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Author : Charles Dickens,Robert Swasey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1923
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:10992027
Author : Charles Dickens
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1076663694
Author : Charles Dickens
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1912
Category : England
ISBN : UCD:31175004012616
Author : Orange Hippo!
Publisher : OH
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2023-04-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781800693241
"The greatest writer of his time." (George Orwell) The author of 20 much-loved novels and novellas, Charles Dickens combined humor and pathos to explore Victorian society in all its shades. Widely praised for his rich narratives and larger-than-life characters, he was not only a celebrity author but also an admired social reformer. Moving from the refined drawing rooms of the upper classes to the horrors of the workhouse or the filthy back streets of London, Dickens' writings shone a light on the harsh inequalities of the times. The Little Book of Dickens showcases wonderful quotes from the author's writings, alongside fascinating facts about his life and achievements. By turns witty, comic, insightful and wise, this delightful volume is a fitting tribute to a literary giant. SAMPLE QUOTE: "It is said that the children of the very poor are not brought up, but dragged up." Bleak House SAMPLE FACT: When Dickens was 12 years old, his father was sent to a debtor's prison. Forced to become the family's main breadwinner, the young Dickens worked at Warren's Blacking Factory, where he was paid a pittance for pasting labels onto bottles of shoe polish.
Author : Charles Dickens
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1912
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:590300801
Author : Gilbert Keith Chesterton
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2022-07-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547090885
These papers were originally published as prefaces to the separate books of Dickens in one of the most extensive of those cheap libraries of the classics which are one of the real improvements of recent times. Thus they were harmless, being diluted by, or rather drowned in Dickens. Nevertheless, the essays were not in intention so aimless as they appear in fact. The author's opinion of Dickens includes the following: "Dickens was far too frank and generous a writer to employ such an elaborate plot of silence. His satire was always intended to attack, never to entrap; moreover, he was far too vain a man not to wish the crowd to see all his jokes. Vanity is more divine than pride, because it is more democratic than pride."
Author : Charles Dickens
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2021-04-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798736424061
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 : Gerard Curtis
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2019-07-16
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780429514807
First Published in 2002, Visual Words provides a unique and interdisciplinary evaluation of the relationship between images and words in this period.Victorian England witnessed a remarkable growth in literacy culminating in the new literary nationalism that emerged at the beginning of the twentieth century. Each chapter explores a different aspect of this relationship: the role of Dickens as the heroic author, the book as an iconic object, the growing graphic presence of the text, the role of the graphic trace, the ’Sister Arts/ pen and pencil’ tradition, and the competition between image and word as systems of communication. Examining the impact of such diverse areas as advertising, graphic illustration, narrative painting, frontispiece portraits, bibliomania, and the merchandising of literary culture, Visual Words shows that the influence of the ’Sister Arts’ tradition was more widespread and complex than has previously been considered. Whether discussing portraits of authors, the uses of iconography in Ford Madox Brown’s painting Work, or examining why the British Library was equipped with false bookcases for doors, Gerard Curtis looks at artistic and literary culture from an art historical and ’object’ perspective to gain a better understanding of why some Victorians called their culture ’hieroglyphic’.
Author : Mary Hammond
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2016-03-03
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781317168249
Great Expectations has had a long, active and sometimes surprising life since its first serialized appearance in All the Year Round between 1 December 1860 and 3 August 1861. In this new publishing and reception history, Mary Hammond demonstrates that while Dickens’s thirteenth novel can tell us a great deal about the dynamic mid-Victorian moment into which it was born, its afterlife beyond the nineteenth-century Anglophone world reveals the full extent of its versatility. Re-assessing generations of Dickens scholarship and using newly discovered archival material, Hammond covers the formative history of Great Expectations' early years, analyses the extent and significance of its global reach, and explores the ways in which it has functioned as literature and stage, TV, film and radio drama from its first appearance to the latest film version of 2012. Appendices include contemporary reviews and comprehensive bibliographies of adaptations and translations. The book is a rich resource for scholars and students of Dickens; of comparative literature; and of publishing, readership, and media history.
Author : Charles Dickens
Publisher : Namaskar Book
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2024-02-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9782023113004
Step into the world of wit and satire with "Reprinted Pieces: Charles Dickens' Collection of Satirical Gems and Literary Wit" by Charles Dickens. Delve into Dickens' collection of satirical gems as he takes you on a journey through the quirks and follies of Victorian society. As you peruse the pages of this delightful collection, prepare to be entertained by Dickens' sharp wit and keen observations of human nature. Through a series of satirical sketches and essays, he offers readers a humorous yet insightful commentary on the social and cultural issues of his time. But amidst the laughter and satire, one question arises: What timeless truths and insights can we glean from Dickens' satirical gems, and how do they resonate with the modern world? Explore the depths of Dickens' wit and wisdom with him as your guide, as he invites you to reflect on the absurdities and contradictions of human behavior and society. Are you ready to embark on a journey of laughter, wit, and social commentary with Charles Dickens? Engage with Dickens' collection of satirical pieces, allowing yourself to be both entertained and enlightened by his keen observations and clever insights. Don't miss the opportunity to experience the brilliance of "Reprinted Pieces" by Charles Dickens. Dive into this entertaining collection now, and discover the enduring appeal of Dickens' wit and satire. Seize the chance to explore the quirks and follies of Victorian society. Purchase your copy of "Reprinted Pieces" today and indulge in the satirical gems of one of literature's greatest masters.
Author : M K
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2023-04-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798390469620
Introducing "The Big Book of Charles Dickens Quotes", the ultimate collection of the finest quotes from one of the most celebrated literary figures in history. With 500 pages packed full of insights, wit and wisdom, this book is a must-have for any fan of Charles Dickens' work. As Charles Dickens wrote, "Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts." This book will inspire you to live by these same values and bring light to the world by lifting the burdens of others. Remember, "No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it to anyone else." So, if you want to be inspired by Charles Dickens and keep his words close to your heart, then this book is for you. As he said, "I have been bent and broken, but - I hope - into a better shape." Let his words help you become a better version of yourself.
Author : James E. Marlow
Publisher : Susquehanna University Press
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0945636482
"Charles Dickens: The Uses of Time clarifies the antinomies that appear in Dickens's attitudes toward the past, present, and future. To do this, author James E. Marlow follows Dickens's personal and literary development through all his novels and many of his letters and journalistic pieces. For example, toward the past Dickens reveals diametrically opposing attitudes. A part of his own childhood was so painful a memory to him that he could not bring himself to tell his wife about it after twenty years of marriage. In his novels he developed a number of ways of dealing with the awful pasts, both personal and national. From denial to anger to acceptance, Dickens tried one method after another. As each failed to relieve his anguish, and even failed to rescue human feelings, he formulated another. This is what Marlow calls Dickens's "dialectic of the past."" "Yet Dickens was also nostalgic about much of the past. He emphasized its softening quality even while trying to disarm its dehumanizing quality. With his characters Dickens discovered the necessity of an engagement with the past that entails accepting the pain as well as the joy. This is its use. The past is abused when the pain or joy is disentangled from the whole and held up as meaning in itself. This act orphans the feelings, petrifying the soul." "What is true of the past is true of the present and future as well. Just as one chapter of the book is devoted to the abuse of the past and another to its uses, a further chapter shows the way Dickens worked through the terrors of the present, dominated by an ideology that the author calls "English cannibalism." Another chapter shows the threat of moral sclerosis through dealing with the future as merely "great expectations." These chapters are paired with chapters that show the joys of the present and future. With each time period there is a dialectical process: Dickens had to work through a stance, discover its deficiencies, and then move on to another stance that promised to provide more human gain, both social and personal, from the past, present, and future. Ultimately, the very existence of three dimensions of time is the solace of man, because while the past, for example, can be used for relief of the present, the present can modify and soften the past. All is fluid, and nothing is ever finished in the process between mind and human events." "In the last chapter Marlow established the kind of material world that Dickens's dialectic of time presupposed. It is a world with moral foundations, and Dickens, like many other Victorians, discovered a plausible, scientific explanation for such a world in Charles Babbage's Ninth Bridgewater Treatise, a book that seeks to harmonize scientific knowledge with moral imperatives. This satisfies Dickens's own project perfectly, for Dickens wished to demonstrate the possibilities of engagements with each dimension of time, within the requirements of social life, that do not annihilate the moral properties necessary for the soul to harmonize with God's universe itself."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Author : John Camden-Hotten
Publisher : The Minerva Group, Inc.
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2001-12
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780898756326
This is the earliest Dickens biography, published the same year (1870) that he died.
Author : Anny Sadrin
Publisher : Springer
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2016-07-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781349273546
The essays collected in this volume offer fresh readings of Dickens's travelogues and novels, often pointing to the many-sidedness of his personality. The 'uncommercial traveller' emerges as an ecumenical John Bull, chary of the alien but greedy of novelty, a man whose incursions on well-trodden or unfamiliar ground are always journeys into the uncanny. Besides dealing with the geography of the novelist's imagination, the book explores numerous 'new worlds' such as the inspiring world of Victorian science and Dickens's responses to it or the world of modern literary theory that shapes our own responses to his work.
Author : Charles Dickens
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 12854 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2023-12-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547793151
Good Press presents to you this unique and meticulously edited Dickens collection: Novels Oliver Twist The Pickwick Papers Nicholas Nickleby The Old Curiosity Shop Barnaby Rudge Martin Chuzzlewit Dombey and Son David Copperfield Bleak House Hard Times Little Dorrit A Tale of Two Cities Great Expectations Our Mutual Friend The Mystery of Edwin Drood Christmas Novellas A Christmas Carol The Chimes The Cricket on the Hearth The Battle of Life The Haunted Man Short Story Collections Sketches by Boz Sketches of Young Gentlemen Sketches of Young Couples Master Humphrey' Clock Reprinted Pieces The Mudfog Papers Pearl-Fishing (First Series) Pearl-Fishing (Second Series) Christmas Stories Other Stories Children's Books Child's Dream of a Star Holiday Romance Stories About Children Every Child Can Read Dickens's Children Plays The Village Coquettes The Strange Gentleman The Lamplighter Is She His Wife Mr. Nightingale's Diary No Thoroughfare The Frozen Deep Poetry The Loving Ballad of Lord Bateman The Poems and Verses of Charles Dickens Travel Books American Notes Pictures From Italy The Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices Other Works Sunday Under Three Heads A Child's History of England Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi The Life of Our Lord The Uncommercial Traveller Contributions to "All The Year Round" Contributions to "The Examiner" Miscellaneous Papers Essays & Articles A Coal Miner's Evidence The Lost Arctic Voyagers Frauds on the Fairies Adelaide Anne Procter In Memoriam W. M. Thackeray Speeches of Charles Dickens: Literary and Social Letters of Charles Dickens Criticism CHARLES DICKENS by G. K. Chesterton DICKENS by Sir Adolphus William Ward THE LIFE OF CHARLES DICKENS by John Forster MY FATHER AS I RECALL HIM by Mamie D. Charles Dickens (1812-1870), an English writer and social critic, created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era.