Opis: The Shorter Novels of Charles Dickens - Dickens Charles

This collection brings together perhaps the finest of Dickens' shorter novels, filled with event, character, and the unsurpassed brilliance of his story-telling.

Oliver Twist enhanced and strengthened Dickens' reputation and contains classic Dickensian themes - grinding poverty, desperation, fear, temptation and the eventual triumph of good in the face of great adversity.

Hard Times was attacked by Macaulay for its 'sullen socialism', but 20th-century critics - George Bernard Shaw and F.R. Leavis praised it in the highest terms.

A Tale of Two Cities, Dickens' greatest historical novel, traces the lives of a group of people caught up in the cataclysm of the French Revolution and the Terror. A fascinating range of characters and Dickens' usual superb command of language combine to make this an exciting and tantalising story.

Great Expectations traces the life of Philip Pirrip (Pip), from a boy of shallow dreams to a man of character. From its dramatic opening on the bleak Kentish marshes, the story abounds with memorable characters - the blacksmith Joe Gargery, the mysterious convict Abel Magwitch, the eccentric Miss Havisham and the beautiful Estella.

Szczegóły: The Shorter Novels of Charles Dickens - Dickens Charles

Tytuł: The Shorter Novels of Charles Dickens
Autor: Dickens Charles
Wydawnictwo: Wordsworth
ISBN: 9781840220599
Języki: angielski
Rok wydania: 2005
Ilość stron: 1312
Format: 15.0x23.0cm
Oprawa: Miękka
Waga: 1.08 kg

Recenzje: The Shorter Novels of Charles Dickens - Dickens Charles