The greatest novels - Volume 1: "Great Expectations", "David Copperfield", "Oliver Twist", and "A Christmas Carol" (Collector's Library Editions) - Hardcover

Dickens, Charles

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ISBN 10: 1905716478 ISBN 13: 9781905716470

Verlag: Collector´s Library, 1900

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Reseña del editor:

David Copperfield was Dickens' 'favourite child' and is a novel of personal development with richly comic as well as deeply poignant moments. "Great Expectations" also traces the progress of a young man through life but, as a novel of the author's maturity, is expressed in subtler shades of nuance. "Oliver Twist" is more black-and-white than either, highlighting the incorruptibility of young Oliver as he battles with the evil of Fagin and Bill Sikes. "A Christmas Carol" is both a ghost story and a moral tale, which defined the pattern of Christmas celebrations. The four books in one volume represent much of Dickens' finest writing.

Biografía del autor:

Charles Dickens was born in Portsmouth in 1812, the son of a naval clerk. The family moved to London when he was 10 years old, and for a while they were retained in Marshalsea debtors' prison. Aged 16, Charles became a court reporter, then a journalist, and then an author. He was a prolific writer throughout his life, publishing novels, plays and short stories. As well as A Christmas Carol (1843), his most famous works include The Adventures of Oliver Twist (1837-9), Bleak House (1852-3), and Great Expectations (1860-1).

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• Verlag: Collector´s Library
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1900
• ISBN 10: 1905716478
• ISBN 13: 9781905716470
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 712