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As histórias de Charles Dickens são um verdadeiro legado para corações e mentes! Seus contos e romances foram inúmeras vezes adaptados para o cinema,...

As histórias de Charles Dickens são um verdadeiro legado para corações e mentes! Seus contos e romances foram inúmeras vezes adaptados para o cinema, televisão e teatro. Esta coleção apresenta seus livros mais marcantes e relevantes. Ler Dickens é uma experiência transformadora. O Sr. Thomas Gradgrind, um homem de "fatos e cálculos", é o diretor de uma escola onde não há espaço para a imaginação e a criatividade, na pequena cidade de Coketown.

As histórias de Charles Dickens são um verdadeiro legado para corações e mentes! Seus contos e romances foram inúmeras vezes adaptados para o cinema, televisão e teatro. Esta coleção apresenta seus livros mais marcantes e relevantes. Ler Dickens é uma experiência transformadora. Cheia de relíquias enferrujadas e tesouros esfarrapados, a Velha Loja de Curiosidades é o lugar favorito de Nell – o que é muito bom, já que lá também é sua casa. Por conta de muitas dívidas, Nell e o avô perdem a tão querida loja. Depois de muitas aventuras e desventuras, eles chegam a uma cidadezinha pacata.

As histórias de Charles Dickens são um verdadeiro legado para corações e mentes! Seus contos e romances foram inúmeras vezes adaptados para o cinema, televisão e teatro. Esta coleção apresenta seus livros mais marcantes e relevantes. Ler Dickens é uma experiência transformadora. Tudo o que Esther Summerson quer é saber quem é sua mãe. Ela vive com uma tia malvada. Um dia, a tia morre repentinamente e Esther vai morar com John Jarndyce, seu tutor, na Casa Soturna. Felizmente, para Esther, a casa não é tão triste quanto o nome sugere.

The Pickwick Papers was Charles Dickens's first novel. Published in 19 issues over 20 months (1837-1838), the success of The Pickwick Papers popularized serialized fiction and cliffhanger endings. Samuel Pickwick, Esquire is a kind and wealthy old gentleman, the founder and perpetual president of the Pickwick Club. He suggests that he and three other Pickwickians should make journeys to places remote from London and report on their findings to the other members of the club. Their travels throughout the English countryside by coach provide the chief subject matter of the novel.

"Oliver Twist", also known as "The Parish Boy's Progress", is the second novel by English author Charles Dickens, published by Richard Bentley in 1838. The story is about an orphan, Oliver Twist, who endures a miserable existence in a workhouse and then is placed with an undertaker. He escapes and travels to London where he meets the Artful Dodger, leader of a gang of juvenile pickpockets. Oliver is led to the lair of their elderly criminal trainer Fagin, naively unaware of their unlawful activities.

The miserly Ebenezer Scrooge is a cold-hearted man of business and has little time for the good humor and charity of the Christmas season. But that's about to change. A visit from his deceased business partner sets in motion a night in which Scrooge is visited by the ghosts of Christmas past, present, and future. Will his listen to their messages? Will he heed their warnings? Ebenezer Scrooge is about to take a Christmas journey that he won't soon forget.

Serialised between December 1860 to August 1861, it tells the heartwarming story of Pip, a poor boy who gets an unexpected chance to move up in society. Charles Dickens (1812 - 9 June 1870) is arguably the greatest novelist England ever produced. His innate comic genius and shrewd depictions of Victorian life - along with his memorable characters - have made him beloved by readers the world over.

Dopo aver patito la fame in un tetro ospizio per i poveri, Oliver viene affidato a un becchino, dal quale scappa a gambe levate per ritrovarsi nelle umide e inospitali strade londinesi, tra ladri e prostitute. Per il piccolo orfano la vita nei bassifondi è davvero dura. Dickens la rappresenta spogliandola di ogni fascino e romanticismo, ma il principio del Bene, sopravvissuto a ogni circostanza avversa, alla fine trionferà comunque. Uno dei primi racconti sociali che denuncia, con formidabile umorismo nero, i mali della società inglese ottocentesca.

A holiday classic by Charles Dickens. Originally published in 1843, Dickens worried about the disparity between the wealthy and the impoverished, and it was his attempt to bring this disparity into the light of day, to appeal to the die-hard capitalists to take care of the downtrodden masses. Since this inequity continues, this story is still popular, and will probably continue to be so for the foreseeable future.

A charming novella by Charles Dickens first published in 1848. It is the fifth and last of Dickens's Christmas novellas. The story is more about the spirit of the holidays than about the holidays themselves, harking back to the first in the series, A Christmas Carol. The tale centres on a Professor Redlaw and those close to him.

"The Signal-Man" is a story by Charles Dickens. The story begins with the narrator calling "Halloa! Below there!" into a railway cutting. The signalman standing on the railway below does not look up, as the narrator expects, but rather turns about and stares into the railway tunnel that is his responsibility to monitor. The narrator calls down again and asks permission to descend. The signalman seems reluctant.

The Big Book of Christmas: Classic Stories and Poems is a grand compilation that assembles a treasure trove of holiday tales and poems from a remarkable array of authors. This extensive collection includes 100 classic works, each thoughtfully illustrated, to immerse readers in the magic and wonder of the Christmas season. This anthology spans a rich tapestry of Christmas literature, including timeless favorites such as "The Gift of the Magi," "The Red Room," "A Letter from Santa Claus," "The Fir Tree," "Song of the Holly," and many more.

Enchanting, tragic, and hilarious fairy tales for adults and children grace these pages. An initial glance might lead you to assume that these are satirical versions of classic Christmas ghost stories. However, beneath the humorous stories involving ghosts, repentant sinners, miracles, and good peasants who find well-deserved happiness, lies a psychological undercurrent that sharpens the sense of intrigue and plot movement. Often this is aided by the unrelenting social exposure of the authors who always understood how intangible the "bourgeois paradise" truly was.

Der Tod seines Vaters überschattet die Kindheit des jungen David Copperfield. Als ihn sein Stiefvater in ein Internat schickt, soll sich der junge David den strengen Regeln des bürgerlichen Lebens fügen. Doch der plötzliche Verlust seiner Mutter zwingt den erst 10-Jährigen schließlich in die Arbeitswelt. Ohne Hilfe muss er sich den Schwierigkeiten des Lebens stellen. Doch Davids Lebensmut ist unerschöpflich und trotz aller Widrigkeiten erwartet Dickens‘ tapferen Helden ein Happy End.

The Signal-Man is a haunting and suspenseful tale by Charles Dickens, exploring themes of isolation, fear, and the supernatural. In this eerie short story, a railway signalman shares his disturbing encounters with a ghostly figure that seems to warn of impending tragedies. As he confides in a passing traveler, the signalman reveals the chilling events that haunt him, leading to a terrifying conclusion.

Here is our version of Charles Dickens classic story, "A Christmas Carol." This is a fully dramatized performance including sound effects and music and a full range of voice actors.

Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, in aid of Street Soccer Foundation, with cameos from TV and radio, and starring an award-winning line-up of voice actors. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Charles Dickens' classic novel David Copperfield is loosely based on the life of the author. It tells the story of David Copperfield’s life from childhood to adulthood with all of the hardships, changes, and good fortune that David encounters on his life journey. It focuses on the relationships he develops with a huge cast of characters who he meets as he travels from rags to riches and back again.

Ebenezer Scrooge, es una persona avara y tacaña que no celebra la fiesta de Navidad a causa de su solitaria vida y su adicción al trabajo. Un día, en su casa, Scrooge recibe la visita de un espíritu misterioso que resulta ser el de su mejor amigo y socio Jacob Marley, que al iniciar el relato muere y posteriormente, le anuncia una tenebrosa profecía acerca del futuro del avaro y la llegada de los tres espíritus de la Navidad. Scrooge, no se asusta y desafía la predicción.