Dickens, Charles 1812-1870

A Christmas carol by Charles Dickens ( Book )
3,123 editions published between 1753 and 2012 in 57 languages and held by 39,186 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A miser learns the true meaning of Christmas when three ghostly visitors review his past and foretell his future

Great expectations by Charles Dickens ( Book )
2,219 editions published between 1843 and 2013 in 38 languages and held by 32,415 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Young Pip, an orphan is working as a blacksmith when he learns that an unknown person has willed him a fortune. He is sent to London to be educated as a rich gentleman

A tale of two cities by Charles Dickens ( Book )
2,510 editions published between 1800 and 2012 in 41 languages and held by 31,720 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
After eighteen years as a political prisoner in the Bastille, the aging Doctor Manette is finally released and reunited with his daughter in England. There the lives of two very different men, Charles Darnay, an exiled French aristocrat, and Sydney Carton, a disreputable but brilliant English lawyer, become enmeshed through their love for Lucie Manette. From the tranquil roads of London, they are drawn against their will to the vengeful, bloodstained streets of Paris at the height of the Reign of Terror, and they soon fall under the lethal shadow of La Guillotine. This edition uses the text as it appeared in its first serial publication in 1859 to convey the full scope of Dickens's vision, and includes the original illustrations by H.K. Browne ('Phiz'). Richard Maxwell's introduction discusses the intricate interweaving of epic drama with personal tragedy

David Copperfield by Charles Dickens ( Book )
3,216 editions published between 1843 and 2012 in 50 languages and held by 30,700 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A classic tale of an orphan growing up in the 1800's of England. Intimately rooted in the author's own biography and written as a first-person narrative, "David Copperfield" charts a young man's progress through a difficult childhood in Victorian England to ultimate success as a novelist, finding true love along the way. Jeremy Tambling's provocative Introduction reveals subtle themes relevant today in Dickens' favorite work

Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens ( Book )
3,666 editions published between 1000 and 2013 in 57 languages and held by 29,297 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Deals with the adventures of a young orphan boy trying to survive amid greed and poverty in 19th-century London

The Pickwick papers by Charles Dickens ( Book )
2,408 editions published between 1800 and 2012 in 30 languages and held by 19,176 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Recounts the travels and comic experiences of Samuel Pickwick, his friend's, and the members of his club

Bleak House : an authoritative and annotated text, illustrations, a note on the text, genesis and composition, backgrounds, criticism by Charles Dickens ( Book )
1,237 editions published between 1051 and 2013 in 15 languages and held by 17,246 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
With their estate entangled in an interminable legal case, the young wards of the court Richard Carstone and Ada Clare are taken into the benevolent care of the kindly John Jarndyce. Ada's companion, the gentle and good-hearted Esther Summerson, is devoted to the old man and, although she loves another, becomes betrothed to him. But behind Esther's supposed orphan past lies a dark secret that leads tragically to deceit, blackmail and murder. And as the endless lawsuit erodes their inheritance, the happiness that Richard and Ada have found in each other is brought into desperate jeopardy

Hard times by Charles Dickens ( Book )
1,230 editions published between 1800 and 2012 in 28 languages and held by 16,668 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Hard Times, Dickens's shortest novel and one of his major triumphs, tells the tragic story of Louisa Gradgrind and her father. No other work of Dickens presents so harsh an indictment against the attitude of life he associated with Utilitarianism. With savage bitterness Dickens exposes the devilish industries and institutions that exploited the bodies and minds of the vulnerable labor class

The life and adventures of Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens ( Book )
1,446 editions published between 1835 and 2012 in 19 languages and held by 15,341 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
After Nicholas Nickleby's father dies bankrupt, Nicholas becomes the unhappy ward of his uncle, a moneylender, and survives many adventures before finding happiness

Life and adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit by Charles Dickens ( Book )
1,169 editions published between 1800 and 2012 in 17 languages and held by 13,578 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Martin Chuzzlewit's wealthy grandfather forces him to emigrate to America after the selfish Martin falls in love with the wrong girl. Upon his return, Martin seems to prove his worth