Delphi Complete Works of Charles Dickens (Illustrated)

by Charles Dickens

Overview

This surely has to be the ULTIMATE Dickens eBook, with over 1,600 illustrations. In this colossal edition you will discover every novel, short story, novella, play, poem, letter, speech and article written by Charles Dickens. This really is the COMPLETE Dickens. (Current version: 10)

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* ALL 15 Novels and ALL illustrated with the original Victorian images
* Each text is annotated with concise introductions, giving valuable contextual information
* each novel and story collection has its own contents table
* Special Bonus text of Henry Morford's classic continuation of Edwin Drood - finish the novel at last!
* all of the Christmas stories and novellas with their original artwork
* the complete poetry, plays, letters and speeches
* ALL of the collaborative works with other authors - even the very rare ones
* beautifully illustrated with hundreds of Dickensian images
* rare images of how the monthly serials first appeared, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts
* includes bonus Pickwickiana text - Montcrieff's drama SAM WELLER, giving a taste of the Victorian craze - available nowhere else as a digital book
* includes John Forster's biography of Dickens; explore the great writer's amazing life!
* UPDATED with MEMOIRS OF JOSEPH GRIMALDI by Thomas Egerton Wilks, which Dickens edited in his early career - first time in digital print.
* UPDATED with the improved MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS
* UPDATED with Charles Barnett's 1838 dramatic adaptation of OLIVER TWIST, first time in digital print
* UPDATED with no less than FIVE more biographies, including Mamie Dickens' memoir MY FATHER AS I RECALL HIM
* UPDATED with a special criticism section of 14 texts, with essays by writers such as G.K. Chesterton, Andrew Lang and Henry James, examining Dickens' contribution to literature
* UPDATED with an Adaptations section, featuring Hallie Erminie Rives' TALES FROM DICKENS
* this truly is the Dickensian's perfect buy!

CONTENTS:
A DINNER AT POPLAR WALK

The Novels
THE POSTHUMOUS PAPERS OF THE PICKWICK CLUB
OLIVER TWIST
THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF NICHOLAS NICKLEBY
THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP
BARNABY RUDGE
THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT
DOMBEY AND SON
DAVID COPPERFIELD
BLEAK HOUSE
HARD TIMES
LITTLE DORRIT
A TALE OF TWO CITIES
GREAT EXPECTATIONS
OUR MUTUAL FRIEND
THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD
JOHN JASPER'S SECRET by Henry Morford

The Christmas Novellas
A CHRISTMAS CAROL
THE CHIMES
THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH
THE BATTLE OF LIFE
THE HAUNTED MAN AND THE GHOST'S BARGAIN

The Short Stories
LIST OF SHORT STORIES

The Short Story Collections
SKETCHES BY BOZ
ORIGINAL PUBLISHED ORDER OF THE SKETCHES
MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK
REPRINTED PIECES
THE MUDFOG PAPERS

The Collaborative Works
THE SEVEN POOR TRAVELLERS
THE HOLLY-TREE
THE WRECK OF THE GOLDEN MARY
THE PERILS OF CERTAIN ENGLISH PRISONERS
THE LAZY TOUR OF TWO IDLE APPRENTICES
A HOUSE TO LET
THE HAUNTED HOUSE
A MESSAGE FROM THE SEA
TOM TIDDLER'S GROUND
THE TRIAL FOR MURDER
MUGBY JUNCTION
NO THOROUGHFARE
THE LOVING BALLAD OF LORD BATEMAN
MEMOIRS OF JOSEPH GRIMALDI by Thomas Wilks

The Plays
THE STRANGE GENTLEMAN
THE VILLAGE COQUETTES
IS SHE HIS WIFE? OR, SOMETHING SINGULAR!
THE LAMPLIGHTER
MR. NIGHTINGALE'S DIARY
NO THOROUGHFARE.
SAM WELLER by W.T Moncrieff
OLIVER TWIST by Charles Zachary Barnett

The Poetry
LIST OF THE POETRY

The Non-Fiction
AMERICAN NOTES
PICTURES FROM ITALY
THE LIFE OF OUR LORD
A CHILD'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND
THE FROZEN DEEP
THE UNCOMMERCIAL TRAVELLER
THE COMPLETE SPEECHES
THE COMPLETE LETTERS
A COAL MINER'S EVIDENCE
FRAUDS ON THE FAIRIES
IN MEMORIAM-W.M. THACKERAY
THE LOST ARCTIC VOYAGERS
MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS

The Adaptations
TALES FROM DICKENS by Hallie Erminie Rives

The Criticism
DICKENS AS AN EDUCATOR by James L. Hughes
APPRECIATIONS AND CRITICISMS by G. K. Chesterton
VISIONS AND REVISIONS: DICKENS by John Powys
ESSAYS IN LITTLE by Andrew Lang
LETTERS TO DEAD AUTHORS by Andrew Lang
THE PUZZLE OF DICKENS'S LAST PLOT by A. Lang
MY LITERARY PASSIONS by William Dean Howells
STUDIES IN LITERATURE by Frederic Harrison
VIEWS AND REVIEWS: DICKENS by W. E. Henley
DICKENS AS A MAN OF LETTERS by Alice Meynell
MY CONTEMPORARIES by David Christie Murray
DICKENS IN FRANCE by William Makepeace Thackeray
CAREER AS AN AUTHOR by George Willis Cooke
THE LIMITATIONS OF DICKENS by Henry James

The Biographies
THE LIFE OF CHARLES DICKENS by John Forster
DICKENS by Sir Adolphus William Ward
LIFE OF CHARLES DICKENS by Frank T. Marzials
VICTORIAN WORTHIES by G.H. Blore
DICKENS' LONDON by M. F. Mansfield
MY FATHER AS I RECALL HIM by Mamie Dickens

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781908909008
Publisher:	Delphi Classics
Publication date:	08/11/2015
Series:	Series One
Sold by:	PUBLISHDRIVE KFT
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	434,966
File size:	64 MB
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About the Author

Charles Dickens (1812-1870) is probably the greatest novelist England has ever produced, the author of such famous books as A Christmas Carol, Hard Times, Great Expectations, David Copperfield, and Oliver Twist. His innate comic genius and shrewd depictions of Victorian life — along with his indelible characters — have made his books beloved by readers the world over. Dickens was born in Landport, Portsea, England and died in Kent after suffering a stroke. The second of eight children of a family continually plagued by debt, the young Dickens came to know hunger, privation, and the horrors of the infamous debtors' prison and the evils of child labor. These unfortunate early life experiences helped shape many of his greatest works.

Date of Birth:

February 7, 1812

Date of Death:

June 18, 1870

Place of Birth:

Portsmouth, England

Place of Death:

Gad's Hill, Kent, England

Education:

Home-schooling; attended Dame School at Chatham briefly and Wellington