Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens was born on February 7, 1812, in Landport, Portsea, England. He died in Kent on June 9, 1870. The second of eight children of a family continually plagued by debt, the young Dickens came to know not only hunger and privation, but also the horror of the infamous debtors' prison and the evils of child labor. A turn of fortune in the shape of a legacy brought release from the nightmare of prison and "slave" factories and afforded Dickens the opportunity of two years' formal schooling at Wellington House Academy. He worked as an attorney's clerk and newspaper reporter until his Sketches by Boz (1836) and The Pickwick Papers (1837) brought him the amazing and instant success that was to be his for the remainder of his life. In later years, the pressure of serial writing, editorial duties, lectures, and social commitments led to his separation from Catherine Hogarth after twenty-three years of marriage. It also hastened his death at the age of fifty-eight, when he was characteristically engaged in a multitude of work.

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A Christmas Carol Audio Drama - 2 CD set
by Charles Dickens
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Annotated Christmas Carol
by Charles Dickens
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by Charles Dickens, illustrated by James Daugherty
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by Charles Dickens
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by Charles Dickens
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by Charles Dickens
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Christmas Carol
by Charles Dickens, illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman
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Christmas Carol
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by Charles Dickens, illustrated by Robert Ingpen
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by Charles Dickens, illustrated by John Groth
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by Charles Dickens, illustrated by William Geldart
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by Charles Dickens, illustrated by Arthur Rackham
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by Charles Dickens
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Puffin Classics
by Charles Dickens
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Sterling Classics
by Charles Dickens, illustrated by Scott McKowen
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by Charles Dickens, illustrated by Stephen Krensky
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Books of Wonder
by Charles Dickens, illustrated by Carter Goodrich
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by Charles Dickens, illustrated by Walter Seaton
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by Charles Dickens
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by Charles Dickens
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by Charles Dickens
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by Charles Dickens; retold by Clare West
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Dickens' Stories about Children
by Charles Dickens, illustrated by Clara Burd, introduction by Elizabeth Lodor Merchant
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Dickens: Five Christmas Novels
by Charles Dickens, illustrated by Reginald B. Birch
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Everyman's Library
by Charles Dickens
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by Charles Dickens
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by Charles Dickens
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by Charles Dickens
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Signet Classics
by Charles Dickens
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Great Expectations
by Charles Dickens
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Everyman's Library
by Charles Dickens
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Great Expectations (abridged)
Puffin Classics
by Charles Dickens
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Great Expectations - Progeny Press Study Guide
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Hard Times
by Charles Dickens
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Hard Times
by Charles Dickens
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Hard Times
by Charles Dickens
from Everyman's Library
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Life of Our Lord
by Charles Dickens
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Life of Our Lord
by Charles Dickens, illustrated by Rachel Taft-Dixon
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for 4th-7th grade
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Little Dorrit
by Charles Dickens
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Little Dorrit
by Charles Dickens
from Everyman's Library
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Martin Chuzzlewit
Everyman's Library
by Charles Dickens
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Mystery of Edwin Drood
by Charles Dickens
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Nicholas Nickleby
Wordsworth Classics
by Charles Dickens
from Wordsworth Classics
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Nicholas Nickleby
Everyman's Library
by Charles Dickens
from Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
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Nicholas Nickleby
by Charles Dickens
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Old Curiosity Shop
Penguin Classics
by Charles Dickens
from Penguin Classics
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Old Curiosity Shop
Everyman's Library
by Charles Dickens
from Everyman's Library
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by Charles Dickens
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by Charles Dickens, with original illustrations and an introduction by Andrew Lang
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Books of Wonder
by Charles Dickens (illustrated by Don Freeman)
from HarperCollins
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Oliver Twist
by Charles Dickens
from Living Book Press
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Oliver Twist
Junior Deluxe Editions
by Charles Dickens, illustrated by Lawrence Beall Smith
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 3rd-6th grade
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Oliver Twist
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by Charles Dickens
from Reader's Digest
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Everyman's Library
by Charles Dickens
from Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
Historical Fiction for 10th-12th grade
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$28.00
Oliver Twist
Penguin Classics
by Charles Dickens
from Penguin Classics
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$8.00
Oliver Twist
Sterling Classics
by Charles Dickens, illustrated by Scott McKowen
Unabridged from Sterling Publishing Co.
Realistic Fiction for 10th-12th grade
in Realistic Fiction (Location: FIC-REA)
Oliver Twist
by Charles Dickens
from Oxford University
Realistic Fiction for 7th-Adult
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$6.95
Oliver Twist (abridged)
Puffin Classics
by Charles Dickens
from Puffin Books
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Oliver Twist (abridged)
by Charles Dickens, abridged by Leslie Baxter and illustrated by Christian Birmingham
from Dial Books for Young Readers
for 4th-8th grade
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Oliver Twist - TLP Guide
Total Language Plus Literature Guides
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for 11th-12th Grade
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Once Upon a Time
by Arthur Rackham, edited by Margery Darrell
from Viking Press
for 2nd-8th grade
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Our Mutual Friend
Everyman's Library
by Charles Dickens
from Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
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Our Mutual Friend
Penguin Classics
by Charles Dickens
from Penguin Classics
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Pickwick Papers
Penguin Classics
by Charles Dickens
Reissue from Penguin Classics
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Pickwick Papers
Penguin Classics
by Charles Dickens
from Everyman's Library
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Pickwick Papers
Penguin Classics
by Charles Dickens
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Pickwick Papers
by Charles Dickens
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Stand Up, Mr. Dickens
by Charles Dickens, edited and abridged by Edward Blishen, illustrated by Jill Bennett
from Houghton Mifflin
for 4th-8th grade
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$8.00 (1 in stock)
Stories from Dickens
Junior Deluxe Editions
by Dickens, edited by J. Walker McSpadden
from Grosset & Dunlap
for 4th-8th grade
in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV)
Tale of Two Cities
Illustrated Junior Library Series 2
by Charles Dickens, illustrated by Rafaello Busoni
from Grosset & Dunlap
Victorian Novel for 9th-Adult
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