Presents the story of the daughter of an imprisoned debtor, who works to free her family from their circumstances as she suffers the injustices of nineteenth-century English society.

Little Dorrit

A richly varied collection of observation, fancy and fiction shows the London that Dickens' knew so intimately at its best and worst, in honest and visionary descriptions of everyday life and people. This work looks towards Dickens' novels in its profusion of characters, its glimpses of surreal modernity and its fund of pathos and comic invention.

Sketches by Boz

In Great Expectations, Charles Dickens chronicles the life of Pip, an ordinary country boy led astray by the trappings of London society as well as his desire to improve himself and become a gentleman. Along the way, Pip meets the disappointed Miss Havisham and her beautiful but unattainable ward, Estella, with whom he falls deeply in love. Beloved by generations of readers, Great Expectations was originally published in serial form from December 1860 to August 1861.

Great Expectations

Maltraité par un beau-père tyrannique, le jeune David Copperfiled est arraché à sa mère et envoyé dans la terrible Pension Salem. Abandonné, exploité, il est sauvé d'une enfance misérable par l'affection de sa tante. Mais bien des épreuves attendant encore David avant qu'il ne parvienne à se construire une vie d'homme et à trouver le bonheur...

David Copperfield

Charles Dickens's shortest novel, Hard Times presents a harsh appraisal of English society during the Industrial Revolution. Set in fictitious Coketown, Hard Times tells the story of Thomas Gradgrind and his children, Louisa and Tom, as they struggle to make their way in a changing England. Through the characters of Thomas, Louisa, and Tom, Dickens explores the divide between mill owners and workers during the Victorian era. Hard TimesM/em> was originally published serially in Dickens's weekly periodical, Household Words, between April and August 1854. Considered the darkest of Dicken's novels, Hard Times has divided literary critics who have both lauded it for its exploration of Industrial-era society and criticized it for its skewed portrayal of trade unionism. HarperPerennialClassics brings great works of literature to life in digital format, upholding the highest standards in ebook production and celebrating reading in all its forms. Look for more titles in the HarperPerennial Classics collection to build your digital library.

Hard Times

Orphelin de père, David Copperfield se retrouve nanti d'un terrifiant beau-père, dont la soeur, la glaciale et "métallique" Miss Murdstone, suffirait à incarner l'Angleterre rigide et puritaine du XIXe siècle... Elle inaugure une irrésistible galerie de portraits, peuplée de méchants, tel l'hypocrite et gluant Uriah Heep, mais aussi d'excentriques, ces doux dingues que Dickens excelle à dépeindre, laissant le lecteur partagé entre le fou rire et l'effroi.

Un conte de deux villes est un roman de Charles Dickens. L'histoire se déroule à Londres et à Paris, avant et pendant la Révolution française. 200 Millions d'exemplaires de ce livre ont été vendus,. Ce livre est l'une des oeuvres les plus célèbres de l'histoire de fiction littéraire.

Histoire de deux villes

"Oliver Twist" ist ein Gesellschaftsroman von Charles Dickens, der unter dem vollständigen Titel "Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy's Progress" ("Oliver Twist oder der Weg des Fürsorgezöglings") von Februar 1837 bis April 1839 in Fortsetzungen in der Zeitschrift "Bentley's Miscellany" erschien. Oliver Twist ist Dickens' zweiter Roman. Er wurde mehrfach für Theater, Kino, Fernsehen und Comic adaptiert.

Little Dorrit

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