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"The Lamplighter" is ironic and iconic Dickens. A story within a story about dreams of wealth, with Dickensian wit throughout. A treat for Dickens fans who have not heard this lovely story before. (American accent narration.)

Em Um conto de Natal, Charles Dickens apresenta um dos personagens mais fascinantes da literatura universal, o mal humorado, avarento e rabugento Scrooge, em toda sua frieza, impermeável aos sentimentos alheios. Para penetrar essa carcaça endurecida pelos percalços enfrentados ao longo da vida, atuam as forças sobrenaturais, que colocam Scrooge frente às lembranças de uma época em que ele era mais humano, resgatando aos poucos o seu coração e fazendo-o olhar para o presente com o mesmo diapasão do passado.

Charles Dickens' classic story written from the persepctive of middle age, looking back at what the Christmas tree had meant to him as a boy. The tale has a moderately Christian undertone that will be warm for most moderately religious people. A unique story about looking backward at Christmastime and a worthy companion to A Christmas Carol.

This story wonderfully combines a murder trial and apparitions - or more plainly, ghosts. It describes a moment in the life of a bored bank official who has an alarming experience. A great story, smoothly presented by the pen of Dickens. (American accent narration.)

The Uncommercial Traveller is a collection of literary sketches and reminiscences written by Charles Dickens, published in 1860-1861. In 1859 Dickens founded a new journal called All the Year Round, and the "Uncommercial Traveller" articles would be among his main contributions. He seems to have chosen the title and persona of the Uncommercial Traveller as a result of a speech he gave on 22 December 1859 to the Commercial Travellers' School London in his role as honorary chairman and treasurer.

Anch'egli, in fondo al cuore, rideva: e gli bastava questo e non chiedeva altro. In questa natalizia storia di fantasmi Charles Dickens ci conquista da subito con la sua irriverente ironia, per farci poi scendere nel profondo dei segreti più teneri dell’animo di Scrooge, con passo talmente delicato che non ce ne accorgiamo nemmeno.

„Wer ihn sah in seinem Studierzimmer - halb Bibliothek, halb Laboratorium - er war ein weltberühmter Gelehrter und Chemiker und täglich hingen Hunderte an seinen Lippen - wer ihn dort sah in einsamer Winternacht - unbeweglich - umgeben von seinen Giften und seinen Instrumenten und Büchern, wenn der Schatten seiner Schirmlampe wie ein riesiger Käfer an der Wand hockte und der flackernde Schein des Feuers gespenstische Gestalten malte auf die Wandlungen der fremdartigen, seltsam aussehenden Phiolen, der fühlte, der Mann ist behext und das Zimmer dazu.”

The Old Curiosity Shop is one of two novels (the other being Barnaby Rudge) which Charles Dickens published along with short stories in his weekly serial Master Humphrey's Clock, from 1840 to 1841. It was so popular that New York readers stormed the wharf when the ship bearing the final installment arrived in 1841. The plot follows the life of Nell Trent and her grandfather, both residents of The Old Curiosity Shop in London.

The most gorgeously theatrical of all Dickens's novels, Nicholas Nickleby follows the delightful adventures of a hearty young hero in 19th-century England. Nicholas, a gentleman's son fallen upon hard times, must set out to make his way in the world. His journey is accompanied by some of the most swaggering scoundrels and unforgettable eccentrics in Dickens's pantheon.

A Tale of Two Cities is a story of love, mystery, suspense, and action all rolled up into one beautifully written novel taking place in two prominent cities, Paris and London, during the French Revolution. The story follows the release and rehabilitation of Dr. Manette, a man falsely imprisoned in the Bastille in France for almost two decades. While trouble is brewing in France with citizens being starved and taxed to death, Dr. Manette is taken to London by Mr. Lorrie, a prominent business man, and Lucie, Dr. Manette's daughter.

La novela de Dickens, "Tiempos difíciles" se desarrolla en Inglaterra en la segunda mitad del siglo XIX, época de la Segunda Revolución Industrial, donde puede verse reflejado la calidad de vida de los obreros, sus problemas, en contraste con la gran vida que tienen los empresarios. Tomas Gradgind es un hombre al que sólo le interesan la realidad y las cosas serias, nunca utiliza la imaginación, tiene dos hijos Luisa y Tomas, a los que desde pequeños les ha educado con sus ideales sin dejarles usar la imaginación.

Charles Darnay is a French noble falsely accused of treason. Sydney Carton is a self-loathing junior barrister enlisted to defend him. Between them is a shared love for the daughter of a former Bastille prisoner. Soon, their interlocking fates will be decided, as the French Revolution is ignited and the Reign of Terror begins.

Oliver Twist ist ein Gesellschaftsroman von Charles Dickens, der unter dem vollständigen Titel „Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy’s Progress“ („Oliver Twist oder der Weg des Fürsorgezöglings“) von Februar 1837 bis April 1839 in Fortsetzungen in der Zeitschrift „Bentley’s Miscellany“ erschien. Oliver Twist ist Dickens’ zweiter Roman. Er wurde mehrfach für Theater, Kino, Fernsehen und Comic adaptiert. Der Roman erzählt die Geschichte des Findelkindes und Waisenjungen Oliver Twist, der im Armenhaus aufwächst, ohne etwas über seine Herkunft zu wissen.

Am Heiligen Abend erscheint dem herzlosen, geizigen und widerlichen Geschäftemacher Ebnezer Scrooge der Geist seines verstorbenen Partners Marley und zeigt ihm die Folgen von Habgier und Einsamkeit. Scrooge ist zutiefst beunruhigt. „Wie ein Christbaum ohne Kerzen ist Weihnachten ohne dieses wunderschöne Märchen von Charles Dickens.“

„Toby Veck war nämlich Dienstmann und wartete dort auf seine Aufträge. Im Winter zu warten war‘s freilich eine windige Stelle, wo man die Gänsehaut bekam, rote Augen und blaue Nasen und sich Zähneklappern und erfrorene Zehen holen konnte. Toby Veck wusste davon ein Lied zu singen. Der Wind blies pfeifend um die Ecke, besonders der Ost. Als wenn er von den äußersten Grenzen der Erde daherkäme, um Toby anzublasen. Und manchmal schien er ihn früher angetroffen zu haben, als er vermutete, denn wenn er um die Ecke kam und an Toby vorüberfuhr, kehrte er plötzlich wieder um, als wollte er sagen, aha, da ist er ja schon.

„Mr. Craggs schien selbst mit seinen Türangeln zu knirschen, als er seine Meinung darlegte, deren Eindruck er durch sein Äußeres bedeutend verstärkte, denn er war ein kalter, trockener, finsterer Mann, in Grau und Weiß gehüllt wie ein Feuerstein, und hatte kleine funkelnde Augen, als ob man Feuer aus ihnen schlüge.

„Mrs. Peerybingle ging in die unheimliche Dämmerung hinaus und klapperte mit ihren Pantoffeln, unendlich viele rohe Abdrücke des ersten Euklidischen Lehrsatzes auf dem Hofe zurücklassend, über die nassen Steine, um den Kessel aus dem Wasserfass zu füllen. Sodann kehrte sie in das Haus zurück, d. h. ohne die Pantoffel - und das ist ein großer Unterschied, denn die Pantoffel waren hoch und Mrs. Peerybingle war klein - und nun stellte sie den Kessel ans Feuer. Dabei verschwand ihre gute Laune, oder Mrs. Peerybingle hatte sie beiseitegelegt.

A hilarious Dickens story, with his masterly story-within-a-story format, about a sideshow and the various characters who inhabit it - especially a dwarf who seeks to gain property and go into society. He gets the money by winning a lottery and does enter into society, with hilarious and sad results. A rollicking good time, "Going into Society" is reminiscent of O'Henry and Mark Twain, too. One of Dickens' best humorous stories. Read by an American voice, per listener request.

Three Ghost Stories is just that: a collection of three different stories that are true Gothic classics. The three stories, The Signal Man, The Haunted House and The Trial for Murder were sensational for their time and continue to hold up well, thanks to Charles Dickens' superb skills at storytelling. The Signal Man is the most well known of the three, chronicling the haunting of a railroad signal man who is visited by a ghost just before a tragic event is to happen on the railway. If you like Dickens and tales of spectres and the supernatural, you'll love Three Ghost Stories.

"The Trial for Murder" is a short story written by Charles Dickens. It was originally published under the title "To Be Taken with a Grain of Salt" as a chapter in Dr. Marigold's Prescriptions in an extra Christmas volume of the weekly literary magazine, All the Year Round. It was later published in 1866 in a collection of ghost stories known as "Three Ghost Stories", along with "The Haunted House" and "The Signal-Man".