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Author: Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
A TALE OF TWO CITIES
A STORY OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
By Charles Dickens
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Book the First—Recalled to Life
CHAPTER I. The Period
CHAPTER II. The Mai... |
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The Mystery of Edwin Drood
by Charles Dickens
Contents
CHAPTER I. THE DAWN
CHAPTER II. A DEAN, AND A CHAPTER ALSO
CHAPTER III. THE NUNS’ HOUSE
CHAPTER IV. MR. SAPSEA
CHAPTER V. MR. DURDLES AND FRIEND
CHAPTER VI. PHILANTHROPY ... |
Author: Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
THE PICKWICK PAPERS
By Charles Dickens
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THE POSTHUMOUS PAPERS OF THE PICKWICK
CLUB CHAPTER I. THE
PICKWICKIANS CHAPTER II. THE
FIRST DAY’S JOURNE... |
Author: Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
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“The Mystery of Edwin Drood and Master Humphrey’s
Clock” by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org
MASTER HUMPHREY’S CLOCK
Charles Dickens
p.
xiDEDICATION OF
“MASTER HUMPHREY’S CLOCK”
TO
SAMUEL ROGERS, ESQUIRE.
My Dear... |
Author: Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
THE HAUNTED MAN AND THE GHOST’S BARGAIN
CHAPTER I
The Gift Bestowed
Everybody said so.
Far be it from me to assert that what everybody says must be
true. Everybody is, often, as likely to be wrong as
right. In the general experience, everybody has been wrong
so ofte... |
Author: Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
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Charles Dickens” edition by David Price, email
ccx074@pglaf.org
THE CHIMES
A Goblin Story
OF
SOME BELLS THAT RANG AN OLD YEAR OUT
AND A NEW YEAR IN
CHAPTER I—First Quarter.
There are not many people—and as it is desirable t... |
Author: Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
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Charles Dickens, Volume 4, Christmas Books by
David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org
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THE BATTLE OF LIFE
p. 239Part
the First
Once upon a time, it matters little
when, and in stalwart England, ... |
Author: Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
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Frontispiece to The Cricket on the Hearth
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Author: Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP
By Charles Dickens
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CHAPTER 1
CHAPTER 2
CHAPTER 3
CHAPTER 4
CHAPTER 5
CHAPTER 6
CHAPTER 7
CHAPTER 8
CHAPTER 9
CHAPTER 10
CHAPTER 11
CHAPTER 12
CHAPTER 13
CHAPTER 14
CHAPTER 15
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Oliver Twist
OR
THE PARISH BOY’S PROGRESS
by Charles Dickens
Contents
I
TREATS OF THE PLACE WHERE OLIVER TWIST WAS BORN AND OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES ATTENDING HIS BIRTH
II
TREATS OF OLIVER TWIST’S GROWTH, EDUCATION, AND BOARD
III
RELATES HOW OLIVER TW... |
Author: Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
DAVID COPPERFIELD
By Charles Dickens
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AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED
TO
THE HON. Mr. AND Mrs. RICHARD WATSON,
OF
ROCKINGHAM, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE.
CONTENTS
PREFACE TO 1850 EDITION
PREFACE TO THE CHARLES DICKENS EDITION
THE PERSONAL... |
Author: Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
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Hard Times
and
Reprinted Pieces [0]
By CHARLES DICKENS
With illustrations by Marcus
Stone, Maurice
Greiffenhagen, and F. Walker
LONDON: CHAPMAN & HALL, LD.
NEW YORK: CHARLES ... |
Author: Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
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HUNTED DOWN [1860]
I.
Most of us see some romances in
life. In my capacity as Chief Manager of a Life Assurance
Office, I think I have within the last ... |
Author: Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
HOLIDAY ROMANCE
In Four Parts
PART I.
INTRODUCTORY ROMANCE PROM THE PEN OF
WILLIAM TINKLING, ESQ. [251]
This beginning-part is not made out
of anybody’s head, you know. It’s real.
You must believe this beginning-part more than what comes after,
else you won’t under... |
Author: Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
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and Reprinted Pieces” edition by David Price, email
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GEORGE SILVERMAN’S EXPLANATION
FIRST CHAPTER
It happened in this wise—
But, sitting with my pen in my hand looking at those words
again, without descryi... |
Author: Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
Dombey and Son
by Charles Dickens
[Illustration]
[Illustration]
Contents
CHAPTER I. Dombey and Son
CHAPTER II. In which Timely Provision is made for an Emergency that will sometimes arise in the best-regulated Families
CHAPTER III. In which Mr Dombey... |
Author: Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
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CONTENTS
PAGE
The Long Voyage
309
The Begging-letter Writer
317
A Child’s Dream of a Star
324
Our English Watering-place
327
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Author: Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
Sketches by Boz
Illustrative of Every-Day Life
and Every-Day People
by Charles Dickens
With Illustrations by George Cruickshank and Phiz
LONDON: CHAPMAN & HALL, ld.
NEW YORK: CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS
1903
PREFACE
The whole of these Sketches were w... |
Author: Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
OUR MUTUAL FRIEND
Charles Dickens
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BOOK THE FIRST — THE CUP AND
THE LIP Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5
... |
Author: Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
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Boz edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org
THE MUDFOG AND OTHER SKETCHES
CONTENTS
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Public Life of Mr. Tulrumble
495
Full Report of the First Meeting of the Mudfog
Association for the Advanc... |
Author: Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
[Illustration]
Time and his Wife
The Uncommercial
Traveller
By CHARLES DICKENS
With Illustrations by Harry
Furniss and A. J. Goodman
LONDON: CHAPMAN & HALL, LD.
NEW YORK: CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS
1905
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I. His General Line of Busi... |
Author: Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
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SKETCHES OF YOUNG COUPLES
CONTENTS
PAGE
An Urgent Remonstrance, &c.
447
The Young Couple
451
The Formal Couple
455
The Loving Couple
... |
Author: Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
BARNABY RUDGE
A TALE OF THE RIOTS OF ‘EIGHTY by Charles Dickens
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Author: Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
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SKETCHES OF YOUNG GENTLEMEN
p. 402TO THE YOUNG LADIES
OF THE
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland;
ALSO
THE YOUNG LADIES
OF
THE PRINCIPALITY OF
WALES,
AND LIKE... |
Author: Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
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Works of Charles Dickens, volume 28) by David Price, email
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SUNDAY UNDER THREE HEADS
By CHARLES DICKENS
LONDON: CHAPMAN & HALL, LD.
NEW YORK: CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS
1905
DEDICATION... |
Author: Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
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To be Read at Dusk
By CHARLES DICKENS
LONDON: CHAPMAN & HALL, LD.
NEW YORK: CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS
1905
One, two, thr... |
Author: Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
LITTLE DORRIT
By Charles Dickens
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PREFACE TO THE 1857 EDITION
BOOK THE FIRST: POVERTY
CHAPTER 1. Sun and Shadow
CHAPTER 2 Fellow Travellers
CHAPTER 3. Home
... |
Author: Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF NICHOLAS NICKLEBY,
Containing a Faithful Account of the Fortunes, Misfortunes,
Uprisings, Downfallings and Complete Career of the Nickelby Family
by Charles Dickens
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LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT
by Charles Dickens
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PREFACE
POSTSCRIPT
CHAPTER ONE
CHAPTER TWO
CHAPTE... |
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BLEAK HOUSE
by
Charles Dickens
CONTENTS
Preface
I. In Chancery
II. In Fashion
III. A Progress
IV. Telescopic Philanthropy
V. A Morning Adventure
VI. Quite at Home
VII. The Ghost's Walk
VIII. Covering a Multitude of Sins
IX. ... |
Author: Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
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“Christmas Stories” by David Price, email
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THREE GHOST STORIES
by Charles Dickens
CONTENTS
The Haunted House
121
The Trial For Murder
303
The Signal-Man
312
p. 121THE
HAUNTED HOU... |
Author: Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
The Seven Poor Travellers, by Charles Dickens
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Stories” by David Price, email ccx074@coventry.ac.uk
THE SEVEN POOR TRAVELLERS—IN THREE CHAPTERS
CHAPTER I—IN THE OLD CITY OF ROCHESTER
Strictly speaking, there we... |
Author: Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
The Holly-Tree, by Charles Dickens
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Stories” by David Price, email ccx074@coventry.ac.uk
THE HOLLY-TREE—THREE BRANCHES
FIRST BRANCH—MYSELF
I have kept one secret in the course of my life. I am a bashful
man. ... |
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Great Expectations
[1867 Edition]
by Charles Dickens
Contents
Chapter I.
Chapter II.
Chapter III.
Chapter IV.
Chapter V.
Chapter VI.
Chapter VII.
Chapter VIII.
Chapter IX.
Chapter X.
Chapter XI.
Ch... |
Author: Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
The Perils of Certain English Prisoners, by Charles Dickens
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THE PERILS OF CERTAIN ENGLISH PRISONERS
CHAPTER I—THE ISLAND OF SILVER-STORE
It was in the year of ... |
Author: Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
A Message from the Sea, by Charles Dickens
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A MESSAGE FROM THE SEA
CHAPTER I—THE VILLAGE
“And a mighty sing’lar and pretty place it is, as ever
I saw in all th... |
Author: Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
Tom Tiddler's Ground, by Charles Dickens
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edition by David Price, email ccx074@coventry.ac.uk
TOM TIDDLER’S GROUND
CHAPTER I—PICKING UP SOOT AND CINDERS
“And why Tom Tiddler’s ground?” said the Traveller.
“Becau... |
Author: Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
Mrs. Lirriper's Lodgings, by Charles Dickens
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edition by David Price, email ccx074@coventry.ac.uk
MRS. LIRRIPER’S LODGINGS
CHAPTER I—HOW MRS. LIRRIPER CARRIED ON THE BUSINESS
Whoever would begin to be worried wit... |
Author: Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
Mugby Junction, by Charles Dickens
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edition by David Price, email ccx074@coventry.ac.uk
MUGBY JUNCTION
CHAPTER I—BARBOX BROTHERS
I.
“Guard! What place is this?”
“Mugby Junction, sir.”
“A windy place!”
“Yes, ... |
Author: Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
Mrs. Lirriper's Legacy, by Charles Dickens
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MRS. LIRRIPER’S LEGACY
CHAPTER I—MRS. LIRRIPER RELATES HOW SHE WENT ON, AND WENT
OVER
Ah! It’s pleasant to drop in... |
Author: Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
Going into Society, by Charles Dickens
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Stories” by David Price, email ccx074@coventry.ac.uk
GOING INTO SOCIETY
At one period of its reverses, the House fell into the occupation
of a Showman. He was found regi... |
Author: Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
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(Works of Charles Dickens, Volume 19) by David
Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org
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MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS
BY
CHARLES DICKENS
CONTENTS
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The Agricultural Interest (Morning Chronicl... |
Author: Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
The Wreck of the Golden Mary, by Charles Dickens
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Stories” by David Price, email ccx074@coventry.ac.uk
THE WRECK OF THE GOLDEN MARY
THE WRECK
I was apprenticed to the Sea when I was twelve years old, and I have... |
Author: Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
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edition, Volume 1, by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org
Some Short Christmas Stories
by
Charles Dickens
CONTENTS.
PAGE
A Christmas Tree
1
What Christmas is as we Grow Older
23
The Poor... |
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THE MAGIC FISHBONE
BY CHARLES DICKENS
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS
BY S. BEATRICE PEARSE
[Pg 4]
The Queen
[Pg 5]
THE MAGIC
FISHBONE
A HOLIDAY ROMANCE
FROM THE PEN OF
MISS ALICE RAINBIRD
AGED 7.
BY
CHARLES DICKENS
LONDON: CONSTABLE AND CO. ... |
Author: Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
Frontispiece.
LITTLE NELL AND HER GRANDFATHER.
[1]
CHARLES DICKENS'
Children Stories
RE-TOLD BY HIS GRANDDAUGHTER
AND OTHERS
WITH TWELVE FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS
PHILADELPHIA
HENRY ALTEMUS COMPANY
[2]
Copyright, 1900, by
HENRY ALTEMUS COMPANY
[3]
T... |
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Faithfully yours
Charles Dickens, handwritten
Faithfully yours
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Faithfully yours
Charles Dickens, handwritten
Faithfully yours
Charles Dickens, handwritten
P E A R L - F I S H I N G.
CHOICE STORIES,
FROM
SECOND S... |
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