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1	Christmas Carol more books like this by Charles Dickens Scrooge was a miser. His money was his life. Then, one Christmas Eve, Scrooge received a trio of visitors who showed him not only the true meaning of Christmas, but the true meaning of his life as well... Probably one of the most beloved Christmas stories in history, Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" has it all: heroes, villains, ghosts, time ... see all copies from £1.41! new only from £1.41! \| signed copies \| first editions
2	Tale of Two Cities more books like this by Charles Dickens Set during the French Revolution, the two cities in question are Paris and London and the tale is one of the tragedies that take place therein. "Penguin Readers" is a series of simplified novels, film novelizations and original titles that introduce students at all levels to the pleasures of reading in English. Originally designed for teaching ... see all copies from £1.41! new only from £1.57! \| first editions
3	Great expectations more books like this by Charles Dickens Tor Classics are affordably-priced editions designed to attract the young reader. Original dynamic cover art enthusiastically represents the excitement of each story. Appropriate "reader friendly" type sizes have been chosen for each title--offering clear, accurate, and readable text. All editions are complete and unabridged, and feature ... see all copies from £1.41! new only from £1.64! \| signed copies \| first editions
4	Oliver Twist more books like this by Charles Dickens Tor Classics are affordably-priced editions designed to attract the young reader. Original dynamic cover art enthusiastically represents the excitement of each story. Appropriate "reader friendly" type sizes have been chosen for each title--offering clear, accurate, and readable text. All editions are complete and unabridged, and feature ... see all copies from £1.41! new only from £1.41! \| first editions
5	Little Dorrit more books like this by Charles Dickens In the world of books, there are hundreds of timeless classics. But only one collection of great works is a classic in itself - "Britannica's Great Books". This 60-volume set brings you centuries of celebrated writings from the greatest minds of all time, including Plato, Shakespeare, Swift, Freud, Hemingway and Twain. "Britannica's Great Books" ... see all copies from £1.41! new only from £1.60! \| signed copies \| first editions
6	David Copperfield more books like this by Charles Dickens 'I have in my heart of hearts a favourite child. And his name is DAVID COPPERFIELD,' wrote Dickens of what is the most personal, certainly one of the most popular, of all his novels. Dickens wrote the book after the completion of a fragment of autobiography recalling his employment as a child in a London warehouse, and in the first-person ... see all copies from £1.41! new only from £1.41! \| signed copies \| first editions
7	Hard Times more books like this by Charles Dickens The 'terrible mistake' was the contemporary utilitarian philosophy, expounded in Hard Times (1854) as the Philosophy of Fact by the hard-headed disciplinarian Thomas Gradgrind. But the novel, Dickens's shortest, is more than a polemical tract for the times; the tragic story of Louisa Gradgrind and her father is one of Dickens's triumphs. When ... see all copies from £1.41! new only from £1.41! \| signed copies \| first editions
8	Bleak House more books like this by Charles Dickens With an Introduction and Notes by Doreen Roberts, University of Kent at Canterbury and illustrations by Hablot K. Browne (Phiz), "Bleak House" is one of Dickens' finest achievements, establishing his reputation as a serious and mature novelist, as well as a brilliant comic writer. It is at once a complex mystery story that fully engages the reader ... see all copies from £1.41! new only from £1.65! \| signed copies \| first editions
9	Old Curiosity Shop more books like this by Charles Dickens The Old Curiosity Shop was expanded from a short tale to save Dickens's failing periodical Master Humphrey's Clock (1840-1); it is the first of his novels of which the complete manuscript, many corrected proofs, and some working notes survive. This makes it uniquely interesting to both the textual critic and general reader. Forster's Life of ... see all copies from £1.41! new only from £1.62! \| signed copies \| first editions
10	Our Mutual Friend more books like this by Charles Dickens With an Introduction and Notes by Deborah Wynne, Chester College and illustrated by Marcus Stone, "Our Mutual Friend", Dickens' last complete novel, gives one of his most comprehensive and penetrating accounts of Victorian society. Its vision of a culture stifled by materialistic values emerges not just through its central narratives, but through ... see all copies from £1.41! new only from £1.41! \| first editions
11 view cover	Nicholas Nickleby more books like this by Charles Dickens Tor Classics are affordably-priced editions designed to attract the young reader. Original dynamic cover art enthusiastically represents the excitement of each story. Appropriate "reader friendly" type sizes have been chosen for each title--offering clear, accurate, and readable text. All editions are complete and unabridged, and feature ... see all copies from £1.41! new only from £1.62! \| first editions
12 view cover	Pickwick papers more books like this by Charles Dickens Tor Classics are affordably-priced editions designed to attract the young reader. Original dynamic cover art enthusiastically represents the excitement of each story. Appropriate "reader friendly" type sizes have been chosen for each title--offering clear, accurate, and readable text. All editions are complete and unabridged, and feature ... see all copies from £1.41! new only from £1.62! \| signed copies \| first editions
13 view cover	Barnaby Rudge more books like this by Charles Dickens 'What dark history is this?' This is the question that hangs over Dickens's brooding novel of mayhem and murder in the eighteenth century. Set in London at the time of the anti-Catholic Gordon Riots, Barnaby Rudge tells a story of individuals caught up in the mindless violence of the mob. Lord George Gordon's dangerous appeal to old religious ... see all copies from £1.41! new only from £1.62! \| signed copies \| first editions
14 view cover	Mystery of Edwin Drood more books like this by Charles Dickens Dicken's last, unfinished novel published in 1870, Edwin Drood is a murder mystery with an atmosphere all of its own. The novelist's unique descriptive powers are brought to bear on a drama which foreshadows the detective stories of Conan Doyle on the one hand and the nightmarish novels of Kafka on the other. Set, like so many nineteenth-century ... see all copies from £1.41! new only from £1.62! \| signed copies \| first editions
15 view cover	Life of our Lord more books like this by Charles Dickens Written in 1849 for Dickens's own children, this book tells the story of Jesus of Nazareth, from his birth in a manger in Bethlehem to his crucifixion. see all copies from £1.57! new only from £6.35! \| signed copies \| first editions
16 view cover	Martin Chuzzlewit more books like this by Charles Dickens With an Introduction and Notes by Dr John Bowen, Department of English, University of Keele and illustrations by Hablot K. Browne (Phiz), "Martin Chuzzlewit" is Charles Dickens' comic masterpiece about which his biographer, Forster, noted that it marked a crucial phase in the author's development as he began to delve deeper into the 'springs of ... see all copies from £1.41! new only from £1.62! \| signed copies \| first editions
17 view cover	The Life of Our Lord: Written for His Children During the Years 1846 to 1849 more books like this by Charles Dickens "Charles Dickens's" other "Christmas classic, with a new introduction by Dickens's great-great-grandson, Gerald Charles Dickens." Charles Dickens wrote "The Life of Our Lord" during the years 1846-1849, just about the time he was completing "David Copperfield." In this charming, simple retelling of the life of Jesus Christ, adapted from the Gospel ... see all copies from £5.65! new only from £9.18! \| signed copies \| first editions
18 view cover	Christmas Books more books like this by Charles Dickens Dickens's story of solitary miser Ebenezer Scrooge, who is taught the true meaning of Christmas by a series of ghostly visitors, has proved one of his most well-loved works. Ever since it was published in 1843 it has had an enduring influence on the way we think about the traditions of Christmas. Dickens's other Christmas writings collected here ... see all copies from £1.41! new only from £1.41! \| signed copies \| first editions
19 view cover	Dombey & Son more books like this by Charles Dickens '"Dom-bey and Son"...Those three words conveyed the one idea of Mr. Dombey's life. The earth was made for Dombey and Son to trade in, and the sun and moon were made to give them light.' The hopes of Mr Dombey for the future of his shipping firm are centred on his delicate son Paul, and Florence, his devoted daughter, is unloved and neglected. ... see all copies from £1.41! new only from £1.62! \| signed copies \| first editions
20 view cover	Christmas stories more books like this by Charles Dickens Charles Dickens (1812-70) published his Christmas Stories in the weekly period- ical Household Words,which was incorporated into All The Year Round in 1859, and which Dickens continued to edit until his death. see all copies from £1.41! new only from £2.08! \| first editions
21 view cover	Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Stories more books like this by Charles Dickens A CHRISTMAS CAROL is Dickens's tender and comic tale of the Cratchit family, Tiny Tim, and Ebenezer Scrooge--a favorite ever since it was written, in 1843. Badly in need of money, Dickens produced A CHRISTMAS CAROL in six weeks; the first printing of 6,000 copies sold out instantly. In Dickens's original version, Tiny Tim was Tiny Fred, and ... see all copies from £4.21! new only from £4.21! \| first editions
22 view cover	American Notes more books like this by Charles Dickens Charles Dickens's 1842 trip to America was in some ways a disaster. Dickens was fascinated by the still-evolving American experiment in democracy, and expected his own egalitarian views to be confirmed by his travels there. Instead, what he found repelled him: coarseness, filth, uncomfortable travel, hot and humid weather, a disappointing ... see all copies from £1.59! new only from £6.00! \| signed copies \| first editions
23	Works of Charles Dickens more books like this by Charles Dickens Dickens's second novel, OLIVER TWIST, the story of an orphan who flees the workhouse only to fall in with a gang of thieves and prostitutes in London's sleazy underworld, was a trenchant criticism of England's poor laws. Enacted in the 1830s, these laws provided assistance for the poor only through workhouses, which were deliberately squalid and ... see all copies from £1.73! new only from £27.26! \| first editions
24 view cover	Sketches by Boz more books like this by Charles Dickens Charles Dickens's first published book, "Sketches by Boz" (1836) heralded an exciting new voice in English literature. This richly varied collection of observation, fancy and fiction shows the London he knew so intimately at its best and worst - its streets, theatres, inns, pawnshops, law courts, prisons, omnibuses and the river Thames - in honest ... see all copies from £2.98! new only from £9.89! \| first editions
25 view cover	Charles Dickens more books like this by Charles Dickens This volume, illustrated in colour and black and white, celebrates the life and work of a favourite English-language writer. see all copies from £1.41! new only from £9.42! \| first editions

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