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Author
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Formats
Description
When his newest book is an utter flop, Charles Dickens' publishers offer an ultimatum: either he writes a Christmas book in a month, or they will call in his debts, and he could lose everything. On one of his long walks, he meets a young woman who might be just the muse he needs. Over the next few weeks, Eleanor Lovejoy propels Dickens on a Scrooge-like journey that tests everything he believes about generosity, friendship, ambition - and Christmas....
Publisher
Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
Restoration : Robert Merivel is a young man who seems to have everything ... until an affair leads to scandal, suddenly leaving him heartbroken and penniless
An ideal husband : A politician's spotless reputation is threatened by a dark secret from his past
A month by the lake : At a lakeside resort, an attractive older guest has her eye on a well-to-do bachelor
My life so far : Young Fraser Pettigrew has always been an adventurous child. But with...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Formats
Description
In addition to "A Christmas Carol", "The Haunted Man" and a short story from the Pickwick Papers that was the basis for "A Christmas Carol", several of the author's shorter stories celebrating the season, are included. Additionally the editor discusses Dickens' influence on how we celebrate the season, and an appendix on Dickens' use of The Arabian Nights, plus a further reading list and notes.
Author
Language
English
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Description
"From the bestselling author of Just Like You, High Fidelity, and Fever Pitch, a short, warm, and entertaining book about art, creativity, and the unlikely similarities between Victorian novelist Charles Dickens and modern American rock star Prince. Every so often, a pairing comes along that seems completely unlikely-until it's not. Peanut butter and jelly, Dennis Rodman and Kim Jong Un, ducks and puppies, and now: Dickens and Prince. Equipped with...
Author
Publisher
Dover Publications
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
How did Oliver Twist and the Artful Dodger happen to meet? Where was David Copperfield born, and what is Pip's real name? The answer to every question about Dickens' characters and their fates are revealed in this remarkable book. Subtitled "A Key to the Plots and Characters in the Tales of Charles Dickens," it was compiled in 1872 by a leading expert of the era and updated at the turn of the twentieth century. Readers on both sides of the Atlantic...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
When Charles Dickens died in 1870, The Times of London successfully campaigned for his burial in Westminster Abbey, the final resting place of England's kings and heroes. Thousands flocked to mourn the best recognized and loved man of nineteenth-century England. His books had made them laugh, shown them the squalor and greed of English life, and also the power of personal virtue and the strength of ordinary people. In his last years Dickens drew adoring...
12) The riddle
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
In order for reporter Mike Sullivan to stop a cunning killer, he must first solve a murder hidden within a newly discovered Charles Dickens manuscript
13) Drood: a novel
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
On June 9, 1865, while traveling by train to London with his secret mistress, 53-year-old Charles Dickens — at the height of his powers and popularity, the most famous and successful novelist in the world and perhaps in the history of the world — hurtled into a disaster that changed his life forever.
Did Dickens begin living a dark double life after the accident? Were his nightly forays into the worst slums of London and his deepening obsession...
Did Dickens begin living a dark double life after the accident? Were his nightly forays into the worst slums of London and his deepening obsession...
Author
Publisher
Morrow
Pub. Date
c1988
Language
English
Description
The engaging biography of one of the most celebrated and enduring authors of Western literature Charles Dickens grew up in harsh poverty and became one of the world's most beloved authors. Biographer Fred Kaplan takes a brilliant, multifaceted approach in his examination of Dickens's life: his fraught marriage and relationships; the ever-present effects of his humble beginnings; his extensive, but carefully managed, public life; and his friendships...
18) The third wish
Publisher
Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Aspiring author Maggie Malone is granted three wishes after finding a rare edition of Great Expectations, or so she thinks. Behind the magic, in fact, is a mysterious benefactor orchestrating the Cinderella-like change
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