Charles Dickens

The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit is a novel by Charles Dickens, considered the last of his picaresque novels. It was originally serialised in 1843 and 1844. Dickens thought it to be his best work, but it was one of his least popular novels. Like nearly all of Dickens' novels, Martin Chuzzlewit was released …

The Old Curiosity Shop is a novel by Charles Dickens. The plot follows the life of Nell Trent and her grandfather, both residents of The Old Curiosity Shop in London. The Old Curiosity Shop was one of two novels which Dickens published along with short stories in his weekly serial Master Humphrey's Clock, which lasted …

Lille Dorrit er en roman av Charles Dickens som først ble ble utgitt i hefteform fra 1855 til 1857. Det er et satirisk verk om svakhetene til regjeringen og samfunnet i perioden.

Dickens’s last completed novel, Our Mutual Friend has been called one of his most gratifying works. The story centers on the inheritance gained by ownership of a dust-heap. The would-be heir, John Harmon, is found dead in the Thames and the fortune falls into the hands of Mr. Boffin, a kind but lowly clerk who becomes …

One of Dickens' earlier novels, dating from 1839, it charts the fortunes of an honourable young man, Nicholas Nickleby, who has set out to make his way in the world. Dickens presents his remarkably vivid display of Victorian characters and the life they lead, from the generous to the fated to crushed. Hope springs …

The Pickwick Papers, på norsk ofte Pickwick-klubben, var Charles Dickens' første skjønnlitterære verk; opprinnelig utgitt i 20 månedshefter under tittelen The Posthumous Papers of the PICKWICK CLUB, containing a faithful record of the Perambulations, Perils, Travels, Adventures and Sporting Transactions of the …

Store forventninger er en dannelsesroman skrevet av Charles Dickens. Romanen ble først utgitt som føljetong i Dickens' tidsskrift All the Year Round mellom desember 1860 og august 1861, og handler om den foreldreløse Pip. Romanen er filmatisert og iscenesatt flere ganger.

Coketown is dominated by the figure of Mr Thomas Gradgrind, school headmaster and model of Utilitarian success. Feeding both his pupils and family with facts, he bans fancy and wonder from any young minds. As a consequence his obedient daughter Louisa marries the loveless businessman and 'bully of humanity' Mr …