Né dans un hospice, Oliver Twist n'a que neuf ans quand il est placé comme apprenti chez un croque-mort. Affamé et maltraité, il s'enfuit et gagne Londres. Il tombe alors entre les griffes du terrible Fagin, chef d'une bande de jeunes pickpockets qui a élu refuge dans les bas-fonds de la capitale... 
Le petit orphelin parviendra-t-il a échapper à son destin et à trouver sa place en ce monde ?

Les aventures d'Oliver Twist

Le seul roman français (et qui plus est historique) du grand Dickens a trouvé dans Emmanuel Bove un traducteur inattendu (une traduction restée inédite) : une histoire d'humiliés qui profitent de la Terreur révolutionnaire pour se venger, au risque d'entrainer des innocents dans leur frénésie ; un allerretour entre Paris la sanglante et Londres le refuge, entre l'excès français et la réaction anglaise ; un avocat brillant et alcoolique qui donne un sens à sa vie en montant sur l'échafaud à la place d'un autre et accomplir ainsi le plus beau des gestes amoureux. Pathétique, digne, d'une puissante sobriété, ce relativement court roman de Dickens, s'il est un de ses plus lus partout, reste relativement méconnu en France où on gagnerait beaucoup à le découvrir dans cette superbe traduction.

Un conte de deux villes

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

Every day in December, discover with this Advent Calendar Storybook a wonderful Christmas tale!

Written by the greatest storytellers (Charles Dickens, Hans Christian Andersen, The Brothers Grimm, Louisa May Alcott, O. Henry...), these 24 traditional stories will keep you waiting until D-day. This collection ends with one of Charles Dickens' most beautiful Christmas tales, the story of Scrooge and the three spirits. 

Contents:

1st December The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry 

2nd December A Christmas Dream, and How It Came to Be True by Louisa May Alcott 

3rd December The Fir-Tree by Hans Christian Andersen 

4th December Christmas Every Day by William Dean Howells 

5th December Papa Panov's Special Christmas by Leo Tolstoy 

6th December A Kidnapped Santa Claus by L. Frank Baum 

7th December Merry Christmas by Stephen Leacock 

8th December A Stolen Christmas by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman 

9th December A Christmas Tree by Charles Dickens 

10th December How the Captain Made Christmas by Thomas Nelson Page 

11th December At Christmas Time by Anton Chekhov 

12th December A Christmas Sermon by Robert Louis Stevenson 

13th December What Christmas is As We Grow Older by Charles Dickens 

14th December What the Bell Saw and Said by Louisa May Alcott 

15th December How Christmas Came to the Santa Maria Flats by Elia W. Peattie 

16th December Christmas; or, The Good Fairy by Harriet Beecher Stowe 

17th December Christmas at Red Butte by Lucy Maud Montgomery 

18th December Christmas by Washington Irving 

19th December The Last Dream of Old Oak by Hans Christian Andersen 

20th December Christmas Jenny by Mary E. Wilkins Free 

21st December The Elves and The Shoemaker by The Brothers Grimm 

22nd December The Little Match Girl by Hans Christian Andersen 

23rd December The Night Before Christmas: A Morality by William Dean Howells 

24th December A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

24 Christmas Tales - Advent Calendar Storybook

David Copperfield is the story of a young man's adventures on his journey from an unhappy and impoverished childhood to the discovery of his vocation as a successful novelist. Among the gloriously vivid cast of characters he encounters are his tyrannical stepfather, Mr Murdstone; his brilliant, but ultimately unworthy school-friend James Steerforth; his formidable aunt, Betsey Trotwood; the eternally humble, yet treacherous Uriah Heep; frivolous, enchanting Dora Spenlow; and the magnificently impecunious Wilkins Micawber, one of literature's great comic creations. In David Copperfield - the novel he described as his 'favourite child' - Dickens drew revealingly on his own experiences to create one of the most exuberant and enduringly popular works, filled with tragedy and comedy in equal measure. This edition uses the text of the first volume publication of 1850, and includes updated suggestions for further reading, original illustrations by 'Phiz', a revised chronology and expanded notes. In his new introduction, Jeremy Tambling discusses the novel's autobiographical elements, and its central themes of memory and identity.

David Copperfield (French Edition)

Bleak-House nous plonge dans les méandres d'une affaire judiciaire, Jarndyce contre Jarndyce, au sujet d'un testament. Les possibles héritiers se battent depuis des décennies dans l'espoir de récupérer les meilleures parts de la succession. Mr Jarndyce, un des plaignants qui a depuis longtemps abandonné tout espoir d'obtenir le moindre penny, prend sous son aile Miss Ada Clare et Mr Richard Carstone, les pupilles de l'affaire Jarndyce, ainsi que la demoiselle de compagnie de Miss Clare, Miss Esther Summerson. Pendant ce temps, la mort d'un certain Nemo va déclencher une réaction en chaîne entraînant la ruine de nombreuses personnes.Paru en feuilleton entre mars 1852 et septembre 1853, Bleak-House est le neuvième roman publié par Charles Dickens. C'est sans nul doute l'un des romans le plus remarquable et le plus achevé du célèbre romancier anglais. Un roman dans lequel Dickens dénonce avec force les dérives de la justice anglaise juste avant que celle-ci ne soit l'objet de nombreuses réformes dans les années 1870.

Bleak house T2

"The Big Book of Christmas: Classic Stories and Poems - Illustrated" 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. These stories and poems capture the spirit of Christmas through diverse voices, styles, and settings, offering readers a diverse and enriching experience.
Contents:
Charles Dickens
A Christmas Carol
The Chimes
G.K. Chesterton
A Christmas Carol
L.M. Montgomery
The Red Room
A Christmas Mistake
A Christmas Inspiration
The Josephs' Christmas
Aunt Cyrilla's Christmas Basket
The Osbornes' Christmas
Bertie's New Year
Ida's New Year Cake
The Christmas Surprise at Enderly Road
Clorinda's Gifts
The Falsoms' Christmas Dinner
The Unforgotten One
Christmas at Red Butte
Uncle Richard's New Year's Dinner
L. Frank Baum
A Kidnapped Santa Claus
Little Bun Rabbit
The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus
Mark Twain
A Letter from Santa Claus
Louisa May Alcott
A Country Christmas
Cousin Tribulation's Story
What the Bell Saw and Said
Tilly's Christmas
Tessa's Surprises
Kate's Choice
The Boys' Joke, And Who Got The Best Of It
The Quiet Little Woman
Rosa's Tale
A Christmas Dream and How It Came True
A Christmas Turkey, And How It Came
A Merry Christmas
Leo Tolstoy
A Russian Christmas Party
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Christmas Bells
The Three Kings
Nikolai Gogol
Christmas Eve
William Dean Howells
Christmas Everyday
The Pony Engine and the Pacific Express
Joseph Rudyard Kipling
Christmas in India
Elizabeth Harrison
Little Gretchen and the Wooden Shoe
John Milton
On the Morning of Christ's Nativity
Hans Christian Andersen
The Fir Tree
The Little Match Girl
Selma Lagerlof
A Christmas Guest
The Holy Night
The Legend of the Christmas Rose
Clement Moore
The Night Before Christmas
Henry van Dyke
The Other Wise Man
Beatrix Potter
The Tailor of Gloucester
Anton Chehov
Vanka
O. Henry
The Gift of the Magi
Christmas by Injunction
Whistling Dick's Christmas Stocking
A Chaparral Christmas Gift
An Unfinished Christmas Story
Hesba Stretton
The Christmas Child
Kenneth Grahame
The Wind in the Willows
Robert Louis Stevenson
Christmas at Sea
Markheim
Winter Time
Walter Scott
Christmas In The Olden Time
Alfred Tennyson
Ring out, wild bells
Abbie Farwell Brown
The Christmas Angel
Anthony Trollope
Christmas at Thompson Hall
Thomas Hardy
The Oxen
William Butler Yeats
The Magi
William Makepeace Thackeray
The Mahogany Tree
Charles Kingsley
Christmas Day
Eugene Field
Jest 'Fore Christmas
Emily Dickinson
The Savior must have been a docile Gentleman
Willa Cather
The Burglar's Christmas
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
A Christmas Tree and a Wedding
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The Christmas-Box
Washington Irving
Christmas
The Stage-Coach
Christmas Eve
Christmas Day
The Christmas Dinner
George MacDonald
Christmas Day and Everyday
The Christmas Child
Christmas Meditation
A Christmas Prayer
A Christmas Carol
My Uncle Peter
Mary's Lullaby
Christmas-Day
The Gifts of the Child Christ
That Holy Thing
Christmas
Christmas Song of the Old Children
King Cole
A Song for Christmas
James Joyce
The Dead
Saki
Bertie's Christmas Eve
William Shakespeare
Song of the Holly
The Gracious Time
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Christmas; or, The Good Fairy
The First Christmas of New England
Betty's Bright Idea
Christmas in Poganuc
Oscar Wilde
The Selfish Giant

The Big Book of Christmas. Classic Stories and Poems. (100 Books)

Comme ses contemporains victoriens, Charles Dickens adore les histoires de fantômes. Ses spectres sont parfois terriblement inquiétants, parfois comiques, ou encore porteurs d'un message, comme dans " Un chant de Noël ". C'est justement cette version, la version lue, qui a été retenue ici. Dickens l'a lui-même condensée pour pouvoir l'interpréter lors de ses tournées de lectures publiques. Elle raconte l'histoire d'Ebenezer Scrooge, vieil Harpagon dont le personnage connaîtra une certaine fortune littéraire puisqu'il sera le père de... Balthazar Picsou. Rien ne compte plus pour lui que d'exploiter son prochain. Il déteste tout, et surtout Noël. Une veille de Noël, justement, le voilà qui reçoit la visite de Jacob Marley, son ancien associé... mort depuis sept ans. Le fantôme vient le prévenir : Scrooge doit changer, sans quoi il portera pour l'éternité les chaînes du remords. Il va d'ailleurs recevoir la visite de trois spectres, ceux des Noëls passés, du Noël présent et des Noëls à venir, qui vont lui faire comprendre qu'une rapide rédemption s'impose...

Histoires de fantômes ; un chant de Noël et autres récits

"Der Raritätenladen" ist ein 1840 veröffentlichter Kriminalroman von Charles Dickens. Der Originaltitel lautet "The Old Curiosity Shop".

Charles John Huffam Dickens, FRSA (als Pseudonym auch "Boz"; * 7. Februar 1812 in Landport bei Portsmouth, England; ? 9. Juni 1870 auf Gad's Hill Place bei Rochester, England) war ein englischer Schriftsteller. Zu seinen bekanntesten Werken gehören "Oliver Twist", "David Copperfield", "Eine Geschichte aus zwei Städten", "Große Erwartungen" sowie "Eine Weihnachtsgeschichte".

Les aventures d'Oliver Twist

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