Penguin A Christmas Carol. Level 1 Диккенс Чарльз

"Рождественская песнь", история о невероятном преображении старого скряги Скруджа, придуманная Чарльзом Диккенсом, - это одно из самых популярных произведений в зимние праздники • В канун Рождества скупого и упрямого Скруджа, никогда не знавшего ни радости, ни сострадания, посещают три Святочных Духа. Вместе с ними Скрудж отправляется в фантастическое путешествие во времени и встречается со своим прошлым и будущим, чтобы произошло настоящее рождественское чудо и старый скряга, наконец, раскрыл своё сердце и понял, как важны понимание, щедрость и доброта • Книга включает в себя CD-диск с музыкой, звуковыми эффектами и подсказками для чтения • Книга на английском языке • The classic Dickens story retold for children growing in reading confidence. Ebenezer Scrooge is a mean-spirited old man who hates everything - even Christmas! But when three spirits visit him one Christmas Eve, Scrooge is taken on a journey into the past, present and future that will change him forever

Первое издание романа Чарльза Диккенса "Наш общий друг" (1864-1865) сопровождалось прикрепленным к началу тома листочком, уведомлявшим, что проницательный читатель поймет смысл названия, когда дойдет до девятой главы. Эта "детективная" выдумка, обещающая игру в сюжетные тайны, продолжается и в самой книге: история лондонского "мусорщика-миллионера" Гармона, разбогатевшего на муниципальных подрядах, его наследника Джона, объявленного погибшим, и капризной красавицы Беллы Уилфер, девушки из бедной семьи, мечтающей о выгодном браке, строится на подменах личности, маскарадных переоблачениях и внезапных разоблачениях, содержит эпизоды шантажа и попыток убийства и другие приметы криминального повествования. Последний завершенный роман Диккенса, "Наш общий друг" развивает темы двойственности человеческой натуры, поиска подлинного "я" и свободы жизненного выбора

Одно из самых очаровательных произведений английской юмористической литературы. Книга, после выхода которой молодой журналист Чарлз Диккенс стал самым популярным писателем Англии • Четверо «настоящих английских джентльменов» – милейший Сэмюел Пиквик, вечно попадающий впросак, престарелый романтик Трейси Тапмен, не написавший ни одного стихотворения «поэт» Огастес Снодграсс и спортсмен-недотепа Натэниел Уинкль – отправляются на поиски приключений… • Вот уже два века после первой публикации роман «Посмертные записки Пиквикского клуба» по-прежнему остается одной из любимых книг читателей всего мира • Книга на английском языке • 'One of my life's greatest tragedies is to have already read Pickwick Papers - I can't go back and read it for the first time' Fernando Pessoa • Few first novels have created as much popular excitement as The Pickwick Papers - a comic masterpiece that catapulted its twenty-four-year-old author to immediate fame

'When Dickens has described something you see it for the rest of your life' George Orwell • In 1844, Charles Dickens took a break from novel writing to travel through Italy for almost a year, and Pictures from Italy is an illuminating account of his experiences there. He presents the country like a magic-lantern show, as vivid images ceaselessly appear before his - and his readers' - eyes. Italy's most famous sights are all to be found here - St Peter's in Rome, Naples with Vesuvius smouldering in the background, the fairytale buildings and canals of Venice - but Dickens's chronicle is not simply that of a tourist. Combining compelling travelogue with piercing social commentary, he portrays a nation of great contrasts: between grandiose buildings and squalid poverty, ancient monuments and everyday life, past and present

'There's no writing against such power as this - one has no chance' William Makepeace Thackeray • A compelling depiction of a man imprisoned by his own pride, Dombey and Son explores the devastating effects of emotional deprivation on a dysfunctional family. Paul Dombey runs his household as he runs his business: coldly, calculatingly and commercially. The only person he cares for is his little son, while his motherless daughter Florence is merely a 'base coin that couldn't be invested'. As Dombey's callousness extends to others, including his defiant second wife Edith, he sows the seeds of his own destruction

'Sets out the London of the 1830s before you, streets, people, pleasures, low life, prisons' Claire Tomalin • Charles Dickens's first published book, Sketches by Boz is a funny and touching collection of observation, fancy and fiction showing the London he knew in all its complexity - its streets, theatres, inns, pawnshops, law courts, prisons and, of course, the river Thames. His descriptions of everyday life and people seem to anticipate characters from his great novels - garrulous matrons, vulgar young clerks, Scrooge-like bachelors - while his powers of social critique shine in his unflinching depictions of the city's forgotten citizens, from child workers to prostitutes. This edition includes the original illustrations by George Cruikshank

This witty and amusing collection of short pieces shows Dickens liberated from the more formal and sustained demands of the novel and experimenting with a diverse range of fictional techniques. In his tales of the supernatural, he creates frighteningly believable, spine-tingling stories of prophetic dreams and visions, as well as more fantastical adventures with goblins and apparitions. Impressionistic sketches combine imaginatively heightened travel journals with wry observations of home and abroad, while in his dramatic monologues, Dickens demonstrates his talent for exploring the secret workings of the human mind. These short works display Dickens's exuberant sense of comedy and character as his imagination is given free rein

It’s Christmas Eve. Scrooge is an old man who hates Christmas and loves work and money. He does not want to share Christmas with anyone. But then he is visited by four ghosts. Who are the ghosts? What do they say to Scrooge? • And what will happen when he wakes up on Christmas day? • Age 9-11

A Christmas Carol has had an enduring influence on the way we think about the traditions of Christmas ever since it was first published in December 1843. Dickens's story of solitary miser Ebenezer Scrooge, who is taught the true meaning of Christmas by the three ghosts of Christmas past, present and future, has been adapted into countless film and stage versions and is today the most famous and loved of all Christmas tales

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Чарльз Диккенс — один из самых известных английских романистов, прославленный создатель ярких комических характеров, искусный рассказчик и публицист, чье творчество является целой эпохой в развитии национальной культуры Англии. Принадлежащие его перу романы «Посмертные записки Пиквикского клуба», «Приключения Оливера Твиста», «Большие надежды», «Домби и сын», «Жизнь Дэвида Копперфилда, рассказанная им самим» по праву принадлежат к числу шедевров мировой литературы. В предлагаемом вниманию читателей томе, приуроченном к двухсотлетию со дня рождения великого писателя, представлены знаменитые романы Чарльза Диккенса «Приключения Оливера Твиста» и «Большие надежды», а также «Рождественские повести», ставшие настоящим воплощением духа этого волшебного праздника