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A beautiful boxed set of six of Dickens's greatest works for the Dickens anniversary year 2012 is the two-hundredth anniversary of the birth of one of our greatest and most...

Author: Charles DickensFormat: Leather / fine binding, 152mm x 236mm, 1496 pagesPublished: Union Square & Co., United States, 2010Brings together five of Charles Dickens' best-known novels: "Oliver Twist", "A Christmas...

In his introduction, Dennis Walder discusses Dickens's social commentary and view of London, and places the Sketches in the tradition of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century reportage. Charles Dickens's first published book,...

This comprehensive biography of the great 19th-century novelist combines extensive research and documentation, including much new speculation on the nature of his affair with Ellen Ternan, with imaginative reconstruction of...

John Forster's original three-volume text is abridged and brought to life with the addition of illuminating extracts from Dickens' own work and from recent criticism, biography and fiction. It is...

A magnificent new biography of the man who gave us David Copperfield, Oliver Twist, and Ebenezer Scrooge This long-awaited biography, twenty years after the last major account, uncovers Dickens the...

'Charles Dickens' is the definitive illustrated guide to the man and his works. It follows Dickens from early childhood, looking at how he triumphed to become the greatest celebrity of...

The Comic masterpiece that catapulted the 24 year old Dickens to fame THE PICKWICK PAPERS began as a literary spoof centred around sketches of stock sporting fops by caricaturist Robert...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerFew novels have launched a literary career with such explosive joy as Charles Dickens's first, The Pickwick Papers — a...

I went down into Yorkshire before I began this book, in very severe winter time which is pretty faithfully described herein. As I wanted to see a schoolmaster or two,...

Presents an illustrated introduction to the public and private life of the popular Victorian novelist.

Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Slipcase: WornPages: GoodBefore there was a Victorian novel in the truest sense, there was The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club — Charles Dickens's uproarious debut...

From one of England's literary masters, a monumental biography of Dickens worthy of standing beside Painter's Marcel Proust and Ellman's James Joyce. Ackroyd constructs a stunning life and times work...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxing Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA masterwork of Victorian literary journalism, The Uncommercial Traveller presents a vivid...

The book titled Sketches by Boz by the author Charles Dickens. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Based upon an examination of original sources, this is a biography in which the figure of Charles Dickens and the moving spirit of his age are combined. Dickens the novelist,...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsA charming work of biographical and literary history, Knock On The Nursery Door: Tales Of The Dickens Children chronicles the...

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The book titled Dickens by the author Peter Ackroyd. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Our hero confronts a large and varied cast, including Wackford Squeers, the fantastic ogre of a schoolmaster, and Vincent Crummles, the grandiloquent ham actor, on his comic and satirical adventures...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good , price clippedMarkings: No markingsA richly crafted biographical work, A Hand Upon The Time: A Life Of Charles Dickens chronicles the remarkable...

Author: Charles DickensBinding: HardbackPublished: Michael Joseph., 1982Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Minor foxing to block, sun-faded spine and previous owner's name in FEP.The Illustrated...

Dickens' experimental and thrilling short stories This witty and amusing collection of short pieces shows Dickens liberated from the more formal and sustained demands of the novel and experimenting with...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. A masterfully curated anthology, Selections from Charles Dickens presents...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFew authors have populated the English literary imagination with characters as vivid, absurd, and enduring as Charles Dickens,...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: No markingsA charming collection of classic literature retellings, Children's Stories From Dickens presents beloved tales from the works of Charles Dickens, lovingly adapted...

Against the backdrop of growing discontent in Paris, Doctor Manette is released from the Bastille after eighteen years of unjust imprisonment and begins a new life in England with his...

Author: Charles DickensBinding: HardbackPublished: Ardis Books, 1111Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCharles Dickens’s Complete Works: Nicholas Nickleby II continues the compelling saga of a young man’s journey through the often-cruel...

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Author: Charles DickensBinding: HardbackPublished: Heron BooksCondition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis compelling Victorian novel, Dombey & Son II, continues the intricate saga of a proud shipping magnate and his ill-fated...

Edition: First editionCondition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA richly detailed work of literary biography and history, Dickens at Doughty...

Charles Dickens's second novel is the tale of a young orphan who faces the gruelling conditions of a Victorian workhouse before finding himself sucked into the criminal underworld of London....

The final, unfinished novel of Charles Dickens that is in many ways his most intriguing-a gripping, haunting masterpiece that foreshadows the detective stories of Conan Doyle and the nightmarish novels...

GRAB A BUMPER, FORGET YOUR FANTEEGS, AND ROAM AT A FOOT-PACE THROUGH THE TWISTY ALLEYWAYS OF THE VICTORIAN VERNACULAR!What larks! Dive into the world of literature's ultimate wordsmith, Charles Dickens,...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image*The Great Novels of Charles Dickens* from Macmillan offers a curated journey through Dickens’s...

Chesterton is so good on Dickens because his wit is as sharp as that of the Great Inimitable himself: "Dickens was most accurate when he was most fantastic. . ....

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: No markingsThis handsome omnibus brings together three of Charles Dickens's most beloved and socially charged works, offering readers a sweeping encounter with the...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the grim, soot-blackened industrial town of Coketown, facts reign supreme and imagination is ruthlessly crushed — this...

Author: Various AuthorsFormat: Hardback, 152mm x 232mm, 736 pagesPublished: Union Square & Co., United States, 2015This anthology gathers 100 tales that share the winter theme of Hans Christian Andersen's classic....

The Invisible Woman by Claire Tomalin is the acclaimed story of Nelly Ternan and Charles Dickens Winner of the NCR Book Award, the Hawthornden Prize and the James Tait Black...

An entertaining biography of Charles Dickens by one of our finest actors Acclaimed actor and writer Simon Callow captures the essence of Charles Dickens in a sparkling biography that explores...