Dickens Charles

This novel demonstrates Dickens experimenting with building his own voice. The Pickwick Papers is a series of linear adventures, unlike the convoluted plots of Dickens’s later novels. In other words, we follow our heroes from one stop to the next and meet interesting characters, rather than unraveling a mystery. The novel is a late example of the picaresque, a style of story in which we follow a rough,...

The story of the orphan Oliver, who runs away from the workhouse only to be taken in by a den of thieves, shocked readers when it was first published. Dickens’s tale of childhood innocence beset by evil depicts the dark criminal underworld of a London peopled by vivid and memorable characters – the arch-villain Fagin, the artful Dodger, the menacing Bill Sikes and the prostitute Nancy. Combining elements...

Książka w dwóch wersjach językowych: polskiej i angielskiej. A dual Polish-English language edition Dawid rodzi się po śmierci ojca. Matka ponownie wychodzi za mąż, ojczym zaś pozbywa się Dawida z domu. W szkole z internatem jest prześladowany i maltretowany przez nauczyciela. Nie jest to jednak koniec jego cierpień, wkrótce bowiem umiera mu też i matka. Dawid trafia do bardzo ciężkiej pracy w fabryce....