DIVAN · Works by
Charles Dickens
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A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol — Charles Dickens. On Christmas Eve, the miser Ebenezer Scrooge receives visits from spirits who confront him with his past, present and possible future. Dickens’s ghost story links personal change with generosity toward those in need.
Charles DickensNovellaeBookA Tale of Two Cities
A Tale of Two Cities — Charles Dickens. Lives in London and Paris become entangled as France moves from oppression into revolution. Charles Darnay, Lucie Manette, and Sydney Carton face questions of loyalty, vengeance, and sacrifice.
Charles DickensNoveleBookBleak House
Bleak House — Charles Dickens. The interminable lawsuit Jarndyce and Jarndyce draws a wide circle of lives into the Court of Chancery. Through Esther Summerson’s story and the city around her, Dickens exposes the human cost of legal delay, secrecy and social neglect.
Charles DickensNoveleBookDavid Copperfield
David Copperfield — Charles Dickens. David recounts a childhood marked by loss, harsh treatment, and the search for kindness and independence. Friendships, work, and love shape his passage into adulthood and his understanding of the people around him.
Charles DickensNoveleBookGreat Expectations
Great Expectations — Charles Dickens. The orphan Pip longs to become a gentleman after entering the strange household of Miss Havisham and meeting Estella. An unexpected fortune raises his hopes while testing his loyalties, shame and understanding of what makes a worthwhile life.
Charles DickensNoveleBookHard Times
Hard Times — Charles Dickens. In industrial Coketown, Thomas Gradgrind raises his children on facts and suppresses their imaginative lives. Their choices and the struggles of the factory workers reveal the human cost of a society governed by profit and rigid utility.
Charles DickensNoveleBookOliver Twist
Oliver Twist — Charles Dickens. An orphan escapes the cruelties of the workhouse only to enter a London world of pickpockets, exploitation, and hidden family connections. Dickens follows Oliver's struggle for safety while exposing the indifference of institutions meant to protect the poor.
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