Bøger af Charles Dickens

En forældreløs drengs omtumlede tilværelse i 1800-tallets England dels hos grusomme plejeforældre, dels hos en festlig tante

En endeløs arveproces skildret som satire over datidens engelske retsvæsen

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Disse fortællinger er fra samlingen af KARAKTERSKILDRINGER, hvor Dickens på mesterlig vis beskriver forskellige mennesketyper. Godt nok er vi mennesker forskellige, men visse typer går dog igen og igen helt op i vore dage. Blandt alle disse personer kan du sikkert finde dig selv - hvis du har mod til at indrømme det.

Dickens geniale roman om opkomlingen "Pip", der først sent, efter utallige fantastiske oplevelser, må erkende de fejltagelser han gennem tiden har begået ved at svigte sine gamle men sande venner. Spændende fra først til sidst.

Duellen i Store Winglebury - Igen en af Dickens højkomiske små fortællinger.

Disse 3 fortællinger af Dickens er som sædvanligt gennemsyret af både humor og alvor. Dickens noveller er der som regel ikke mange der har interesseret sig for herhjemme hvor han jo mest er kendt for sine store værker - det prøver vi hermed at råde lidt bod på.

Charles Dickens klassiker om Samuel Pickwicks og hans kammeraters rejser rundt i England holder en humoristisk tone hele vejen igennem, mens den ene efter den anden fortæller historier fra deres rejser, som omhandler alt fra fangeflugt fra fængslet til vanvittige giftermål, der truer med at ende helt galt.

Dickens behøver ingen præsentation - som altid, spændende, fornøjelig og uhyggelig samt samfundsrevsende.

Spidsfindig og uhyggelig historie om forsikringssvindel - Dickens når han er bedst.

Charles Dickens måtte som dreng se sin far gå i gældsfængsel og oplevede selv en kort, men traumatiserende periode som børnearbejder under usle og ydmygende forhold, han havde derfor al den erfaring der skulle til for at skrive romanen "Lille Dorrit" der handler om Amy Dorrit - kaldet Lille Dorrit - som er det yngste barn af William Dorrit, og er født i gældsfængset Marshalsea, hvor hendes fader har siddet inde for en mindre gæld i 23 år.

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A Christmas Carol has become a phenomenal touchstone of English festive fiction and an enduring favourite internationally. Repeatedly adapted, parodied, stages and filmed, this richly influential novella is powerfully vivid and infallibly moving.