Charles Dickens
Author
Series
Lexile measure
1160L
Language
English
Description
Mr. Samuel Pickwick, retired business man and confirmed bachelor, is determined that after a quite life of enterprise the time has come to go out into the world. Together with the other members of the Pickwick Club: Tracy Tupman, Augustus Snodgrass and Nathaniel Winkle, the portly innocent embarks on a series of hilariously comic adventures. But can Pickwick retain his good will towards his fellow humans once he discovers the evils of the world?
Author
Pub. Date
2009]
Physical Desc
525 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
The death of their father has thrown the Nickleby family into chaos. They are forced to beg for protection from Mr. Nickleby's wealthy brother, Ralph Nickleby, a cruel and vengeful man with no regard for his relations. Nicholas is despatched to teach at a boarding school while his sister Kate is dangled before rich aristos. But with a helping hand from that truly Dickensian character, the benevolent stranger, Nicholas manages to find his way to true...
Author
Lexile measure
1070L
Language
English
Description
Martin Chuzzlewit is the story of two Chuzzlewits, Martin and Jonas, who have inherited the characteristic Chuzzlewit selfishness. It contrasts their diverse fates of moral redemption and worldly success for one, with increasingly desperate crime for the other. This powerful black comedy involves hypocrisy, greed and blackmail, as well as the most famous of Dickens's grotesques, Mrs Gamp.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1987.
Physical Desc
xviii, 877 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
A boy grows to maturity in the affairs of the world and of the heart, surrounded by some of the author's most memorable characters. However, will David find happiness with the faithful Agnes Wickfield, whom he has known since childhood? Threatened by Uriah Heep, her father's clerk, the security of her own future is in question.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1987.
Lexile measure
1060L
Physical Desc
xviii, 299 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
In this novel, Dickens creates the Victorian industrial city of Coketown, in northern England, and its unforgettable citizens, such as the unwavering utilitarian Thomas Gradgrind and the factory owner Josiah Bounderby. The result is this famous critique of capitalist philosophy, the exploitative force that Dickens believed was destroying human creativity and joy. This edition includes new notes to the text.
Author
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
5 sound discs (approximately 330 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 videodisc (4 3/4 in.)
Language
English
Description
Dickens tells Oliver's story of being born in a workhouse and raised on a child farm until he is given work as a coffin maker's apprentice. Oliver is mistreated by the coffin maker's wife, and he escapes to London where he meets the Artful Dodger and Fagin, who are pickpockets.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1987.
Lexile measure
1210L
Physical Desc
xxii, 878 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
Set amid the teeming bustle of Victorian England, Dombey and Son is Dickens's story of a powerful man whose coldhearted neglect of his family causes his professional and personal downfall.
