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Charles Dickens war ein englischer Schriftsteller. Ihm wird große literaturgeschichtliche Bedeutung beigemessen. 2015 wählten 82 internationale Literaturkritiker und -wissenschaftler vier seiner Romane zu den bedeutendsten britischen Romanen: "David Copperfield", "Bleak House", "Große Erwartungen" und "Dombey und Sohn". Zu seinen bekanntesten Werken gehören außerdem "Oliver Twist", "Eine Geschichte aus zwei Städten" und "A Christmas Carol". Hier sind seine schönsten Weihnachtsgeschichten gesammelt.

"Eine Geschichte aus zwei Städten" (Originaltitel: "A Tale of Two Cities") ist ein historischer Roman von Charles Dickens aus dem Jahr 1859. Er gehört zu den berühmtesten Werken der Weltliteratur. Schauplatz des Romans sind Paris und London. Erzählt wird die Lebensgeschichte von Dr. Manette, seiner Tochter Lucie und deren Ehemann Charles Darnay in den Wirren der Französischen Revolution. Als Charles von den Revolutionären zum Tode verurteilt wird, rettet ihm der junge Anwalt Sydney Carton, der in Lucie verliebt ist, das Leben: Anstelle von Lucies Gatten besteigt Sydney das Schafott und geht für ihn in den Tod.

"Der goldene Faden" ist das zweite Buch aus "Eine Geschichte aus zwei Städten". Dickens schrieb diesen Roman 1859, als sein eigenes Leben starke Veränderungen erfuhr. Er ließ sich scheiden, seine britische Wochenzeitschrift "Household Words" ging ein, während er eine neue Zeitschrift "All the Year Round" startete. Schauplatz des Romans sind Paris und London. Erzählt wird die Lebensgeschichte von Dr. Manette, seiner Tochter Lucie und deren Ehemann Charles Darnay in den Wirren der Französischen Revolution.

A House to Let is a short story originally published in 1858 in the Christmas edition of Dickens' Household Words magazine. The plot concerns an elderly woman, Sophonisba, who notices signs of life in a supposedly empty dilapidated house (the eponymous "House to Let") opposite her own, and employs the efforts of an elderly admirer, Jabez Jarber, and her servant, Trottle, to discover what is happening within.

Dombey and Son is vintage Dickens and explores the classic themes of betrayal, cruelty and deceit. The novel follows the fortunes of Dombey, a businessman par excellence, who craves a son to inherit his enterprises. His family, and especially his daughter, the sweet and good-natured Florence, bear the brunt of his frustrations.

One of Dickens' early works, Nicholas Nickleby combines comedy and tragedy in a tale of triumph over adversity that is interspersed with Dickens' moving condemnation of society's mistreatment of children and the cruelty of the educational system. Young Nickleby struggles to seek his fortune in Victorian England, yet succeeds despite social injustice, in a story that mirrors Dickens' own rise from poverty to great success.

Grandi speranze è considerato uno dei più grandi e più sofisticati romanzi di Dickens; ebbe inoltre più di 250 adattamenti sul palcoscenico e sullo schermo. Fu pubblicato a puntate fra il 1860 e il 1861, ed è come altri romanzi di Dickens la storia di un percorso di crescita morale di un ragazzo che viene seguito, nel racconto, dall'eta di 7 anni all'età di 35 anni.

Trains have always held a special place for most of us. We’re intrigued by the mere fact that we can sit down in one place and arrive in another and enjoy the adventure and time in between. In this volume we explore both the journeys and the workers who run and maintain the railway network.

The shadows grow longer, the air grows colder, and the season of spirits arrives. Within this first volume of Halloween Haunts are six classic stories that have chilled and fascinated listeners for generations.

"La Historia de los Duendes que Secuestraron a un Enterrador" de Charles Dickens es un cuento caprichoso que se desarrolla en un pequeño pueblo inglés. La historia gira en torno a un sepulturero que es secuestrado por traviesos duendes conocidos como "duendes" y llevado a un viaje fantástico a través del inframundo. En el camino, el sepulturero se encuentra con un colorido elenco de personajes, incluidos fantasmas, brujas y otros seres sobrenaturales. A través de diálogos ingeniosos y narraciones imaginativas, Dickens explora temas de redención, perdón y el poder de la amistad.

Fully dramatized by best-selling narrator Steve Cook, with cinematic music and sound effects, this unabridged re-telling of Dickens' classic Christmas tale has something for everyone. All the sounds of 19th-century London are captured, from clopping hooves on cobblestones to booming Westminster chimes at midnight to the supernatural comings and goings of Scrooge’s four nocturnal visitors. Plus, a complete soundtrack of suspenseful and seasonal music throughout puts the finishing touches on a true, old-fashioned radio theatre-style experience.

The Essential Classics Collection is a continent-hopping, century-spanning collection of five of the greatest novels ever written, and the perfect way to listen to those classics you've always been meaning to try. Read by a cast of incredible narrators including Joanne Froggatt, Stephen Fry, David Rintoul, Nathan Osgood, and Malk Williams.

Leo Tolstoy & Charles Dickens: The Ultimate Collection brings together four major works of fiction from two of the greatest writers of the 1800s, as well as a one piece of their most renowned non-fiction. In this collection you'll hear Jonathan Keeble expertly narrating the grand epics of Anna Karenina and War & Peace, Stephen Fry narrating Great Expectations, Scrooge's ghostly journey narrated by Jason Isaacs, and other award-winning narrators bringing Tolstoy and Dickens' most beloved stories to life.

The Charles Dickens Collection: 10 Novels & A Christmas Carol brings together all of the major novels written during Dickens' lifetime. Dickens wrote into life some of the most beloved and well-known characters in literature - introducing us to Pip, Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, Little Nell, Scrooge, Nicholas Nickleby, Miss Haversham, and many more who have lived long in the memory for generations of listeners.

The Uncommercial Traveller is the persona of Dickens for this collection of semi-autobiographical sketches. A kind of Victorian blogger, he is funny and affecting by turns as he recounts what he sees and wonders at its meaning. Whether laying bare ‘a wilderness of dirt, rags, and hunger’ or musing on the ‘moodiness’ of tom-cats; recounting Mr Indignation Cocker’s sherry bill or simply taking us by the hand as he goes about his ‘no-business’ in London and further afield, he brings the warmth, compassion and fleet-footed wit that infuse his novels.

Like a sweet box of assorted Holiday candy, this set has something to appeal to all tastes from the littlest listeners to grown-ups and those in between. Enjoy these tales as a family on car trips to Auntie's house or over the river and through the woods to Grandma's. The stories will add to the spirit of the season whether you are feeling like Santa or Scrooge.

Первый роман Чарльза Диккенса, публикация которого принесла ему широкую известность и превратила из молодого журналиста в выдающегося писателя, чьи последующие произведения оказали колоссальное влияние на мировую литературу. В этой увлекательной истории слушатели погружаются в жизнь членов Пиквикского клуба―эксцентричной группы друзей, состоящей из обаятельного Сэмюэла Пиквика, романтика Трейси Тапмена, «поэта» Огастеса Снодграсса и неуклюжего спортсмена Натаниэля Уинкля.

Un Conte de deux villes, de son titre original A Tale of two Cities, est le second roman historique de Charles Dickens, rédigé en 1859. Ce livre a aussi porté le titre français de "Paris et Londres en 1793". Sur fond de Révolution, de la boutique du marchand de vin Defarge du faubourg Saint-Antoine à la prise de la Bastille, de la résidence des Manette dans le quartier londonien de Soho à la Cour criminelle d’Old Bailey, le lecteur assistera aux complots, aux vengeances, aux procès, reflets de la vie des capitales française et anglaise en ces années de trouble.

A series of personal and reflective journeys through the streets of Victorian England, The Uncommercial Traveller explores the hidden corners of cities, the forgotten lives of ordinary people, and the quirks of everyday life. Written as a collection of loosely connected essays and travel pieces, it captures the essence of Dickens’ keen observational skills, as he paints portraits of people and places often overlooked by society.

Dans ce récit mêlé de mythes et de souvenirs personnels, Dickens évoque avec nostalgie la magie de Noël. Il y décrit ainsi l'arbre autour duquel sa mémoire s'éveille : "Cet arbre, planté au milieu d'une large table ronde et s'élevant au-dessus de la tête des enfants, est magnifiquement illuminé par une multitude de petites bougies et tout garni d'objets étincelants.