Books with title Delphi Complete Works of Charles Dickens

Widely considered the greatest author of the Victorian era, Charles Dickens enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime, winning universal praise as a literary genius. Dickens’ novels and beloved tales not only entertained the world, but helped to improve the lives of the lower classes and fight social injustices. For the first time in publishing history, this comprehensive eBook presents Dickens’ complete works, with hundreds of illustrations, many rare texts, informative introductions and a treasure trove of Delphi bonus material. (Version 13)* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Dickens’ life and works* Original introductions to the novels and other works* ALL 15 novels, with individual contents tables* The novels are illustrated with their original Phiz and Cruikshank illustrations – enjoy the true spirit of Dickens’ works* Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original Victorian texts* Excellent formatting of the texts* Special ‘Droodiana’ section, with four different continuations of the unfinished THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD – first time in digital print* The Christmas Books are fully illustrated with their original artwork* Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the short stories* Easily locate the poems or short stories you want to read* Includes Dickens’ plays, speeches, letters and rare non-fiction - spend hours exploring the author’s diverse works* Rare works often missed out of other collections and appearing here for the first time in digital print* Adaptations section, with Dickensiana works inspired by the great man’s novels* Special criticism section, with 23 books and essays evaluating Dickens’ contribution to literature, including seminal works by Gissing, Chesterton and Lang* Features 8 biographies, including Forster’s landmark work - discover Dickens’ literary and personal life* Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres* UPDATED with revised texts, improved images and many new featuresPlease visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titlesCONTENTS:The NovelsTHE PICKWICK PAPERSOLIVER TWISTNICHOLAS NICKLEBYTHE OLD CURIOSITY SHOPBARNABY RUDGEMARTIN CHUZZLEWITDOMBEY AND SONDAVID COPPERFIELDBLEAK HOUSEHARD TIMESLITTLE DORRITA TALE OF TWO CITIESGREAT EXPECTATIONSOUR MUTUAL FRIENDTHE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROODDroodianaTHE CLOVEN FOOT by Robert Henry NewellJOHN JASPER’S SECRET by Henry MorfordPART SECOND OF THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD by Thomas JamesA GREAT MYSTERY SOLVED by Gillan VaseThe Christmas NovellasA CHRISTMAS CAROLTHE CHIMESTHE CRICKET ON THE HEARTHTHE BATTLE OF LIFETHE HAUNTED MAN AND THE GHOST’S BARGAINThe Short Story CollectionsSKETCHES BY BOZMASTER HUMPHREY’S CLOCKCHRISTMAS NUMBERS OF ‘HOUSEHOLD WORDS’CHRISTMAS NUMBERS OF ‘ALL THE YEAR ROUND’MISCELLANEOUS SHORT STORIESREPRINTED PIECESThe Short StoriesLIST OF SHORT STORIES AND SKETCHES IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDERLIST OF SHORT STORIES AND SKETCHES IN ALPHABETICAL ORDERThe PlaysTHE STRANGE GENTLEMANTHE VILLAGE COQUETTESIS SHE HIS WIFE?THE LAMPLIGHTERMR. NIGHTINGALE’S DIARYTHE FROZEN DEEPNO THOROUGHFAREThe PoetryTHE COLLECTED POETRY OF CHARLES DICKENSThe Non-FictionMEMOIRS OF JOSEPH GRIMALDI BY THOMAS EGERTON WILKSAMERICAN NOTESPICTURES FROM ITALYTHE LIFE OF OUR LORDA CHILD’S HISTORY OF ENGLANDTHE UNCOMMERCIAL TRAVELLERTHE SPEECHESTHE LETTERSMISCELLANEOUS PAPERSThe AdaptationsRARE ADAPTATIONS OF DICKENS' WORKSThe Criticism23 BOOKS AND ESSAYSThe BiographiesTHE LIFE OF CHARLES DICKENS by John ForsterFORSTER’S LIFE OF DICKENS (ABRIDGED) by George GissingSIX MORE BIOGRAPHIESPlease visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles or to purchase this eBook as a Parts Edition of individual eBooks

2012 is the two-hundredth anniversary of the birth of one of our greatest and most important novelists, Charles Dickens. To celebrate we're publishing six of his works in this exclusive and sumptuous boxed set of lavish, clothbound editions, designed by Penguin's own award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith. Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design.

*This Book is annotated (it contains a detailed biography of the author). *An active Table of Contents has been added by the publisher for a better customer experience. *This book has been checked and corrected for spelling errors. Charles John Huffam Dickens ( 7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime, and by the twentieth century critics and scholars had recognised him as a literary genius. His novels and short stories enjoy lasting popularity.This publication brings together the complete 15 novels written by Charles Dickens.THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROODTHE PICKWICK PAPERSOLIVER TWISTTHE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF NICHOLAS NICKLEBYTHE OLD CURIOSITY SHOPBARNABY RUDGELIFE AND ADVENTURES OF MARTIN CHUZZLEWITDOMBEY AND SONDAVID COPPERFIELDBLEAK HOUSEHARD TIMESLITTLE DORRITA TALE OF TWO CITIESGREAT EXPECTATIONSOUR MUTUAL FRIEND

It is impossible to overstate the importance of British novelist CHARLES DICKENS (1812-1870) not only to literature in the English language, but to Western civilization on the whole. He is arguably the first fiction writer to have become an international celebrity. He popularized episodic fiction and the cliffhanger, which had a profound influence on the development of film and television. He is entirely responsible for the popular image of Victorian London that still lingers today, and his characters-from Oliver Twist to Ebenezer Scrooge, from Miss Havisham to Uriah Heep-have become not merely iconic, but mythic. But it was his stirring portraits of ordinary people-not the upper classes or the aristocracy-and his fervent cries for social, moral, and legal justice for the working poor, and in particular for poor children, in the grim early decades of the Industrial Revolution that powerfully impacted social concerns well into the 20th century. Without Charles Dickens, we may never have seen the likes of Sherlock Holmes, Upton Sinclair, or even Bob Dylan. Here, in 30 beautiful volumes-complete with all the original illustrations-is every published word written by one of the most important writers ever. The essential collector's set will delight anyone who cherishes English literature...and who takes pleasure in constantly rediscovering its joys. This volume contains Oliver Twist, Dickens's second novel, which was serialized in Bentley's Miscellany from February 1837 to April 1839. A stunning example of the social novel-and the first novel ever to focus on a child character-it is one of Dickens's most compelling works.

Charles Dickens is the greatest writer of the Victorian era who became the classic of English literature while still being alive. This book contains the cream of author's creations. Here can be found an amusing novel about the adventures of English gentlemen The Pickwick Papers and fascinating story Great Expectations about wealth that came upon a young apprentice Pip. The book is garnished with such novels as Oliver Twist which is about a young vagrant who unexpectedly finds relatives and David Copperfield that describes the power of human will in overcoming any difficulties on the way to happiness. Dickens can be called one of the most human loving authors, he teaches the reader to be sincerely happy or sad. To be sad because of the horrible misery the characters of his books feel, to be happy due to kind and soft humour inseparable with the narration of his characters' life adventures.

In the early years of the nineteenth century, Charles and Mary Lamb published several children’s books, including the famous ‘Tales from Shakespeare’, which would have a lasting influence on the course of children’s literature. Charles Lamb is also notable for his essays under the pseudonym Elia for the London Magazine. His style is highly personal and mannered, conjuring nostalgic scenes with humour and pathos. This comprehensive eBook presents Charles and Mary Lamb’s complete works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts appearing in digital print for the first time, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1)* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to the authors’ lives and works* Concise introductions to the famous texts* Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts* Excellent formatting of the texts* Famous works such as ‘Tales from Shakespeare’ and ‘The Adventures of Ulysses’ are fully illustrated with their original artwork* Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the poetry* Easily locate the poems you want to read* Includes Lamb’s complete prose works* Features Charles and Mary Lamb’s letters - spend hours exploring the authors’ personal correspondence* Special criticism section, with 9 essays evaluating Charles Lamb’s contribution to literature* Features four biographies, including Gilchrist’s seminal work on Mary Lamb - discover the authors’ intriguing lives* Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genresPlease visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titlesCONTENTS:The Collaborative WorksJOHN WOODVILTALES FROM SHAKESPEAREMRS. LEICESTER’S SCHOOLPOETRY FOR CHILDRENCharles Lamb’s FictionA TALE OF ROSAMUND GRAY AND OLD BLIND MARGARETTHE ADVENTURES OF ULYSSESCharles Lamb’s PlaysMR H.; OR BEWARE A BAD NAMETHE PAWNBROKER’S DAUGHTERTHE WITCHTHE WIFE’S TRIALCharles Lamb’s Non-FictionON THE TRAGEDIES OF SHAKESPEAREWITCHES AND OTHER NIGHT FEARSELIA AND THE LAST ESSAYS OF ELIARECOLLECTIONS OF CHRIST’S HOSPITALMISCELLANEOUS PROSECharles Lamb’s PoetryPOEMS FROM BLANK VERSETHE KING AND QUEEN OF HEARTSPRINCE DORUSSATAN IN SEARCH OF A WIFEALBUM VERSESMISCELLANEOUS POEMSThe PoemsLIST OF POEMS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDERLIST OF POEMS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDERMary Lamb’s EssayON NEEDLE-WORK BY ‘SEMPRONIA’The LettersTHE LETTERS OF CHARLES AND MARY LAMBThe CriticismCHARLES LAMB by Thomas de QuinceyELIA, AND GEOFFREY CRAYON by William HazlittCHARLES LAMB by Walter PaterCHARLES LAMB by Arthur SymonsCHARLES LAMB by John Cowper PowysCHARLES LAMB by Charles Edwyn VaughanCHARLES LAMB by S. P. B. MaisCHARLES LAMB by Hattie Tyng GriswoldCHARLES LAMB by Augustine BirrellTHE LETTERS OF CHARLES LAMB by Augustine BirrellCHARLES LAMB by A. St. John AdcockThe BiographiesCHARLES LAMB by Walter JerroldCHARLES LAMB: A MEMOIR by Barry CornwallCHARLES LAMB by Alfred AingerMARY LAMB by Mrs. GilchristPlease visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles or to purchase this eBook as a Parts Edition of individual eBooks

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.