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Desperate-minded villain!Two of Dickens hilarious early stories from Sketches by Boz: The Great Winglebury Duel and Bloomsbury ChristeningIntroducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguins 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries. They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th century California and the Rus...

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY HENNING MANKELLOliver is an orphan living on the dangerous London streets with no one but himself to rely on. Fleeing from poverty and hardship, he falls in with a criminal street gang who will not let him go, however hard he tries to escape.In Oliver Twist, Dickens graphically conjures up the capitals underworld, full of prostitutes, thieves, and lost and homeless children, and gives a voice to the disadvantaged and abused.ILLUSTRATED BY GEORGE CRUIKSHANK...

The Penguin English Library Edition of Oliver Twist by Charles DickensA parish child - the orphan of a workhouse - the humble, half-starved drudge - to be cuffed and buffeted through the world, despised by all, and pitied by noneDark, mysterious and mordantly funny, Oliver Twist features some of the most memorably drawn villains in all of fiction - the treacherous gangmaster Fagin, the menacing thug Bill Sikes, the Artful Dodger and their den of thieves in the grimy London backstreets. Dickens n...

The Penguin English Library Edition of Hard Times by Charles DickensNow, what I want is, Facts. Teach these boys and girls nothing but Facts. Facts alone are wanted in life. Plant nothing else, and root out everything elseCoketown is dominated by the figure of Mr Thomas Gradgrind, school owner and model of Utilitarian success. Feeding both his pupils and his family with facts, he bans fancy and wonder from young minds. As a consequence his obedient daughter Louisa marries the loveless businessma...

The Penguin English Library Edition of Great Expectations by Charles DickensWhat do you think that is? she asked me, again pointing with her stick; that, where those cobwebs are?I cant guess what it is, maam.Its a great cake. A bride-cake. Mine!Great Expectations, Dickenss funny, frightening and tender portrayal of the orphan Pips journey of self-discovery, is one of his best-loved works. Showing how a young mans life is transformed by a mysterious series of events - an encounter with an escaped...

Now a major film directed by Armando Iannucci, starring Dev Patel, Tilda Swinton, Hugh Laurie, Peter Capaldi and Ben WhishawDickenss epic, exuberant novel is one of the greatest coming-of-age stories in literature. It chronicles David Copperfields extraordinary journey through life, as he encounters villains, saviours, eccentrics and grotesques, including the wicked Mr Murdstone, stout-hearted Peggotty, formidable Betsey Trotwood, impecunious Micawber and odious Uriah Heep.Dickenss great Bildung...

The Penguin English Library Edition of A Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensLiberty, equality, fraternity, or death; - the last, much the easiest to bestow, O Guillotine!Described by Dickens as the best story I have written, A Tale of Two Cities interweaves thrilling historical drama with heartbreaking personal tragedy. It vividly depicts a revolutionary Paris running red with blood, and a London where the poor starve. In the midst of the chaos two men - an exiled French aristocrat and a disso...

The Penguin English Library Edition of A Christmas Carol by Charles DickensEvery idiot who goes around with Merry Christmas on his lips, should be boiled with his own puddingCharles Dickenss tale of Ebenezer Scrooge, who is haunted by three spirits and learns the true meaning of Christmas has had, along with Dickenss other Christmas writings, a lasting and significant influence upon our ideas about the season as a time for celebration, charity and memory.The Penguin English Library - 100 edition...

Pearson English Readers bring language learning to life through the joy of reading.Well-written stories entertain us, make us think, and keep our interest page after page. Pearson English Readers offer teenage and adult learners a huge range of titles, all featuring carefully graded language to make them accessible to learners of all abilities.Through the imagination of some of the world's greatest authors, the English language comes to life in pages of our Readers. Students have the pleasure an...

The most consistent of all series in terms of language control, length, and quality of story.David R. Hill, Director of the Edinburgh Project on Extensive Reading.ISBN: 9780194620918Format: 135 x 200 x 5mm | 100gAnul aparitiei: 28 Jan 2016

Christmas is humbug, Scrooge says - just a time when you find yourself a year older and not a penny richer. The only thing that matters to Scrooge is business, and making money. But on Christmas Eve three spirits come to visit him. They take him travelling on the wings of the night to see the shadows of Christmas past, present, and future - and Scrooge learns a lesson that he will never forget.Nr pagini: 67 pagesFormat: 134 x 198 x 5mm | 136gAnul aparitiei: 29 Nov 2007...

The most consistent of all series in terms of language control, length, and quality of story.David R. Hill, Director of the Edinburgh Project on Extensive Reading.Nr pagini: 80 pagesFormat: 129 x 197 x 4mm | 94gAnul aparitiei: 01 May 2009

An unkind, mean, lonely old man gets a surprise when he reaches the front door of his home on the night before Christmas. As he looks at the door knocker, it turns into a face - the face of a friend who has been dead for many years!This is just the beginning of a long night in which Ebenezer Scrooge talks to his dead friend, and meets three other ghosts. The first two show him Christmas in the past and the present. The third lets him see what might happen in the future.Find out what Scrooge saw,...

The Marquis lay there, like stone, with a knife pushed into his heart. On his chest lay a piece of paper, with the words: Drive him fast to the grave. This is from JACQUES. The French Revolution brings terror and death to many people. But even in these troubled times people can still love and be kind. They can be generous and true-hearted ...and brave.show moreISBN: 9780194793278Nr pagini: 64 pagesFormat: 128 x 200 x 6mm | 150gAnul aparitiei: 29 Nov 2007...

The most consistent of all series in terms of language control, length, and quality of story.David R. Hill, Director of the Edinburgh Project on Extensive Reading.show moreISBN: 0194791874Nr pagini: 96 pagesFormat: 128 x 198 x 6mm | 110gAnul aparitiei: 01 Jun 2009

The most consistent of all series in terms of language control, length, and quality of story.David R. Hill, Director of the Edinburgh Project on Extensive Reading.ISBN: 9780194621151Format: 138 x 201 x 7mm | 134gAnul aparitiei: 28 Jan 2016

The most consistent of all series in terms of language control, length, and quality of story.David R. Hill, Director of the Edinburgh Project on Extensive Reading.ISBN: 0194792196Nr pagini: 112 pagesFormat: 132 x 198 x 10mm | 126gAnul aparitiei: 30 Mar 2008

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.''It was the best of times, it was the worst of times...''Set before and during the French Revolution in the cities of Paris and London, A Tale of Two Cities tells the story of Dr Manette''s release from imprisonment in the Bastille and his reunion with daughter, Lucie. A French aristocrat Darnay and English lawyer Carton compete in their love for Lucie and the ensuing tale plays out against the menacing backdrop o...

HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics.There is probably a smell of roasted chestnuts and other good comfortable things all the time, for we are telling Winter Stories...This heart-warming collection of festive short stories and novellas perfectly captures the spirit of Christmas. Focused on the journeys taken through life and the inherent goodness of mankind, these tales explore the true meaning of Christmas and revel in the joyful season of goo...

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.\\''I am the Ghost of Christmas Present,\\'' said the Spirit. \\''Look upon me!\\''A celebration of Christmas, a tale of redemption and a critique on Victorian society, Dickens\\'' atmospheric novella follows the miserly, penny-pinching Ebenezer Scrooge who views Christmas as \\''humbug\\''. It is only through a series of eerie, life-changing visits from the ghost of his deceased business partner Marley and the spi...