Our Mutual Friend
A rich dust contractor allows his son John Harmon to return from exile as long as he marries Bella Wilfer. A body found in the river is believed to be Harmon but it is in fact a shipmate who had his papers...
DICKENS, Charles
Little Dorrit
A notorious murderer in Marseilles tells his cell mate of how he killed his wife. Arthur Clennam is traveling back to London having been given a watch by his father on his death in China and was bringing it...
A Tale of Two Cities
The story is set in Paris at the time of the French Revolution and in London. Dr Manette, a French physician, witnesses how cruelly treated a peasant and his sister are by the Marquis of St Evremonde. After...
Barnaby Rudge
This is an historical novel covering the Gordon riots of 1780 against popery. Barnaby Rudge is a young innocent simpleton who is devoted to his talkative raven, Grip. When he gets caught up in the mayhem of...
David Copperfield
David Copperfield is born in Suffolk with a step father who is cruel and a mother who dies young. He is sent to school and makes friends with Steerforth and Traddles. When he travels to London he makes...
A Christmas Carol
This wonderful short story introduces us to the old, miserly Scrooge who is more interested in his money-lending and counting the pennies than he is in bothering to celebrate Christmas. Indeed, he revels in...
A Christmas Carol and other Christmas Books
This wonderful short story introduces us to the old, miserly Scrooge who is more interested in his money-lending and counting the pennies than he is in bothering to celebrate Christmas. Indeed, he revels in...
The Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices
It is a little book written four-handedly in 1857 by two friends: Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins. The first part is better, where the English sense of humor, nonchalance and entertainment stand out… The...
The Old Curiosity Shop
Nell Trent lives in poverty with his grandfather unsuccessfully running a shop, and they are forced to borrow from the deformed dwarf Daniel Quilp. Unable to keep up payments, the grandfather tries gambling...
Dombey and Son
These are the affairs handled by the shipping firm "Dombey and Son". Dombey is rich and loses his wife in childbirth. The son, Paul, is sent to Dr Blimber's school but dies after an illness. The daughter is...