Charles Dickens
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Language
English
Description
In the depressed mill town of Coketown, schoolmaster Thomas Gradgrind lives to impose his version of education: feeding the mind while starving the soul and spirit. Inflexible and unyielding, he places conformity above curiosity, and logic over sentiment, only to have his philosophy warp and destroy the lives of his own family. 'Hard Times' is Dickens's scathing portrait of Victorian industrial society and its misapplied utilitarian philosophy.
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Language
Español
Description
La novela nos relata la vida de varios personajes, franceses e ingleses. Cuando sueltan a Alexandre Manette de la Bastilla y su hija, quien no lo ha visto jamás, regresa a él para cuidarlo y curarlo de su locura, una serie de engranajes que van a acabar uniendo a todos los personajes empieza a moverse. La historia afectará a los personajes y los arrastrará como un oleaje imparable.Lo que Dickens ofrece aquí es una cacería implacable del hombre,...
Author
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Language
English
Description
The most autobiographical of Dickens' works, David Copperfield often echoes the writer's own life. It tells a moving story of David's journey from birth to maturity, a journey which inextricably links his life with some of Dickens' most colorful and extraordinary families.
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Series
Adventures of Wishbone volume 9
Publisher
Gareth Stevens Pub
Language
English
Description
When David enlists Joe's aid in babysitting, Wishbone escapes from his noisy home and imagines himself as Charles Darnay, a young Frenchman who, despite great danger, returns to France during the Revolution to help a friend.
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Series
Publisher
Penguin Books
Edition
Two-book edition.
Language
English
Description
Two of Dicken's novels are republished. The first follows a group from the tranquil roads of London to the vengeful, bloodstained streets of Paris at the height of the Reign of Terror. The second follows the life of the orphaned Pip from the wild Kent marshes through a series of events as he abandons his humble origins to begin a new life as a gentleman.
16) Oliver Twist
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Series
Publisher
HarperCollins
Language
English
Description
T.V. tie-in. A Jack Russell terrier introduces the classic story of an orphaned boy scouring the streets of London. 7 yrs+
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Publisher
Nhà Xuất Bản Hội Nhà Văn
Language
Vietnamese
Description
Tại một vùng đầm lầy nước Anh, cậu bé mồ côi Pip, bất chấp cuộc sống nghèo khó ở lò rèn, vẫn không ngừng mơ được trở thành một quý ông. Số phận đưa cậu tới những cuộc gặp gỡ kỳ lạ nhất, với một tên tù trốn trại, với một bà cô già giàu có nghiệt ngã chôn mình trong dinh thự, với Estella mà sắc đẹp chỉ có thể so với chính sự kiêu ngạo...