A cautionary tale wrapped up in a Christmas bow, Charles Dickens' novella, A Christmas Carol, has touched readers for decades with its study of moneylender Ebenezer Scrooge, who on Christmas Eve is forced to examine his bitter, greedy life with help from the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future.
Through the Ghosts Scrooge sees all of the opportunities he has missed, all the unhappiness he has created, and all the misery and tragedy he will continue to create for himself and others if he does not change his ways.
First released in 1843 in Victorian England A Christmas Carol was an instant success and helped England regain its love for Christmas traditions and celebrations and has now become a tradition of its own.
Dickens wrote A Christmas Carol under financial duress, but it became one of his most popular and enduring stories. The old miser Ebenezer Scrooge cares nothing for family, friends, love or Christmas. All he cares about is money. Then one Christmas Eve he is visited by three ghosts: Christmas Past, Christmas Present and Christmas Yet To Come. These encounters leave Scrooge deeply moved and forever changed. Historians believe that A Christmas Carol contributed greatly to the modern sentimental Christmas.
This collaborative short story brings together the creative talents of four of the Victorian era's most popular fiction writers—Wilkie Collins, Charles Dickens, Elizabeth Gaskell, and Adelaide Anne Procter each contributed a section to the work. When an elderly woman notices signs of activity at a supposedly abandoned home in her neighborhood, she devises a scheme to get to the bottom of the mysterious goings-on.
One of a series of episodic tales that Charles Dickens originally published in serial form, A Message From the Sea has one of the most beloved fiction writers in British literary history turning his attention to a quaint seaside village and the encounter between its residents and a hoary crew of sailors that wash up on its shore. A must-read for Dickens buffs or fans of nautically themed tales.
Charles Dickens attained an astounding level of popular acclaim during his lifetime; Victorian audiences clamored for his traditional Christmastime stories every year. The tale A Message From the Sea is an example of one of Dickens' Christmas publications; although the nautical setting of the story is not what one would traditionally expect from a holiday publication, the themes of charity, good will, and rising above seemingly insurmountable odds are sure to spark a warm glow in readers' hearts any time of the year.
A Tale of Two Cities is shorter and more compact than many of Dickens' novels and also more serious. Set in England and France during the French Revolution, it deals with ideas of grace and resurrection and explores the mob mentality of the Revolution. It is also a love story.
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times." Charles Dickens', A Tale of Two Cities, begins with these famous words. On the eve of the French Revolution of 1789, the story follows Charles Darney, a French aristocrat-turned-revolutionary, and Sydney Carton, a purposeless British lawyer in love with Darney's wife, Lucie. Sydney's love for Lucie inspires him to join the Revolution alongside his friend Darney, at a time when both France and England are experiencing tensions between the upper and lower classes.
First released in 1859 via magazine installments A Tale of Two Cities, is ultimately the tale of Carton and Darney, London and Paris... A Tale of Two Men.
Explore nineteenth-century America through the pen of one of the most celebrated authors of all time, Charles Dickens. American Notes is a detailed travelogue of Dickens' 1842 tour of North America, and in it, the author deploys his incisive wit and unparalleled gift for observation to convey his experiences traveling across the continent by steamship, coach, and rail. A rip-roaring read that will please Dickens fans and American history buffs alike.
Renowned storyteller Charles Dickens takes on the historical novel in Barnaby Rudge, a gripping fictionalized account of the anti-Catholicism turmoil that rocked England in the late eighteenth century. The novel pairs Dickens' social insights into the "anti-papist" riots of 1780 with the quirky, closely observed characters that have won him a loyal following the world over.
A enthralling story about the inequalities of the 19th-century English legal system Bleak House is one of Charles Dicken's most multifaceted novels. Bleak House deals with a multiplicity of characters, plots and subplots that all weave in and around the true story of the famous case of Jarndyce and Jarndyce, a case of litigation in England's Court of Chancery, which starts as a problem of legacy and wills, but soon raises the question of murder.
David Copperfield is considered to be Charles Dickens's most autobiographical novel. He said of it: "Like many fond parents, I have in my heart of hearts a favourite child. And his name is David Copperfield." It is a Bildungsroman, a tale which follows the development into maturity of its narrator, David Copperfield. The Russian greats Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky both greatly admired the novel, as did Kafka, Joyce and James. Freud called it his favourite novel.
Inhalt: Der kleine David erlebt nur wenige glückliche Kinderjahre mit seiner Mutter in dem Dörfchen Blunderstone. Nach ihrem Tod flieht er vor seinem grausamen Stiefvater, der ihn in seiner Fabrik schuften ließ. Als Laufbursche beginnt David Copperfield nun in London ein neues Leben. Seinen steinigen Weg kreuzen jene charakteristische Figuren, die diese Geschichte zu einem Klassiker werden ließen: die liebevolle Pegotty, der ewig verschuldete Mr. Micawber, der infame Uriah Heep, die handfeste Tante Betsey und seine große Liebe, die tugendhafte Agnes.
Ab 12 Jahren. - Gesamtlaufzeit: 239 Min. Schlagworte:Hörspiel für Kinder Systematik: °ki ab 12 Umfang: 4 CD Standort: °ki ab 12 4274 ISBN: 978-3-89940-995-6
Inhalt: Mit dem stark autobiografisch geprägten Roman David Copperfield, den er selbst als seinen »Lieblingsroman« bezeichnete, schuf Charles Dickens einen der wenigen großen Bildungsromane der englischen Literatur, der sich vor allem durch seine überzeugende Schilderung der Demütigungen und Ängste der Kindheit auszeichnet. Inhalt: Der Titelheld David verbringt nach dem frühen Tod des Vaters und dem der Mutter, die von seinem Stiefvater Murdstone und dessen herrschsüchtiger Schwester Jane allmählich zu Tode gequält wird, einige Zeit in der Schule des brutalen Mr. Creakle. Bereits mit zehn Jahren wird er zur Arbeit in die Fabrik Murdstones geschickt. Den unerträglichen Bedingungen entzieht er sich durch Flucht zu seiner Tante Betsey Trotwood nach Dover, die ihm den Besuch der reformpädagogischen Schule des Dr. Strong in Canterbury ermöglicht. Bei dem Londoner Advokaten Wickfield findet er schließlich herzliche Aufnahme. Nun beginnt Davids beruflicher Aufstieg vom Lehrling bei der Anwaltsfirma Spenlow und Jorkins hin zum Parlamentsreporter und Schriftsteller. Zahlreiche Nebenhandlungen sind in diese Handlung eingewoben. So entführt der adelige James Steerforth, die Verkörperung des Hochmuts höherer Klassen, die Adoptivtochter des Fischers Pegotty, Emilie. Der Verlobte Emilies, Ham, verfolgt die beiden und entdeckt die mittlerweile von dem Entführer Verlassene. Bei dem selbstlosen Versuch, Steerforth vor dem Ertrinken zu retten, ertrinkt Ham selbst. Eine weitere Nebenhandlung befasst sich mit dem Erzschurken Uriah Heep, Wickfields Angestelltem, der gegen seinen Arbeitgeber intrigiert und von Mr. Miccawber entlarvt wird, mit dem David eine enge Freundschaft verbindet. David verliebt sich in die kindliche Tochter seines Arbeitgebers Mr. Spenlow. Nach deren Tod findet David, inzwischen ein erfolgreicher Schriftsteller, die wirkliche Erfüllung in der Ehe mit seiner Jugendfreundin Agnes Wickfield. Wirkung: David Copperfield wird bis heute als einer der bedeutendsten Kindheits- und Ju-gendromane der Weltliteratur angesehen. In diesem Roman, der die deutlichsten autobiografischen Züge aufweist, in dem der Titelheld ähnliche Stationen wie Dickens in seiner Jugend durchläuft, zeigt sich Dickens' überragendes Talent für die Darstellung von Stimmungen, Erlebnissen und Gefühlen der Kindheit. Mit der Kritik an der Missachtung des Kindes, die der Kritik an sozialen Missständen vorangeht, appellierte er an das Gewissen und wollte den Weg für soziale Reformen ebnen. V. R. Schlagworte:Historisches Systematik: $L-G Umfang: 802 S. Standort: $L Dick / Historisches ISBN: 978-3-538-06929-9
Craving some feel-good fiction? Curl up with Doctor Marigold, a heartwarming tale from the pen of beloved author Charles Dickens. The story follows the tragedies and triumphs of a street vendor who loses a child and then adopts a young deaf girl and raises her to adulthood. The story is both a masterpiece of social realism and a reminder of the inherent potential inside every person.
Charles Dickens' Dombey and Son tells the story of the wealthy owner of a shipping company, Paul Dombey, who dreams of having a son to carry on the family business. It deals with themes such as marriage for financial gain, cruelty towards children, family relationships, pride, arrogance, betrayal and the destructive effects of industrialization.
The last major story that Dickens completed before his death, "George Silverman's Explanation" is something of a departure for the famed master of Victorian fiction. One of the rare tales Dickens wrote in the first person, the story is a narrative account of one man's horrific start in life, the ripples of which seem to fan out and negatively impact everything else that happens to him.
Master of Victorian fiction Charles Dickens was at his best when comparing and contrasting different classes of society. In this imaginative short story, a traveling circus sets up shop in an affluent neighborhood. When the performers begin mingling with the community's bankers and businessmen, hijinks ensue.
Pip is content with his simple life until a bitter gentlewoman employs him as a sometime companion to herself and her adopted daughter. Pip then aspires to become a gentleman himself, though his dreams are unrealistic until the day he mysteriously comes into a fortune and is sent to London to become refined. The story follows Pip's journey into adulthood and emotional maturity and understanding.
First published in 1854, Hard Times is a profoundly moving, articulate and searing indictment of the life-reducing effects of the industrial revolution, and certain aspects of enlightenment thinking. Set in the fictional midlands mill-town of Coketown, the narrative centers on the industrialist, Mr Thomas Gradgrind, whose belief in scientific utilitarianism skews his world view and is a motive force, carrying the narrative towards farce and tragedy.
Gradgrind's no-nonsense abhorrence of 'fancy' extends to his implementing an ambitious education scheme that aims to exclude all 'nonsense' and keep the minds of young people focused squarely on facts.
The book is ultimately an argument in favor of fancy and radical thinking, and a damning critique of industrial capitalism and its exploitation and repression of the workers whose lives were spent (literally) in sustaining the system.
In this charming series of short stories from Victorian author nonpareil Charles Dickens, four pairs of lovebirds offer up a detailed account of their courtships. There's just one catch — none of the besotted have yet reached the ripe old age of 10. Displaying his usual knack for uncannily accurate characterization, Dickens gives readers a glimpse into the triumphs and trials of schoolyard romance.
Inhalt: David Copperfields schicksalshafter Weg durch das viktorianische England, der schon früh als Kind Verrat und Treue, später als Erwachsener Glück und Leid erlebt. Entwicklungsroman mit autobiografischen Zügen.
Ab 12 Jahren. - Gesamtlaufzeit: 239 Min. Schlagworte:Hörspiel für Kinder Systematik: °ki ab 12 Umfang: 4 CDs Standort: °ki ab 12 3665 ISBN: 978-3-89940-995-6
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