Charles Dickens (198 kníh)
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Charles Dickens Great Expectations ENA terrifying encounter with an escaped convict in a graveyard on the wild Kent marshes; a summons to meet the bitter, decaying Miss Havisham and her beautiful, cold-hearted ward Estella; the sudden generosity of a mysterious benefactor-these form a series of events that change the orphan Pip's life forever, as he eagerly abandons his humble origins to begin a new life as a gentleman. Dickens's haunting novel depicts…
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Charles Dickens Great Expectations ENGreat Expectations follows the life of the orphan, Pip. We first meet him as a tiny, terrified child in a village churchyard. Years later, through the help of an anonymous benefactor, Pip will travel to London, full of expectations to become a gentleman. But his life is already inextricably tangled in a mystery that surrounds a beautiful woman, an embittered recluse, and an ambitious lawyer. This beautiful,…
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Charles Dickens Great Expectations ENA summons to meet the bitter, decaying Miss Havisham and her beautiful, cold-hearted ward Estella, and the sudden generosity of a mysterious benefactor, change the orphaned Pip's life forever. As he begins his new life as a gentleman, he discovers the true nature of his great expectations.
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Charles Dickens, Lesley Sims Great Expectations ENOrphaned Pip lives a humble life with his sister and her husband, until a fateful encounter on the marsh causes his life to change irrevocably. Will his great expectations be fulfilled, or can this new life only lead to disaster? Specially rewritten as part of the Usborne Young Reading Programme, aimed at children growing in reading confidence.
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Charles Dickens Great Expectations ENPart of a special set of 10 hardcover classics, designed by Coralie Bickford-Smith, that innovatively use foil and a special new binding material to create a highly collectible set. Pip doesn't expect much from life... His sister makes it clear that her orphaned little brother is nothing but a burden on her. But suddenly things begin to change. Pip's narrow existence is blown apart when he finds an escaped criminal,…
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Charles Dickens Great ExpectationsThis book contains introduction and Notes by Dr John Bowen, Keele University and Illustrations by Marcus Stone. Considered by many to be Dicken's finest novel, Great Expectations traces the growth of the book's narrator, Philip Pirrip (Pip), from a boy of shallow dreams to a man with depth of character. From its famous dramatic opening on the bleak Kentish marshes, the story abounds with some of Dicken's most…
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Charles Dickens Great ExpectationsRegarded as one of Charles Dickens's masterpieces, Great Expectations is the story of the orphan Pip and his growth to adulthood. Supported by a mysterious anonymous benefactor, Pip travels to London to be educated as a gentleman ...
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Charles Dickens Great ExpectationsClassic / British English. Pip is a poor orphan whose life is changed forever by two very different meetings – one with an escaped convict and the other with an eccentric old lady and the beautiful girl who lives with her...
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Charles Dickens Great ExpectationsClassic / British English. Pip is a poor orphan whose life is changed forever by two very different meetings – one with an escaped convict and the other with an eccentric old lady and the beautiful girl who lives with her...
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Charles Dickens Hard Times ENNow, what I want is, Facts. Teach these boys and girls nothing but Facts. Facts alone are wanted in life. Plant nothing else, and root out everything else. Coketown is dominated by the figure of Mr Thomas Gradgrind, school owner and model of Utilitarian success. Feeding both his pupils and his family with facts, he bans fancy and wonder from young minds. As a consequence his obedient daughter Louisa marries the…
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Charles Dickens Hard Times ENIt was a town of red brick, or of brick that would have been red if the smoke and ashes had allowed it; but as matters stood, it was a town of unnatural red and black like the painted face of a savage.Set in fictitious Coketown, England during the Industrial Revolution of the 1850s, Dickens wished to expose the enormous gulf between the rich and poor through his writing. In Hard Times, the social and moral purpose…
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Charles Dickens Hard Times ENHard Times is Dickens's shortest novel, and arguably his greatest triumph. A useful appendix of the author's working notes, together with an enlightening introduction and full explanatory notes, will ensure that this edition becomes the obvious choice for anyone studying the novel.
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Charles Dickens Hard Times'Facts alone are wanted in life': the children at Mr Gradgrind's school are sternly ordered to stifle their imaginations and pay attention only to cold, hard reality. They live in a smoky, troubled industrial town so entertainment is hard ...
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Charles Dickens Hard TimesIn Hard Times, Dickens illustrates the condition of England through his depiction of the fictional northern city of Coketown. Among its inhabitants are Thomas Gradgrind, the utilitarian headmaster who attempts...
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Charles Dickens Kronika Pickwickova klubu CZSlavný a nezapomenutelný humoristický román z pera jednoho z největších anglických romanopisců všech dob. Románovou kroniku tvoří „pozůstalé zápisy členů Dopisující společnosti Pickwickova klubu. Coby všestranné dopisovatele je Dickens posílá na cestu a proniká s nimi do nejrůznějších vrstev společnosti. Jako bystrý pozorovatel a mistr realistického zachycení charakterů
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Charles Dickens Kronika Pickwickova klubuSlavný humoristický román z pera jednoho z největších anglických romanopisců všech dob. Románovou kroniku tvoří „pozůstalé zápisy“ členů Dopisující společnosti Pickwickova klubu. Coby všestranné dopisovatele je Dickens posílá na cestu a proniká s...
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Charles Dickens Kronika Pickwikova klubu CZPrvní kniha slavného romanopisce Charlese Dickense vycházela původně na pokračování časopisecky. Toto základní dílo světové humoristické literatury vypráví o osudech pana Pickwicka, jeho tří přátel a sluhy, kteří cestují po anglickém venkově. Líčení lapálií pánů Pickwicka, Snodgrasse, Tupmana a Wellera vycházelo původně v 19 sešitech během let 1836-1837. I v tomto veselém čtení však pozorný čtenář nalezne zárodky…
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