Charles Dickens describes in Night Walks his time as an insomniac, when he decided to cure himself by walking through London in the small hours, and discovered homelessness, drunkenness and vice on...więcej »
Dickens had already achieved renown with The Pickwick Papers. With Oliver Twist his reputation was enhanced and strengthened. The novel contains many classic Dickensian themes - grinding poverty, d...więcej »
This vivid historical and political novel by Dickens is centred on the infamous 'No Popery' riots, instigated by Lord George Gordon, which terrorised London in 1780. Dickens' targets are prejudice,...więcej »
With an Introduction and Notes by Peter Preston, University of Nottingham. Illustrations by Hablot K. Browne (Phiz) and George Cruickshank.The Old Curiosity Shop (1840-41), with its com...więcej »
Unusually for Dickens, Hard Times is set, not in London, but in the imaginary mid-Victorian Northern industrial town of Coketown with its blackened factories, downtrodden workers and polluted envir...więcej »
Little Dorrit is a classic tale of imprisonment, both literal and metaphorical, while Dickens' working title for the novel, Nobody's Fault, highlights its concern with personal responsibility in pr...więcej »
Following the success of Pickwick Papers and Oliver Twist, Nicholas Nickleby was hailed as a comic triumph and firmly established Dickens as a 'literary gentleman'. It has a full supporting cast of...więcej »
Ebenezer Scrooge is a miserly old skinflint. He hates everyone, especially children.But at Christmas three ghosts come to visit him, scare him into mending his ways, and he finds, as he...więcej »
With an Introduction and Notes by David Ellis, University of Kent at Canterbury. With Illustrations by R.Seymour, R.W. Buss and Hablot K. Browne (Phiz).The Pickwick Papers is Dickens' f...więcej »
Mr Dombey is a man obsessed with his firm. His son is groomed from birth to take his place within it, despite his visionary eccentricity and declining health. But Dombey also has a daughter, whose ...więcej »
Uniwersalne przesłanie Opowieści wigilijnej sprawia, że należy ona od dwóch wieków do wąskiego kanonu najsłynniejszych bajek świata.Książka opowiada historię przemiany ską...więcej »
"Charles Dickens: Wigilia Bożego Narodzenia. A Christmas Carol. Książka w dwóch wersjach językowych: polskiej i angielskiej. A dual Polish-English language edition.Opowiadan...więcej »
"Książka w dwóch wersjach językowych: polskiej i angielskiej. A dual Polish-English language editionDawid rodzi się po śmierci ojca. Matka ponownie wychodzi za mąż, ojczym z...więcej »
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"Była to najlepsza i najgorsza z epok, wiek rozumu i wiek szaleństwa, czas wiary i czas zwątpienia, okres światła i okres mroków, wiosna pięknych nadziei i zim...więcej »
„To najdoskonalsza z wszystkich powieści Dickensa!” – Virgina Woolf David Copperfield mimo utraty ojca spędza szczęśliwe dzieciństwo u boku matki i ukochanej służącej. Jego idylla...więcej »
Stary, zgorzkniały, skąpy i nienawidzący ludzi kupiec, poruszony śmiercią swego wspólnika, odbywa niezwykłą duchową podróż. Wraz ze zjawą – duchem zmarłego wspólnika &nda...więcej »
Charles Dickens is a much-loved author for his vast and important contributions to English literature. This collection brings together his supernatural short stories, some of which were included in...więcej »
Ponadczasowe bożonarodzeniowe opowiadanie Charlesa Dickensa w nowym przekładzie Jacka Dehnela, z nieziemskimi ilustracjami Lisy Aisato! Piękniejszego wydania nie znajdziecie! Ebenezer Scrooge nie ...więcej »
The most popular of all ghost stories was first published on 17 December 1843, and by Christmas Eve 6, 000 copies had been sold at a published price of five shillings. The story of Scrooge, a miser...więcej »
Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful,...więcej »
