books by Charles Dickens

books by Charles Dickens

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Charles Dickens

Great Expectations (Dover Thrift Editions)

Charles Dickens

Dover Publications, 2001

One of the best novels ever written
Without a doubt this has to be one of the greatest novels of all time. I won't say it's the best just because once a work of art attains greatness I find it quite incomparable to other great works. Great works are ones which have fully succeeded in expressing the ...

A Tale of Two Cities: 150th Anniversary (Signet Classics)
Charles Dickens

Signet Classics, 2007

150TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION With dramatic eloquence, this story of the French Revolution brings to life a time of terror and treason, and a starving people rising in frenzy and hate to overthrow a corrupt and decadent regime.

A Tale of Two Cities (Dover Thrift Editions)

Charles Dickens

Dover Publications, 1998

Epic tale of the Human Spirit
Was Charles Dickens a poet? Conversely, perhaps his structure and style are no longer suited to today's rushed lifestyle, as some reviewers lament. I believe Dickens is one of the most magnificent story tellers ever to put pen to paper, portraying vivid landscapes ...

A Christmas Carol

Charles Dickens

Prestwick House Inc., 2005

Even the Blind Mans Dog avoided Scrooge!
This is the most heartwarming story EVER written about Yuletide, the story is truly magical. It captures the very essence of what Christmas is all about. I like to start reading it every December, just to get into that "Christmassy" mood, it's a lot more effective ...

Hard Times (Enriched Classics)

Charles Dickens

Pocket, 2007

Memorable Characters From Dickens
"Hard Times" is a minor Charles Dickens classic. Like all Charles Dickens' novels it features some great, memorable characters. The setting of the industrial city of Coketown is vividly described as a miserable, polluted town. There are some strong themes of class ...

Bleak House (Modern Library Classics)

Charles Dickens

Modern Library, 2002

Beautiful edition of Dickens' masterpiece
I had read Bleak House in college. My book at the time was a used version with pages falling out. Since I decided to reread the book this summer, I wanted to get a newer edition. I chose Modern Library Classics because it preserved a lot of the original ...

Great Expectations (Penguin Classics)

Charles Dickens

Penguin Classics, 2002

Expectations Greatly Exceeded
Who knew that a book written almost 150 years ago could be so great? Not me. Granted, part of the reason I enjoyed this book so much was because I had expected it not to be (A Tale of Two Cities is still collecting dust on my bookshelf). The writing is flawless; ...

A Tale of Two Cities (Penguin Classics)

Charles Dickens

Penguin Classics, 2003

Rewarding
Some honest disclosures. My strongest academic credentials relevant to literary criticism are that I minored in English. I have never been a "student" of Dickens. I enjoy Shakespeare plays in the same manner that I enjoy analyzing baseball games: I always get the ...

A Tale of Two Cities (Enriched Classics)

Charles Dickens

Pocket, 2004

A Tale of Two Cities paints a beautiful while dark story of the French Revolution
A Tale of Two Cities paints a beautiful while dark story of the French Revolution and how it affects an English family. It is, by all standards, a classic. Yet, if you decide to read it and are younger than a high school senior, I suggest reading it with a good ...

A Christmas Carol (Dover Thrift Editions)

Charles Dickens

Dover Publications, 1991

Nice Story
Cute book to add to my table of Christmas Stories. Will make a cute addition this Christmas.

David Copperfield (Modern Library Classics)

Charles Dickens

Modern Library, 2000

A Masterpiece
This is Dickens's best and it is on par with other great novels such as Anna Karenina, Pride and Prejudice, Madame Bovary, etc. In short, it is a masterpiece that brings together all of Dickens's writing skills with a great story. As background information, I am in ...

Oliver Twist

Charles Dickens

Dover Publications, 2002

"Twist" will make you shout
Dickens was a genius, and this work, written when he was in his early 20s, exemplifies that fact. The plot is a bit cliched, and deus ex machinae are everywhere, but, good Lord, the characterizations (and the accompanying names) are superb. The wry insights, the gentle ...

A Tale of Two Cities (Barnes & Noble Classics)

Charles Dickens

Barnes & Noble Classics, 2004

The most unforgettable opening and closing sentences ever found in a book!
I will never, the rest of my life forget these two sentences. "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness...." and at closing "It is a far, far, better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a ...

Great Expectations

Charles Dickens

W. W. Norton, 1999

One of the Greatest Novels Ever Written
Why do I come here to "review" this? It isn't anyone's book club selection, no. But tonight I want to talk about this incomparably rich and wonderful book, and how as a fourteen year old kid I simply sank into it, taking it slowly week by week, glorying in its ...

A Christmas Carol (Value Books)
Charles Dickens

Barbour Publishing, 2007

One of the best-loved and oft-quoted stories of "the man who invented Christmas"--English writer Charles Dickens--A Christmas Carol debuted in 1843 and has touched millions of hearts since. Cruel miser Ebeneezer Scrooge has never met a shilling he doesn't like. . .and hardly a man he does. And he hates Christmas most of all. When Scrooge ...