Charles Dickens Best Of Times - April 2024

Hard Times

'Now, 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 else.’   Coketown 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 young daughter Louisa marries the loveless businessman and “bully of humility” Mr Bounderby, and his son Tom rebels to become embroiled in gambling and robbery. And, as their fortunes cross with those of free-sp... [Read More]

• ASIN: 014143967X
• ASIN: 014143967X
• ISBN: 9780141439679
• Brand: Penguin Classics
• Manufacturer: Penguin Classics

Rags and Riches: Kids in the Time of Charles Dickens (Magic Tree House)

The #1 bestselling chapter book series of all time celebrates 25 years with new covers and a new, easy-to-use numbering system! Getting the facts behind the fiction has never looked better. Track the facts with Jack and Annie!!   When Jack and Annie got back from their adventure in Magic Tree House Merlin Mission #16: A Ghost Tale for Christmas Time, they had lots of questions. Why did Charles Dickens write A Christmas Carol? How did he help the poor? What jobs did poor Victorian kids have? How did rich kids spend their time? Find out the answers to these questions and more as Jack and Anni... [Read More]

• ASIN: 037586010X
• ASIN: 037586010X
• ISBN: 037586010X
• Manufacturer: Random House Books for Young Readers

Great Expectations and Hard Times (Nonesuch Dickens)

Here, some of Dickens's most memorable characters come to play their part in a story whose title itself reflects the deep irony that shaped Dickens's searching reappraisal of the Victorian middle class.

• ASIN: 159020137X
• ASIN: 159020137X
• ISBN: 159020137X
• Brand: Brand: Overlook Hardcover
• Manufacturer: Harry N. Abrams

Charles Dickens: It was the best of times, it was the worst of times

Charles John Huffam Dickens was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era.

• ASIN: 1549953796
• ASIN: 1549953796
• ISBN: 1549953796
• Manufacturer: Independently published

A Christmas Carol (Dover Thrift Editions)

In October 1843, Charles Dickens ― heavily in debt and obligated to his publisher ― began work on a book to help supplement his family's meager income. That volume, A Christmas Carol, has long since become one of the most beloved stories in the English language. As much a part of the holiday season as holly, mistletoe, and evergreen wreaths, this perennial favorite continues to delight new readers and rekindle thoughts of charity and goodwill.With its characters exhibiting many qualities ― as well as failures ― often ascribed to Dickens himself, the imaginative and entertaining tale re... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0486268659
• UPC: 800759268658
• ASIN: 0486268659
• ISBN: 0486268659
• Brand: Dover Publications Inc.
• Manufacturer: Dover Publications

Charles Dickens: The Complete Novels

This book contains the complete novels of Charles Dickens in the chronological order of their original publication.- The Pickwick Papers- Oliver Twist- 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

• ASIN: B07QCCDF3Y
• ASIN: B07QCCDF3Y
• Manufacturer: Athenaeum Classics

What Jane Austen Ate and Charles Dickens Knew: From Fox Hunting to Whist-the Facts of Daily Life in Nineteenth-Century England

A “delightful reader’s companion” (The New York Times) to the great nineteenth-century British novels of Austen, Dickens, Trollope, the Brontës, and more, this lively guide clarifies the sometimes bizarre maze of rules and customs that governed life in Victorian England.For anyone who has ever wondered whether a duke outranked an earl, when to yell “Tally Ho!” at a fox hunt, or how one landed in “debtor’s prison,” this book serves as an indispensable historical and literary resource. Author Daniel Pool provides countless intriguing details (did you know that the “plums” in... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0671882368
• ASIN: 0671882368
• ISBN: 0671882368
• Manufacturer: Touchstone

Best of Times: The Story of Charles Dickens (World Writers)

Details the life of Charles Dickens and discusses how his upbringing and surroundings led him to write novels depicting the working class, often involving child laborers, in nineteenth-century England.

• ASIN: 1931798680
• ASIN: 1931798680
• ISBN: 9781931798686
• Manufacturer: Morgan Reynolds Pub

A Christmas Carol (Reissue)

Enriched Classics offer readers accessible editions of great works of literature enhanced by helpful notes and commentary. Each book includes educational tools alongside the text, enabling students and readers alike to gain a deeper and more developed understanding of the writer and their work.In this classic, heart-warming tale, four ghostly guests teach valuable lessons to an old miser. Ebenezer Scrooge, a selfish, crotchety skinflint, spends his days counting money and grousing, “Bah Humbug!” Scrooge doesn’t care for anyone other than himself. However, on Christmas Eve, he is visited ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0743563794
• ASIN: 0743563794
• ISBN: 0743563794
• Brand: Dickens, Charles/ Stewart, Patrick (NRT)
• Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster Audio

The World of Charles Dickens: The Life, Times and Works of the Great Victorian Novelist

Two centuries after his birth, Charles Dickens remains a beloved author whose works seem timeless--yet if ever a man was the product of his times, it was he. The virtues and vices of the Victorian Age Dickens so memorably set forth mirrored his own life, from his poverty-stricken childhood to his dizzying rise to fame.  In The World of Charles Dickens, eminent scholar Martin Fido traces that complex and fascinating history in all its drama, tragedy, and triumph. 

• ASIN: 1847329438
• ASIN: 1847329438
• ISBN: 1847329438
• Manufacturer: Carlton Books

The Complete Christmas Books and Stories [newly updated] (The Greatest Writers of All Time Book 34)

This book, newly updated, contains now several HTML tables of contents that will make reading a real pleasure!The first table of contents (at the very beginning of the ebook) lists the titles of all novels included in this volume. By clicking on one of those titles you will be redirected to the beginning of that work, where you'll find a new TOC that lists all the chapters and sub-chapters of that specific work.Here you will find all the Christmas books and stories written by Dickens.The Christmas Books:- A Christmas Carol- The Chimes- The Cricket on the Hearth- The Battle of Life- The Haunted... [Read More]

• ASIN: B01MSMNNF1
• ASIN: B01MSMNNF1
• Manufacturer: Book House Publishing

IO Best Books by Charles Dickens (Illustrated): A Tale of Two Cities, Great Expectations, David Copperfield, Bleak House, Hard Times, Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol (10 Best Books)

The Best Books You Should Read by Charles DickensA Tale of Two CitiesGreat ExpectationsDavid Copperfield Bleak HouseHard TimesOliver TwistNicholas NicklebyOur Mutual FriendLittle DorritThe Pickwick PapersBONUSA Christmas Carol

• ASIN: B07RQN28YW
• ASIN: B07RQN28YW

A Tale of Two Cities: Real Reads (Charles Dickens)

‘It is a far, far better thing that I do than I have ever done.’ Sydney Carton is a lawyer who has wasted his abilities and his life. Now he has to make a difficult choice about what is really important to him, which could be a matter of life or death. The French Revolution is running its violent course; lives are ruined as a new France is created. How did the gentle Doctor Manette and his daughter Lucie become caught up in France’s struggles? What is the real identity of the handsome Charles Darnay, who wins Lucie’s hand in marriage? And why does the shadow of La Bastille Prison hang ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1906230641
• ASIN: 1906230641
• ISBN: 9781906230647
• Manufacturer: Real Reads

Charles Dickens' Hard Times: "Have a heart that never hardens and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts."

"Have a heart that never hardens and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts."Hard Times is Charles Dickens’s tenth novel that has been considered much seriously by literary critics and historians. It concentrates on the portrayal of the English society of the nineteenth century as well as on its different cultural and economic aspects. The story, which is set in a fictional Victorian town, is divided into three parts which are respectively entitled “Sowing,” “Reaping,” and “Garnering.” The central character of the first part is Mr. Thomas Gradgrind, a wealthy man... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1780006101
• ASIN: 1780006101
• ISBN: 1780006101
• Manufacturer: A Word To The Wise

The Greatest Christmas Stories of All Time: Timeless Classics That Celebrate the Season

The Greatest Christmas Stories of All Time is a treasury of short fiction by great writers of the past two centuries — from Dickens, Dostoyevsky and Tolstoy to Willa Cather, Damon Runyon and Beatrix Potter. As a literary subject, Christmas has inspired everything from intimate domestic dramas to fanciful flights of the imagination, and the full range of its expression is represented in this wonderfully engaging anthology.

• ASIN: B0785HP6WW
• ASIN: B0785HP6WW
• Manufacturer: Book House Publishing

Hard Times, By Charles Dickens - eBook

Hard Times is Charles Dickenss tenth novel that has been considered much seriously by literary critics and historians. It concentrates on the portrayal of the English society of the nineteenth century as well as on

• UPC: 338888182
• Rating: 3.509

Hard Times

A scathing portrait of Victorian industrial society and its misapplied utilitarian philosophy, "Hard Times" is a daring novel of ideas--and ultimately a celebration of love, hope, and limitless possibilities of the imagination. Revised

• UPC: 8132075
• Rating: 3.509

The best of Charles Dickens: The Pickwick Papers, Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol, David Copperfield, Bleak House, Hard Times, A Tale of Two Cities, Great Expectations - eBook

This carefully crafted ebook: “The best of Charles Dickens” contains 8 books in one volume and is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.Table of contents :The Pickwick PapersOliver TwistA

• UPC: 302986497

Charles Dickens Hard Times - eBook

Even after two hundred years, Charles Dickens’ rapier-sharp criticism of industrial England seems thought provoking and relevant to our times.Dickens’s tenth novel, Hard Times describes the social and economic conditions of the mid-nineteenth century.Appalled at

• UPC: 273082209

Hard Times By Charles Dickens - eBook

Hard Times By Charles Dickens - With Original Illustrations, Summary and Free Audio Book Link FEATURES:     •     Title contains Color, B&W original Illustrations           •     Title contains Summary     •     FREE audio book link at

• UPC: 448857230

Hard Times by Charles Dickens (Illustrated) - eBook

This eBook features the unabridged text of ‘Hard Times’ from the bestselling edition of ‘The Complete Works of Charles Dickens’.Having established their name as the leading publisher of classic literature and art, Delphi Classics produce

• UPC: 547161374

The Best Novels of Charles Dickens - eBook

Waxkeep Publishing Collections provide history's greatest authors' collected works in a convenient collection complete with a linked table of contents. Our goal is to provide the most complete, and most easy to read collections in

• UPC: 513160211

Charles Dickens : The Complete Novels (Best Navigation, Active TOC) (A to Z Classics) - eBook

**With A to Z Classics, discover or rediscover all the classics of literature.Contains Active Table of Contents (HTML)**The first table of contents (at the very beginning of the ebook) lists the titles of all novels

• UPC: 745666863

Charles Dickens : The Complete Novels (Best Navigation, Active TOC) (A to Z Classics) - eBook

With A to Z Classics, discover or rediscover all the classics of literature. Contains Active Table of Contents (HTML) The first table of contents (at the very beginning of the ebook) lists the titles of

• UPC: 245711162

Charles Dickens : The Complete Novels (Best Navigation, Active TOC) (A to Z Classics) - eBook

With A to Z Classics, discover or rediscover all the classics of literature. Contains Active Table of Contents (HTML) The first table of contents (at the very beginning of the ebook) lists the titles of

• UPC: 315129524

Best of Times : The Story of Charles Dickens, Library by Caravantes, Peggy, B...

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