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A collection of essays which provide critical commentary on Charles Dickens' "Hard Times"; includes a brief introduction to Dickens' life and times, summaries of the novel's themes, and a chronology of Dickens' life and career.

Presents a brief history behind Charles Dicken's "Oliver Twist," and describes how nineteenth-century working conditions and the author's life influenced the themes of the novel.

Daffy Duck, the stingy proprietor of the Lucky Duck megamart, demands that his employees work on Christmas in order to take advantage of last-minute shoppers.

Presents the complete text of Charles Dickens' classic novel along with background and source information and twenty essays that critically examine his work.

A visual interpretation of the nineteenth century London of Dickens' time.

A graphic novel retelling of Charles Dickens' novel in which Pip, an orphan in Victorian England, learns that a mysterious benefactor has ensured that he will be educated and raised as a gentleman.

The orphan Pip, the convict Magwitch, the beautiful Estella and her guardian, the embittered and vengeful Miss Havisham, the strangely ambiguous figure of the master lawyer Mr.

This tale of the orphan who is reared in a workhouse, runs away to London where he is captured by thieves and finally escapes, is a novel of social protest, a morality tale, and a detective story.

The first part of the book is on Realism, with essays on Balzac, Dickens, and Gogol.

Becoming Dickens tells the story of how an ambitious young Londoner became England's greatest novelist.