Autor Charles Dickens
Objavte čaro najobľúbenejšej vianočnej rozprávky na svete. Vianočnú koledu z pera Charlesa Dickensa prinášame po 180 rokoch v špeciálnom ilustrovanom prevedení Lisy Aisato. Vianočná koleda vyšla prvýkrát 19. decembra 1843. Náklad sa vypredal v priebehu…
Pips life as an ordinary country boy is destined to be unexceptional until a chain of mysterious events lead him away from his humble origins and up the social ladder His efforts to become a London gentleman bring him into contact not just with the upper…
Oliver 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…
Puffin Clothbound Classics are stunning collectable hardback editions of some of the best-loved classics in the world - including this irresistible 175th anniversary edition of David Copperfield.Of all my books, I like this the best - Charles DickensFull…
Marley's ghost, Bob Cratchit's slide down icy Cornhill, Mr and Mrs Fezziwig's dance, and of course Ebenezer Scrooge himself, are all exquisitely illustrated in this luxury collector's edition of Charles Dickens's perennial seasonal favourite. Arthur…
Vánoční koleda je osobním dramatem člověka, které oslovuje další a další generace čtenářů již přes 170 let. Rozsahem nedlouhá „moralita“ o pěti kapitolách se dočkala mnoha dramatizací, operního i filmového zpracování. Důvod není jen v silném příběhu…
Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series for learners of English as a foreign language. With carefully adapted text, new illustrations and language learning exercises, the print edition also includes instructions to access supporting material online.Titles…
HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.
HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.
HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics.
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…
It is said that Charles Dickens invented Christmas, and within these pages you'll certainly find all the elements of a quintessential traditional Christmas brought to vivid life: snowy rooftops, gleaming shop windows, steaming bowls of punch, plum puddings…
Bleak House is Dickens's most enigmatic and masterly novel; a savage, blackly comic indictment of a legal system that devours the innocent and a society that is rotten to the core, from upper-class drawing rooms to foggy London slums.As the…
Tells the tale of Ebenezer Scrooge, who is haunted by three spirits and learns the true meaning of Christmas has had.
Chronicles David Copperfield's 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…
'The earth was made for Dombey and Son to trade in, and the sun and moon were made to give them light' Dombey and Son is both a firm and a family and the ambiguous connection between public and private life lies at the heart of Dickens' novel. Paul Dombey…
Shows how a young man's life is transformed by a mysterious series of events - an encounter with an escaped prisoner; a visit to a black-hearted old woman and a beautiful girl; a fortune from a secret donor.
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 obedient daughter Louisa marries…
'You talk very easily of hours, sir! How long do you suppose, sir, that an hour is to a man who is choking for want of air?' When Arthur Clennam returns to England after many years abroad, he takes a kindly interest in Amy Dorrit, his mother's seamstress,…
Features some of the most memorably drawn villains - the treacherous gangmaster Fagin, the menacing thug Bill Sikes, the Artful Dodger and their den of thieves in the grimy London backstreets.
"Yours is a 'spectable calling. To save your 'spectability, it's worth your while to pawn every article of clothes you've got, sell every stick in your house, and beg and borrow every penny you can get trusted with. When you've done that and handed…
The Pickwick Papers, twenty-four-year-old Dickens's joyful, rumbustious debut, made him an overnight sensation. The collected anecdotes from the fictional Pickwick Club - whose members include the poet Snodgrass, the romantic Tupman, Winkle the sportsman…
Few writers have better captured the times they were writing in as well as Charles Dickens. Dickens' ability to observe and record human character and environment have placed him at the top table of English fiction writers alongside Shakespeare and Austen,…
Charles Dickens' ability to observe and record human character and environment have placed him at the top table of English fiction writers alongside Shakespeare and Austen, and his titles are still as popular today as they were upon first publication.Dickens…
It is said that Charles Dickens invented Christmas, and within these pages you'll certainly find all the elements of a quintessential traditional Christmas brought to vivid life: snowy rooftops, gleaming shop windows, steaming bowls of punch, plum puddings…
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. . . .”Lucie Manette had been separated from her father for eighteen years while he languished in Paris’s most feared prison, the Bastille. Finally reunited, the Manettes’s fortunes become inextricably…
This superb collection of classic Victorian literature features the most notable works of Charles Dickens, including Oliver Twist (1839), A Christmas Carol (1843), A Tale of Two Cities (1859), and Great Expectations (1861). Considered the greatest novelist…
This gifty box set of three mini book classics -- The Night Before Christmas, The Nutcracker, and A Christmas Carol -- is a great value and makes the perfect stocking stuffer!