Download or read book Great Expectations written by Charles Dickens and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the finest novels by iconic British author Charles Dickens, this Victorian tale follows the good-natured orphan Pip as he makes his way through life. As a boy, Pip crosses paths with a convict named Magwitch, a man who will heavily influence Pip’s adulthood. Meanwhile, the earnest young man falls for the beautiful Estella, the adoptive daughter of the affluent and eccentric Miss Havisham. Widely considered to be Dickens's last great book, the story is steeped in romance and features the writer's familiar themes of crime, punishment, and societal struggle.
Download or read book What Jane Austen Ate and Charles Dickens Knew written by Daniel Pool and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-10-02 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A “delightful reader’s companion” (The New York Times) to the great nineteenth-century British novels of Austen, Dickens, Trollope, the Brontës, and more, this lively guide clarifies the sometimes bizarre maze of rules and customs that governed life in Victorian England. For anyone who has ever wondered whether a duke outranked an earl, when to yell “Tally Ho!” at a fox hunt, or how one landed in “debtor’s prison,” this book serves as an indispensable historical and literary resource. Author Daniel Pool provides countless intriguing details (did you know that the “plums” in Christmas plum pudding were actually raisins?) on the Church of England, sex, Parliament, dinner parties, country house visiting, and a host of other aspects of nineteenth-century English life—both “upstairs” and “downstairs. An illuminating glossary gives at a glance the meaning and significance of terms ranging from “ague” to “wainscoting,” the specifics of the currency system, and a lively host of other details and curiosities of the day.
Download or read book Dombey and Son written by Charles Dickens and published by . This book was released on 1848 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paul Dombey is a cold, unbending, pompous merchant, and a widower with two children - Paul and Florence. His chief ambition is to perpetuate the firm-name. He dreams of passing his business on to his son. Dombey dotes on his son, and neglects and mistreats his daughter.The "son" in the title of the book is incapable of ever joining the firm. A sickly and odd child, Paul dies at the age of six. Dombey pours his resentment and anger out on his daughter, whom he pushes away despite her efforts to earn her father's love.Eventually Dombey remarries, after literally acquiring his new wife from her father in a commercial transaction. Dombey is as bad a husband as he is a father and his marriage is loveless. His new bride hates Dombey and eventually runs off with Canker, his business manager. Dombey characteristically blames Florence for this reversal, and strikes her, causing Florence to run away as well.Abandoned by everyone, Dombey loses his business and goes half insane, living in his decaying house. Dombey is eventually reconciled to his daughter, who always a doormat forgives her father........
Download or read book Great Expectations Volume 2 written by Charles Dickens and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This classic novel follows the life of Pip, an orphan who rises from humble beginnings to become a gentleman. Along the way he encounters a colorful cast of characters, including the eccentric Miss Havisham, the enigmatic Estella, and the terrifying Abel Magwitch. Dickens' vivid descriptions of Victorian London, his masterful characterizations, and his hauntingly beautiful prose make this one of the iconic works of English literature. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book The Charles Dickens Edition written by Charles Dickens and published by . This book was released on 1868 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Mexican Treasury written by Francisco Hernández and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume consists of a selection of English translations from the writings of Dr. Francisco Hernández (1515-87). One of Spain's leading physicians and naturalists, he is now best remembered for his monumental work The Natural History of New Spain, whose descriptions of over 3,000 plants unknown to Europe have been used for centuries by scientists, physicians, and natural philosophers.
Download or read book Jane Austen Her Complete Novels written by Jane Austen and published by Crown Pub. This book was released on 1981 with total page 1103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Austen's novels of marriage and money show her ability to create vivid characters and provide human insights with subtle humor
Download or read book Hard Times written by Charles Dickens and published by . This book was released on 1854 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Charles Dickens Books written by Charles Dickens and published by . This book was released on 2021-04-21 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Chimes A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In, a short novel by Charles Dickens, was written and published in 1844, one year after A Christmas Carol. It is the second in his series of Christmas books five short books with strong social and moral messages that he published during the 1840's.
Download or read book The Letters of Charles Dickens written by Charles Dickens and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-05-02 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We intend this Collection of Letters to be a Supplement to the "Life of Charles Dickens," by John Forster. That work, perfect and exhaustive as a biography, is only incomplete as regards correspondence; the scheme of the book having made it impossible to include in its space any letters, or hardly any, besides those addressed to Mr. Forster.
Download or read book Great Expectations written by Charles Dickens and published by . This book was released on 2012-07-16 with total page 582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the 1867 edition of Charles Dickens classic tale of orphan Pip. You will be captivated following Pip through his journey to becoming a gentleman.
Download or read book Great Expectations written by Charles Dickens and published by Xist Publishing. This book was released on 2017-11-01 with total page 558 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Great Expectations by Charles Dickens The ultimate coming of age story from Charles Dickens, Great Expectations tells of the rise of the book's narrator, Pip. When Pip shows kindness to an escaped convict, he changes the course of his life without even knowing it. Raised by his older sister and her husband, Pip is an unhappy child who becomes a visitor to a wealthy spinster, Miss Havisham. Pip becomes an apprentice blacksmith but then receives word that he has an anonymous benefactor who wishes him to study to become a gentleman. Thinking that Miss Havisham is acting in his interests, Pip eventually finds that the money is coming from another source. He is forced to examine his principles and chart a new course for his life.
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Download or read book Victorian Yellowbacks Paperbacks 1849 1905 written by Chester W. Topp and published by Hermitage Antiquarian Book Shop. This book was released on 1997 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dr. Chester W. Topp has spent 30 years compiling the definitive bibliography of over 25 publishers of Victorian Yellowbacks and Paperbacks. Based on his own extensive library of 1700 Yellowbacks and 1900 19th century paperbacks and an exhaustive search of every major trade and literary journal of the last century, this series of bibliographies represents a unique and major accomplishment in bibliographic studies in the tradition of Jacob Blanck, Michael Sadleir, Joseph Sabin and others.
Download or read book Cite Right written by Charles Lipson and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2018-12-14 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Updated Edition: “An invaluable tool for researchers who must cite sources in their writing . . . you’ll want to keep it within easy reach of your keyboard.” —Technical Communications Cite Right is the perfect guide for anyone who needs to learn a new citation style or who needs an easy reference to Chicago, MLA, APA, AMA, and other styles. Each chapter serves as a quick guide that introduces the basics of a style, explains who might use it, and then presents an abundance of examples. This edition includes updates reflecting the most recent editions of The Chicago Manual of Style and the MLA Handbook. With this book, students and researchers can move smoothly among styles with confidence that they are getting it right.
Download or read book Doing Honest Work in College Third Edition written by Charles Lipson and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2019-01-25 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Doing Honest Work in College stands on three principles: do the work you say you do, give others credit, and present your research fairly. These are straightforward concepts, but the abundance of questionable online sources and temptation of a quick copy-paste can cause confusion as to what’s considered citing and what’s considered cheating. This guide starts out by clearly defining plagiarism and other forms of academic dishonesty and then gives students the tools they need to avoid those pitfalls. This edition addresses the acceptable use of mobile devices on tests, the proper approach to sources such as podcasts or social media posts, and the limitations of citation management software.
Download or read book Book prices Current written by John Herbert Slater and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 848 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
