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The Magic Fishbone by Charles Dickens
Category: Children's Books
King Watkins the First is the father of the lovely and kind-hearted Princess Alicia and a tribe of eighteen other darlings. Between their money problems, the queen's illness, and the children's boisterous doings, the king and his eldest daughter are fairly overwhelmed by responsibilities. But a chance m ...Show more
The Mill On The Floss by Charles Dickens
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Penguin Classics Ser.
Drawing on George Eliot's own childhood experiences to craft an unforgettable story of first love, sibling rivalry and regret, "The Mill on the Floss" is edited with an introduction and notes by A.S. Byatt, author of "Possession", in "Penguin Classics". Brought up at Dorlcote Mill, Maggie Tulliver worsh ...Show more
The Mystery Of Edwin Drood by Charles Dickens
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Penguin Classics Ser.
Charles Dickens's final, unfinished novel, and one that has puzzled readers and inspired writers since its publication, "The Mystery of Edwin Drood" is edited with an introduction by David Paroissien in "Penguin Classics". Edwin Drood is contracted to marry orphan Rosa Bud when he comes of age, but when ...Show more
The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Charles Dickens; Peter Washington (Introduction by)
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Everyman's Library Classics Ser.
'Where is my nephew?, asked Mr Jasper, wildly. 'Where is your nephew?' repeated Neveille. 'Why do you ask me?' 'I ask you,' retorted Jasper, 'because you were the last person in his company, and he is not to be found.' The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Dickens's last novel, lay unfinished at his death. Specul ...Show more
The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Penguin English Library) by Charles Dickens
Category: Fiction | Series: The Penguin English Library
'In the wakeful misery of the night, girded by sordid realities, or wandering through Paradises and Hells of visions...I loved you madly'. Dickens' last novel is a mystery built around a presumed crime - the murder of a nephew by his uncle. Dickens died before completing the story, leaving the mystery u ...Show more
The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens
Category: Fiction | Series: Nonesuch Dickens
"The Old Curiosity Shop" tells the tragic story of Little Nell. Raised by her loving grandfather, the actions of the malevolent Quilp sees the pair cast out of their home and falling into poverty. A moving story of courage and pursuit, the novel blends a realistic portrayal of the damaging effects of in ...Show more
The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens; Hablot K. Browne (Illustrator); Keith Carabine (Contribution by); George Cruickshank (Illustrator); Peter Preston (Intro and Notes by)
Category: Classic | Series: Wordsworth Collection
The Old Curiosity Shop is the story of Little Nell, a beautiful and virtuous young girl who lives with her grandfather in his shop of curiosities. Her only friend is Kit, an honest young lad who works at the shop, and whom she is teaching to write. Unbeknownst to Nell, her grandfather is obsessed with t ...Show more
The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens; Peter Washington (Introduction by)
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Everyman's Library Classics Ser.
An unforeseeable story about life If there were no bad people there would be no good lawyers.-Charles Dickens, The Old Curiosity Shop The adventures of Nell Trent and her grandfather, both residents of The Old Curiosity Shop in London, that go on a journey with no destination. The novel focuses on the p ...Show more
The Old Curiosity Shop by Hablot Knight (ILT) Charles; Browne Dickens
Category: Fiction | Series: Penguin English Library El75
The Old Curiosity Shop (Penguin Classics) by Charles Dickens
Category: Classic Fiction
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The Old Curiosity Shop: The Nonesuch Dickens Collection by Charles Dickens
Category: Classic Fiction
The third set of titles in the essential collector's Dickens are finally available. The texts are taken from the 1867 Chapman and Hall edition, which became known as the Charles Dickens edition, the last edition edited by the author himself. The Nonesuch edition contains illustrations selected by Dicken ...Show more