Based on the story of Charles Dickens. Retold by Clare West. ... "Please, Mr Murdstone! Don't beat me! I've tried to learn my lessons, really I have, sir!" sobs David. Although he is only eight years old, Mr Murdstone does beat him, and David is so frightened that he bites his cruel stepfather's hand. For that, he is kept locked in his room for five days and nights, and nobody is allowed to speak to him. As David grows up, he learns that life is full of trouble and misery and cruelty. But he also finds laughter and kindness, trust and friendship... and love. Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction ... |
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И така, призраци никога повече не се появиха, но до края на живота си той неотклонно следваше принципа да си няма вземане-даване с тях. А за него се разнесе мълва, че ако някой изобщо има представа как най-подобаващо трябва да се отбележи една Коледа, това е именно той, мистър Ебенизър Скрудж. Дано това би могло да се припише и на нас, на всеки от нас! И тъй, както бе отбелязал и Малкия Тим, нека Бог благослови всички ни! ... |
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A dead body is dredged from the Thames, presumed to be the son of wealthy miser John Harmon, in Charles Dickens final novel, "Our Mutual Friend". Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library - a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition has an introduction by Lucinda Dickens Hawksley and original illustrations by Marcus Stone. John Harmon made his fortune collecting "dust", and on his death his estranged son is due to inherit his wealth on the condition that ... |
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Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library - a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket - sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition has an afterword by David Stuart Davies and original illustrations by H. K. Browne. Bleak House is not only a love story and a tightly plotted murder mystery, but also a condemnation of the corruption at the heart of English society. The inheritance case of Jarndyce and Jarndyce has been going on for generations involving myriad characters from all walks of life. There's Esther ... |
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За първи път на български език незавършеният роман на Чарлс Дикенс. ... Идилично старинно градче, недалеч от Лондон, става арена на болезнени страсти, подклаждани от честолюбие и гняв. Любовен триъгълник и властови амбиции допълнително нагнетяват отношенията, а опасността дълго пазена тайна да излезе наяве става причина за кървава саморазправа. Ала онова, което изглежда като престъпление от страст, се оказва добре замислен пъклен план, в който обвинението пада върху невинен човек. Ще успее ли симпатичният лондонски детектив Дик Дачъри да разплете загадката?"На 9 юни 1870 година, в 18:10 часа, без да дойде в съзнание, ... |
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A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Throughout his career, Charles Dickens often turned his hand to fashioning short pieces of ghostly fiction, and began the tradition of "the ghost story at Christmas". Many of his supernatural tales are presented here, including the brilliant novella "The Haunted man and the ghost's bargain", which deserves to be as well known as "A Christmas carol". While all aim to send a shiver down the spine, they are not without the usual traits of Dickens' flamboyant style: his subtle wit, biting irony, humorous incidents and moral observations. This & ... |
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Книга четиридесет от поредицата "Златни детски книги". ... Подобно на самия Чарлз Дикенс, главният герой - Оливър Туист, израства в нищета. Той не познава родителите си, принуден е да отрасне в приют за сираци, а гладът и побоите са негови неразделни спътници. Въпреки многобройните несгоди, Оливър Туист успява да съхрани доброто си сърце. Когато успява да избяга в Лондон малкото момче попада в компанията на джепчии и крадци, водени от хитрия Фейгин. След много премеждия Оливър узнава тайната на своя произход и намира истински приятели. ... |
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"Оливър Туист" е първата книга в английската литература, в която главен герой е дете. Това е и втория роман на Чарлз Дикенс, който му нови световна слава и по него са направени анимационни филми, телевизионни и игрални филми и мюзикъли. В основата на сюжета му е истинската история на сирачето Робърт Блинко, живяло по времето на автора (1792 - 1860). Момчето расте в сиропиталище и е принудено да работи от 7-годишна възраст. Съдбата му заедно с новоприетия закон за децата в неравностойно положение са вдъхновили Дикенс да създаде този бестселър, който и до днес трогва със сарказма и иронията над обществените ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... "A Tale of Two Cities", a story of revolution, revenge and sacrifice, is one of Charles Dickens most exciting novels. Set against the backdrop of the French Revolution, it tells the story of a family threatened by the terrible events of the past. Dr Manette, wrongly imprisoned in the Bastille for eighteen years, is finally released and reunited with his daughter Lucie who, despite her French ancestry, has been brought up in London. Lucie falls in love with Charles Darnay, who has abandoned both wealth and title in France because of his ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... In The Pickwick Papers we are introduced not just to one of the greatest writers in the English language, but to some of fiction's most endearing and memorable characters, starting with the illustrious, immortal and colossal-minded Samuel Pickwick himself. It is a rollicking tour de force through an England on the brink of the Victorian era. Reform of government, justice and commercial life are imminent, as are rail travel, social convulsion and the death of deference, but Pickwick sails through on a tide of delirious adventure, fortifying us for the ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... In one of his most energetic and enjoyable novels, Charles Dickens tells the life story of David Copperfield, from his birth in Suffolk, through the various struggles of his childhood, to his successful career as a novelist. The early scenes are particularly masterful, depicting the world as seen from the perspective of a fatherless small boy, whose idyllic life with his mother is ruined when she marries again, this time to a domineering and cruel man. David Copperfield is partly modelled on Dickens' own experiences, and one of the great joys of the ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... A novel of social and moral themes, "Hard Times" is the archetypal Dickens novel, filled with family difficulties, estrangement, rotten values and unhappiness. Published in 1854, it is set in the imaginary Coketown, an industrial city inspired by Preston, and tells the story of the family of Thomas Gradgrind, a man obsessed with misguided "Utilitarian" values that make him trust facts, statistics and practicality over emotion. Based on James Mill (the Utilitarian leader), Gradgrind raises his own children, Louisa and Tom, in line with ... |
