Vintage Classics Dickens
6 total works
Dickens' supremely timeless work on ambition and self-improvement.
‘I have been bent and broken, but - I hope - into a better shape.’
Pip's life as an ordinary country boy is destined to be unexceptional until a chain of mysterious events lead him away from his humble origins and up the social ladder. His efforts to become a London gentleman bring him into contact not just with the upper classes but also with dangerous criminals. Pip's desire to improve himself is matched only by his longing for the icy-hearted Estella, but secrets from the past impede his progress and he has many hard lessons to learn.
A beautiful and quirky collectible edition as part of the Vintage Classics Dickens series.
Also includes:
A Christmas Carol
A Tale of Two Cities
David Copperfield
Hard Times
Oliver Twist
‘I have been bent and broken, but - I hope - into a better shape.’
Pip's life as an ordinary country boy is destined to be unexceptional until a chain of mysterious events lead him away from his humble origins and up the social ladder. His efforts to become a London gentleman bring him into contact not just with the upper classes but also with dangerous criminals. Pip's desire to improve himself is matched only by his longing for the icy-hearted Estella, but secrets from the past impede his progress and he has many hard lessons to learn.
Also in the Vintage Classics Dickens Series:
A Christmas Carol
A Tale of Two Cities
David Copperfield
Hard Times
Oliver Twist
A Tale of Two Cities (Vintage Classics Dickens Series)
by Charles Dickens
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times...
Lucie Manette has been separated from her father for eighteen years while he languished in Paris's most feared prison, the Bastille. Finally reunited, the Manettes' fortunes become inextricably intertwined with those of two men, the heroic aristocrat Darnay and the dissolute lawyer Carton. Their story, which encompasses violence, revenge, love and redemption, is grippingly played out against the backdrop of the terrifying brutality of the French Revolution.
A beautiful and quirky collectible edition as part of the Vintage Classics Dickens series.
Also includes:
A Christmas Carol
David Copperfield
Great Expectations
Hard Times
Oliver Twist
‘Facts alone are wanted in life. Plant nothing else, and root out everything else.’
The children at Mr Gradgrind's school are sternly ordered to stifle their imaginations and pay attention only to cold, hard reality. They live in a smoky, troubled industrial town so entertainment is hard to come by and resentments run deep. The effects of Gradgrind's teaching on his own children, Tom and Louisa, are particularly profound and leave them ill-equipped to deal with the unpredictable desires of the human heart. Luckily for them they have a friend in Sissy Jupe, the child of a circus clown, who retains her warm-hearted, compassionate nature despite the pressures around her.
Also in the Vintage Classics Dickens Series:
A Christmas Carol
A Tale of Two Cities
David Copperfield
Great Expectations
Oliver Twist
‘Bah!’ said Scrooge, ‘Humbug!’
Ebenezer Scrooge is unimpressed by Christmas. He has no time for festivities or goodwill toward his fellow men and is only interested in money. Then, on the night of Christmas Eve, his life is changed by a series of ghostly visitations that show him some bitter truths about his choices. A Christmas Carol is Dickens' most influential book and a funny, clever and hugely enjoyable story.
INCLUDES 'THE CHIMES' AND 'THE HAUNTED MAN'
Also in the Vintage Classics Dickens Series:
A Tale of Two Cities
David Copperfield
Great Expectations
Hard Times
Oliver Twist
The archetypal Dickensian tale of the failures of charity and the dangers of individualism in a changing world.
‘Please, sir, I want some more.’
Oliver is an orphan living on the dangerous London streets with no one but himself to rely on. Fleeing from poverty and hardship, he falls in with a criminal street gang who will not let him go, however hard he tries to escape. In Oliver Twist, Dickens graphically conjures up the capital's underworld, full of prostitutes, thieves and lost and homeless children, and gives a voice to the disadvantaged and abused.
A beautiful and quirky collectible edition as part of the Vintage Classics Dickens series.
Also includes:
A Christmas Carol
A Tale of Two Cities
David Copperfield
Great Expectations
Hard Times