is the second historical novel by Charles Dickens, set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution. It depicts the plight of the French proletariat under the brutal oppression of t+E3he French aristocracy in the years leading up to the revolution, and the corresponding savage brutality demonstrated by the revolutionaries toward the former aristocrats in the early years of the revolution. It follows the lives of several protagonists through these events, most notably Charles Darnay, a French once-aristocrat who falls victim to the indiscriminate wrath of the revolution despite his virtuous nature, and Sydney Carton, a dissipated English barrister who endeavours to redeem his ill-spent life out of love for Darnay's wife, Lucie Manette.

Author : Gregory Maguire
Publisher : Candlewick Press
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2010-04-06
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780763651718

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What-the-Dickens by Gregory Maguire Pdf

"Gregory Maguire does for the dark and stormy night what he did for witches in Wicked." — The New York Times Book Review A terrible storm is raging, and Dinah is huddled by candlelight with her brother, sister, and cousin Gage, who is telling a very unusual tale. It’s thestory of What-the-Dickens, a newly hatched orphan creature who finds he has an attraction to teeth, a crush on a cat named McCavity, and a penchant for getting into trouble. One day he happens upon a feisty girl skibberee working as an Agent of Change — trading coins for teeth — and learns of a dutiful tribe of tooth fairies to which he hopes to belong. As his tale unfolds, however, both What-the-Dickens and Dinah come to see that the world is both richer and far less sure than they ever imagined.

Author : Charles Dickens
Publisher : Charles Dickens
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 190623003X

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David Copperfield by Charles Dickens Pdf

Can one lonely little boy show the strength and determination to survive the dangers that lie ahead? Travelling along the rocky road from boyhood to manhood, how can David learn who to trust and who to love? Will David's friends bring him happiness or heartache? In this inspiring tale of trust, betrayal, courage and love, Charles Dickens presents a world of colourful characters to amuse us, astonish us, disgust us and move us to tears. Once encountered, David Copperfield's friends and enemies will never be forgotten.

Author : Charles Dickens
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2021-04-21
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798741923726

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Charles Dickens Books by Charles Dickens Pdf

The Chimes A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In, a short novel by Charles Dickens, was written and published in 1844, one year after A Christmas Carol. It is the second in his series of Christmas books five short books with strong social and moral messages that he published during the 1840's.

Author : Nancy Churnin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2024-10-03
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0807515272

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Dear Mr. Dickens by Nancy Churnin Pdf

Eliza Davis believed in speaking up for what was right, even if it meant telling Charles Dickens he was wrong.

Author : Charles Dickens
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2023-03-27
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1761531468

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A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens Pdf

Author : Charles Dickens
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2021-04-26
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798744757564

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The Child's Story by Charles Dickens Pdf

Everyone begins life's journey as a child. From one of the world's most beloved writers comes this memorable parable of life's transitions. Originally published by Charles Dickens in the mid-1800s, The Child's Story is a timeless account of the journey we all take, from carefree childhood and spontaneous youth, through adulthood and marriage, and into our golden years. Now, almost 150 years after its original publication, acclaimed artist Harvey Chan adds his stirring images to Dickens's classic words, creating a unique and powerful reading experience that's ideal for children of all ages.

Author : Tomas Keneally
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 601 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Australian fiction
ISBN : 0369338227

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The Dickens Boy by Tomas Keneally Pdf

"In the late 1800s, rather than run the risk of his under-achieving sons tarnishing his reputation at home, Charles Dickens sent two of them to Australia. The tenth child of Charles Dickens, Edward Bulwer Lytton Dickens, known as Plorn, had consistently proved unable 'to apply himself ' to school or life. So aged sixteen, he is sent, as his brother Alfred was before him, to Australia. Plorn arrives in Melbourne in late 1868 carrying a terrible secret. He has never read a word of his father's work. He is sent out to a 2000-square-mile station in remotest New South Wales to learn to become a man, and a gentleman stockman, from the most diverse and toughest of companions. In the outback he becomes enmeshed with Paakantji, colonists, colonial-born, ex-convicts, ex-soldiers, and very few women. Plorn, unexpectedly, encounters the same veneration of his father and familiarity with Dickens' work in Australia as was rampant in England. Against this backdrop, and featuring cricket tournaments, horse-racing, bushrangers, sheep droving, shifty stock and station agents, frontier wars and first encounters with Australian women, Plorn meets extraordinary people and enjoys wonderful adventures as he works to prove himself. This is Tom Keneally in his most familiar terrain. Taking historical figures and events and reimagining them with verve, compassion and humour. It is a triumph."--Publisher's website.