Charles Dickens

The Penguin English Library Edition of Hard Times by Charles Dickens'Now, 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 loveless businessman and 'bully of humility' Mr Bounderby, and his son Tom rebels to become embroiled in gambling and robbery. And, as their fortunes cross with those of free-spirited circus girl Sissy Jupe and victimised weaver Stephen Blackpool, Gradgrind is eventually forced to recognise the value of the human heart in an age of materialism and machinery. The Penguin English Library - 100 editions of the best fiction in the English language, from the eighteenth century and the first novels to the beginning of the First World War.

This sinister masterpiece was Dickens' last completed novel and perhaps his ultimate vision of a dark, macabre London and the corrupting power of money. Opening with a father and daughter scavenging for corpses on the Thames, this chilling tale unfolds around drownings, disguises and doubles, violence, murder, and triumphant love. Young John Harmon, presumed killed on his return home to England, is very much alive. The heir to a dust merchant's fortune, he goes to work under an assumed name for his father's current heirs, the amiable, elderly Boffins--who are about to be blackmailed by the unscrupulous one-legged Wegg. So begins the intrigue in a novel that is quintessentially Dickensian in flavor--in its grotesque caricatures, its rich symbolism, and in the astonishing realism of its heroine, Bella Wilfer, one of Dickens' most splendid female characters.

Diez relatos, diez miradas re ne una colecci n de relatos seleccionados y comentados por diez colaboradores de la revista digital brete libro que fueron presentados durante diez semanas entre abril y junio de 2011. El conjunto contiene historias de algunos de los m s grandes escritores de la literatura universal como Dickens, Kafka, Wilde, Maupassant, Clar n, Akutagawa, London, Machado de Assis o Kipling, en una selecci n de gran calidad en la que se encuentran representados los g neros m s diversos, con el valor a adido de los comentarios aportados por otros tantos lectores -Julia Duce, M. ngeles Bachiller, Eduardo Maro o, Javier Lara, Raquel Yepes, G. A. V zquez, Lina lvarez, Merche D az, Javier Sanz y Conchi Sarmiento- que, fieles a la filosof a del foro brete libro , comparten impresiones personales. Tambi n se incluyen traducciones in ditas: La causa secreta, de Machado de Assis, realizada por G. A. V zquez; y La belleza in til, de Guy de Maupassant, por Raquel Yepes. Este libro est dedicado a la memoria de Miguel Mart nez-Lage, que supo entender aquello que estaba escrito m s all de las palabras. A Miguel Mart nez-Lage, el hombre que aspiraba a la invisibilidad (Julia Duce y M. ngeles Bachiller) ELLOS (Rudyard Kipling) Comentario de M. ngeles Bachiller EL FANTASMA DE CANTERVILLE (Oscar Wilde) Comentario de Javier Lara EL GUARDAV AS (Charles Dickens) Comentario de Javier Sanz LA BELLEZA IN TIL (Guy de Maupassant) Comentario de Raquel Yepes EL GALLO DE S CRATES (Leopoldo Alas Clar n) Comentario de Merche D az San L zaro EN UN BOSQUECILLO (Ryunosuke Akutagawa) Comentario de Eduardo Maro o POR UN BISTEC (Jack London) Comentario de G. A. V zquez LA CAUSA SECRETA (Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis) Comentario de Julia Duce REGRESO AL HOGAR (Franz Kafka) Comentario de Lina lvarez Juegos de letras (G. A. V zquez) Siempre hay d as impares (Adela Gonz lez Diez)

Oliver Twist es la segunda novela del autor ingl s Charles Dickens. Se public originalmente como novela por entrega. Es la primera novela en lengua inglesa que tiene a un ni o como. Oliver Twist es una de las primeras novelas sociales de la historia de la literatura. Llama la atenci n a sus lectores sobre varios males sociales de la poca, como el trabajo infantil o la utilizaci n de ni os para cometer delitos. Dickens se burla de la hipocres a de su poca tratando estos temas tan serios con sarcasmo y humor negro. Ha sido adaptada en numerosas ocasiones para el cine, la televisi n y el teatro musical. Se ha traducido a numerosas lenguas.

Oliver Twist es la segunda novela del autor ingl s Charles Dickens. Se public originalmente como novela por entrega. Es la primera novela en lengua inglesa que tiene a un ni o como protagonista. Oliver Twist es una de las primeras novelas sociales de la historia de la literatura. Llama la atenci n a sus lectores sobre varios males sociales de la poca, como el trabajo infantil o la utilizaci n de ni os para cometer delitos. Dickens se burla de la hipocres a de su poca tratando estos temas tan serios con sarcasmo y humor negro. Ha sido adaptada en numerosas ocasiones para el cine, la televisi n y el teatro musical. Se ha traducido a numerosas lenguas.

Sydney Carton is a lawyer who has wasted his abilities and his life. Now he has to make a difficult choice about what is really important to him, which could be a matter of life or death. The French Revolution is running its violent course; lives are ruined as a new France is created. How did the gentle Doctor Manette and his daughter Lucie become caught up in France’s struggles? What is the real identity of the handsome Charles Darnay, who wins Lucie’s hand in marriage? And why does the shadow of La Bastille Prison hang over them all? The best of times and the worst of times. London and Paris. Sydney Carton and Charles Darnay. A story of contrasts and chaos. Can peace ever be restored in France? Can it ever be restored in the hearts of the people involved?

Poor Little Dorrit. Her future looks as bleak as her past and her present. Born and brought up in a debtors’ prison, she relies on her sewing skills to help support her father. Little does she know that her sewing will soon present an opportunity for change. When change arrives in the form of Arthur Clennam it is accompanied by secrets and dangers. Who is he? What are his motives for wanting to help Little Dorrit? Follow Little Dorrit’s tale as it winds its way through London and Italy. Enjoy the rich variety of characters she encounters, and share with her the twists and turns of the road she travels.