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Скачать книгу (размер 6 338 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 1244) Аннотация: «The Pickwick Papers» is Charles Dickens' first novel, and his comic masterpiece. We are introduced not just to one of the greatest writers in the English language but to some of fiction's most endearing and memorable characters, starting with the 'illustrious, immortal and colossal-minded' Samuel Pickwick himself. It is a rollicking tour de force through an England on the brink of the Victorian…

Скачать книгу (размер 218 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 44) Аннотация: Scrooge is a cold, hard man. He loves money, and he doesn't like people. He really doesn't like Christmas. But then some ghosts visit him. They show him his past life, his life now, and a possible future. Will Scrooge learn from the ghosts? Can he change? The book contains 4 coloured pictures, as well as comprehension activities. On-line support, exercises to download, tests, text samples and…

Скачать книгу (размер 769 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 152) Аннотация: This great story is set against the background of the French Revolution. Two men – one French, one English, but very similar in appearance – are in love with the same woman. The three of them, like the people of France, are faced with the dangers of life at a time when the guillotine never rests. This Pack contains a Book and MP3. •40,189 words in length (excluding activities) •2,300 headwords…

Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: In Dickens’s first novel, Samuel Pickwick and three other members of the Pickwick Club decide to spend six months travelling around England observing the manners and habits of everyone they meet. Follow them on their hilarious adventures as they get involved in a duel, an election campaign and as one of them even ends up in prison…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'I am the Ghost of Christmas Present', said the Spirit. 'Look upon me!' A celebration of Christmas, a tale of redemption and a critique on Victorian society, Dickens' atmospheric novella follows the miserly, penny-pinching Ebenezer Scrooge who views Christmas as 'humbug'. It is only through a series of eerie,…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'Oliver Twist has asked for more!' Fleeing the workhouse, Oliver finds himself taken under the wing of the Artful Dodger and caught up with a group of pickpockets in London. As he tries to free himself from their clutches he becomes immersed in the seedy underbelly of the Capital, amongst criminals, prostitutes and…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'Take nothing on its looks; take everything on evidence. There's no better rule.' Living with his sister and her husband, Pip is an orphan without any expectations. It is only when he begins to visit a rich old woman, Miss Havisham and her adopted niece that he begins to hope for something better. When it is…

Скачать книгу (размер 463 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 92) Аннотация: The lgal case of Jarndyce and Jarndyce has become a joke to some people. People are born, marry and die, and still the case continues. But will the lives of Ada and Richard be ruined, like so many before? And how will their friend Esther be affected by secrets from her past?

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'It was the best of times, it was the worst of times!' Set before and during the French Revolution in the cities of Paris and London, A Tale of Two Cities tells the story of Dr Manette's release from imprisonment in the Bastille and his reunion with daughter, Lucie. A French aristocrat Darnay and English lawyer…

Скачать книгу (размер 4 002 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 786) Аннотация: In 1836 the 23-year-old Dickens was invited by his publishers to write 'a monthly something' illustrated by sporting plates. Thus the Pickwick Club was Top page born: its supposed 'papers' soom outgrew their origins and became a brilliantly comic novel, still among Dicken's most popular works.

Скачать книгу (размер 1 784 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 351) Аннотация: «This is a beautifully illustrated collection of five best-loved classics from one of Britain's most famous writers, Charles Dickens, retold for younger readers. It includes «Oliver Twist», «Bleak House», «Great Expectations», «A Tale of Two Cities» and «David Copperfield» as well as a short biography of the great author himself. It is presented with internet links to find out more about the life…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 768 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 544) Аннотация: The new Oxford World's Classics edition of Oliver Twist is based on the authoritative Clarendon edition, which uses Dickens's revised text of 1846. It includes his preface of 1841 in which he defended himself against hostile criticism, and includes all 24 original illustrations by George Cruikshank. Stephen Gill's groundbreaking Introduction gives a fascinating new account of the novel. He also…

Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 112) Аннотация: When David Copperfield’s father dies, his mother is forced to marry Edward Murdstone, a cruel and domineering man. David’s early life is one of poverty and hardship. Finally the young boy runs away to Dover and takes refuge with a lost aunt. David goes on to make many friends and finds great success, but he must endure much suffering and loss along the way.

Скачать книгу (размер 238 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 48) Аннотация: Scrooge is a cold, hard man. He loves money, and he doesn't like people. He really doesn't like Christmas. But when some ghosts visit him, they show him his past life, his life now, and a possible future. Will Scrooge learn from the ghosts? Can he change?

Скачать книгу (размер 809 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 160) Аннотация: After 18 years of imprisonment in the Bastille, the devoted Doctor Manette is reunited with his daughter, the gentle Lucie, in England. There she captures the hearts of two very different men--Charles Darney, a banished French aristocrat, and Sydney Carton, a well-known English lawyer, both of whom must compete for her love. With a twisting plot of revenge, corruption, and love played out under…

Скачать книгу (размер 524 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 104) Аннотация: 'Please, Mr Murdstone! Don't beat me! I've tried to learn my lessons, really I have, sir!' sobs David. Although he is only eight years old, Mr Murdstone does beat him, and David is so frightened that he bites his cruel stepfather's hand. For that, he is kept locked in his room for five days and nights, and nobody is allowed to speak to him. As David grows up, he learns that life is full of…

Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 112) Аннотация: In a gloomy, neglected house Miss Havisham sits, as she has sat year after year, in a wedding dress and veil that were once white, and are now faded and yellow with age. Her face is like a death's head; her dark eyes burn with bitterness and hate. By her side sits a proud and beautiful girl, and in front of her, trembling with fear in his thick country boots, stands young Pip. Miss Havisham…

Скачать книгу (размер 687 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 136) Аннотация: His mother is dead, so little Oliver Twist is brought up in the workhouse. Beaten and starved, he runs away to London, where he joins Fagin’s gang of thieves. By chance he also finds good new friends – but can they protect him from people who rob and murder without mercy?

Скачать книгу (размер 238 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 48) Аннотация: The spectre of the French Revolution — the rumbling of the death carts, the thud of the guillotine, the ferocious mobs and the storming of the Bastille — is vividly portrayed Charles Dickens' epic tale.

Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: A retelling of Dickens' famous novel about the trials and tribulations of the poor young orphan boy, Oliver.Follow his journey from the appalling conditions of a nineteenth-century workhouse to London.