Little Dorrit is a serial novel by Charles Dickens published originally between 1855 and 1857. It is a work of satire on the shortcomings of the government and society of the period. Much of Dickens’ ire is focused upon the institutions of debtors’ prisons—in which people who owed money were imprisoned, unable to work, until [...]
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febbraio 17th, 2010
Dickens, Charles: A Tale of Two Cities
A Tale of Two Cities (1859) is a novel by Charles Dickens, set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution. With 200 million copies sold, it is the most printed original English book, and among the most famous works of fiction. It depicts the plight of the French peasantry under the demoralization [...]
febbraio 6th, 2010
Dickens, Charles: A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol is a novella by English author Charles Dickens, first published by Chapman and Hall, and first released on 19 December 1843. The book met with instant success and critical acclaim. The novella tells the story of sour and stingy Ebenezer Scrooge, and his transformation into a warm-hearted philanthropist after being visited by [...]
gennaio 15th, 2010
Dickens, Charles: Bleak House
Bleak House is the ninth novel by Charles Dickens, published in twenty monthly installments between March 1852 and September 1853. It is held to be one of Dickens’s finest novels, containing one of the most vast, complex and engaging arrays of minor characters and sub-plots in his entire canon. The story is told partly by [...]
gennaio 6th, 2010
Dickens, Charles: Casa desolada
Casa desolada (Bleak House) es la novena novela de Charles Dickens, publicada por veinte entregas entre marzo de 1852 y septiembre de 1853. Es considerada una de sus mejores y más completas novelas y contiene uno de los más grandes, complejos y engarzados conjunto maravilloso de personajes y subtramas de toda su obra. Dickens cuenta [...]
dicembre 28th, 2009
Dickens, Charles: Grandes esperanzas
Grandes esperanzas (en inglés: “Great Expectations”) es una novela escrita por Charles Dickens. Inicialmente publicada por capítulos en el All the Year Round desde el 1 de diciembre de 1860 hasta el agosto de 1861. Es considerada como una de sus más grandes y sofisticadas novelas, así como también una de las más populares, siendo [...]
dicembre 1st, 2009
Dickens, Charles: Oliver Twist
Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy’s Progress (commonly known as Oliver Twist) (1838) is Charles Dickens‘ second novel. It is about a boy named Oliver Twist, who escapes from a workhouse and meets a gang of pickpockets in London. The novel is one of Dickens’s most well-known works, and has been the subject of numerous [...]
novembre 26th, 2009
Dickens, Charles: Il Circolo Pickwick
Il Circolo Pickwick (The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, abbreviato in The Pickwick Papers, 1836) fu il primo romanzo dello scrittore inglese Charles Dickens. Viene considerato uno dei capolavori della letteratura britannica. Il romanzo fu pubblicato a fascicoli, come molte altre opere dell’epoca, sia di Dickens che di altri autori. La pubblicazione dei fascicoli [...]
novembre 2nd, 2009
Dickens, Charles: Cuento de Navidad
Canción de Navidad o Cuento de Navidad (A Christmas Carol en el original inglés) es una novela corta de carácter realista-gótico, escrita por el británico Charles Dickens en 1843. En ella se habla de cómo una persona huraña puede cambiar su actitud en Navidad. El protagonista es Scrooge, una persona avara y tacaña que no [...]
ottobre 24th, 2009
Dickens, Charles: Canto di Natale
Il Canto di Natale (A Christmas Carol), noto anche come Cantico di Natale o Ballata di Natale, è una delle opere più famose e popolari di Charles Dickens (1812-1870). È il più importante della serie dei Libri di Natale (The Christmas Books), una collezione di racconti che include oltre al Canto (1843), Campane a festa [...]
