
Cărți de Charles Dickens

Charles John Huffam Dickens (; 7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) 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. His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime and, by the 20th century, critics and scholars had recognised him as a literary genius. His novels and short stories are still widely read today.
Born in Portsmouth, Dickens left school to work in a factory when his father was incarcerated in a debtors' prison. Despite his lack of formal education, he edited a weekly journal for 20 years, wrote 15 novels, five novellas, hundreds of short stories and non-fiction articles, lectured and performed readings extensively, was an indefatigable letter writer, and campaigned vigorously for children's rights, education and other social reforms.
Dickens's literary success began with the 1836 serial publication of The Pickwick Papers. Within a few years he had become an international literary celebrity, famous for his humour, satire and keen observation of character and society. His novels, most of them published in monthly or weekly instalments, pioneered the serial publication of narrative fiction, which became the dominant Victorian mode for novel publication. Cliffhanger endings in his serial publications kept readers in suspense. The instalment format allowed Dickens to evaluate his audience's reaction, and he often modified his plot and character development based on such feedback. For example, when his wife's chiropodist expressed distress at the way Miss Mowcher in David Copperfield seemed to reflect her disabilities, Dickens improved the character with positive features. His plots were carefully constructed and he often wove elements from topical events into his narratives. Masses of the illiterate poor would individually pay a halfpenny to have each new monthly episode read to them, opening up and inspiring a new class of readers.
His 1843 novella A Christmas Carol remains especially popular and continues to inspire adaptations in every artistic genre. Oliver Twist and Great Expectations are also frequently adapted and, like many of his novels, evoke images of early Victorian London. His 1859 novel A Tale of Two Cities (set in London and Paris) is his best-known work of historical fiction. The most famous celebrity of his era, he undertook, in response to public demand, a series of public reading tours in the later part of his career. Dickens has been praised by many of his fellow writers – from Leo Tolstoy to George Orwell, G. K. Chesterton and Tom Wolfe – for his realism, comedy, prose style, unique characterisations and social criticism. However, Oscar Wilde, Henry James and Virginia Woolf complained of a lack of psychological depth, loose writing and a vein of sentimentalism.
The term Dickensian is used to describe something that is reminiscent of Dickens and his writings, such as poor social or working conditions, or comically repulsive characters.


Great Expectations
Wordsworth Classics

Hard Times
Wordsworth Classics

Charles Dickens (Barnes & Noble Collectible Classics: Omnibus Edition): Letherbound. Ediţie de colecţie
Barnes & Noble Leatherbound Editions

David Copperfield
Macmillan Collector's Library

Sketches of Young Gentlemen and Young Couples: with Sketches of Young Ladies by Edward Caswall

A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Writings

Oliver Twist
Scholastic Classics

A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Books

David Copperfield
CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED

David Copperfield
Wadsworth Collection

Night Walks
Penguin Great Ideas

A Tale of Two Cities

Dickens at Christmas
Vintage Classics

Comic Classics: Great Expectations
Comic Classics

Our Mutual Friend
Dover Thrift Editions

Bleak House
Real Reads (Real Reads Ltd)

Personal History of David Copperfield

A Christmas Carol. BBC TV Tie-In
BBC Books

Charles Dickens: Four Novels
Leather-bound Classics

Penguin Readers Level 1: A Christmas Carol (ELT Graded Reader)

Charles Dickens' Christmas Stories

A Christmas Carol (Collins Classics)
Collins Classics

Christmas Carol
Wordsworth Classics

Charles Dickens's a Christmas Carol: A Book-To-Table Classic
Puffin Plated

Dickens, C: Oliver Twist

A Guinea Pig Christmas Carol
Guinea Pig Classics

Scenes of London Life: From 'sketches by Boz'
Macmillan Collector's Library

A Christmas Carol (Vintage Classics Dickens Series)
Vintage Classics

Oxford Children's Classic: A Christmas Carol
Oxford Children's Classic

Poems

The Life of Our Lord
Quirky Classics

A Christmas Carol: The Original Manuscript Edition

A Guinea Pig Oliver Twist
Guinea Pig Classics

A Guinea Pig Oliver Twist
Guinea Pig Classics

A Tale of Two Cities
Macmillan Collector's Library

Hard Times
Macmillan Collector's Library

The Pickwick Papers
Macmillan Collector's Library

A Tale of Two Cities: Bilingual Edition: English-French

To Be Read at Dusk
Penguin Little Black Classics

Great Expectations
Hardcover Classics Leather Bound

A Christmas Carol (Illustrated by Arthur Rackham with an Introduction by Hall Caine)

The Pickwick Papers

A Christmas Carol
Graphic Revolve: Common Core Editions

A Christmas Carol (Wisehouse Classics - with original illustrations)

A Christmas Carol, Deluxe Edition

The Haunted House

Hard Times
Vintage Dickens

Sketches of Young Ladies, Young Gentlemen and Young Couples

George Silverman's Explanation

Der Weihnachtsabend
Reclam Universal-Bibliothek, nr. 18740

The Mudfog Papers

Christmas Carol Minibook

Supernatural Short Stories

Ladybird Classics: Oliver Twist

A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Stories

Dickens, C: Level 6: Great Expectations Book and MP3 Pack
Pearson English Graded Readers

Dickens' Christmas Spirits: A Christmas Carol & Other Tales

A Christmas Carol, Comics
Classics Illustrated, nr. 15

Illustrated Stories from Dickens
Illustrated Stories

Oliver Twist
Young Reading CD Pack

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby: An Opinionated Guide to New York S Capital District

Christmas Carol+cd
Reading & Training

Macmillan Readers Oliver Twist Intermediate Reader Without CD
Macmillan Readers

Classic Starts(tm) Oliver Twist: The Red Badge of Courage
Classic Starts

Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Books

The Annotated Christmas Carol – A Christmas Carol in Prose
The Annotated Books

A Christmas Carol and Other Stories
Modern Library Classics

Our Mutual Friend
Wordsworth Classics

Complete Ghost Stories
Wordsworth Classics

Christmas Books
Wordsworth Classics

A Christmas Carol
NEW LONGMAN LITERATURE 11-14

Bleak House
Wadsworth Collection

Christmas Carol
Wordsworth Classics

A Tale of Two Cities
Wadsworth Collection

Oliver Twist
Wadsworth Collection

David Copperfield (NCE)

Bleak House (NCE)
Norton Critical Editions

Poveste de Crăciun

Dickens on Railways

Pictures from Italy
Dover Thrift Editions

London
Vintage Minis: Great minds. Big ideas. Little Books

Mugby Junction

The Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices
Alma Classics 101 Pages

TALE OF TWO CITIES

A Tale of Two Cities (Vintage Classics Dickens Series)
Vintage Classics

Hard Times (Vintage Classics Dickens Series)
Vintage Classics Dickens Series

Great Expectations (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)

Nicholas Nickleby

Barnaby Rudge
Wordsworth Classics

The Mystery of Edwin Drood: Stained Glass Coloring Book
Dover Thrift Editions

Martin Chuzzlewit
Wordsworth Classics

Penguin Readers Level 5: David Copperfield (ELT Graded Reader)

Penguin Readers Level 6: Great Expectations (ELT Graded Reader)

Oliver Twist (Legend Classics)
