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‎Charles Dickens‎

‎Nicholas Nickleby Charles Dickens‎

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‎Charles Dickens‎

‎The Old Curiosity Shop Charles Dickens‎

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‎DICKENS, Charles‎

‎The Personal History of David Copperfield.‎

‎Hodder and Stoughton London. 1911. First edition thus: illustrated by Frank Reynolds. Quarto. 572 pages. Twenty-one tipped-in colour plates each with a captioned tissue guard. Pictorial endpapers. Binding of red buckram with gilt vignette and decoration.Light spotting to edges. Near fine in original creased and torn tissue and housed in the publishers' box which is also near fine. Hodder and Stoughton, London. hardcover‎

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‎Charles Dickens‎

‎Dickens's Works. Martin Chuzzlewit.‎

‎<p>circa 1840. First edition. Fine. 14 20 4. Two volumes. Tan calf spine with blue and red marbled paper boards. All edges and end papers marbled to match. Red title plate with gilt lettering banding and decoration on the spine. Illustrated by Phiz. <strong>It is the intent of F.B.A. to provide an in-depth photographic presentation of this book offered so to almost stimulate your feel and touch on the book. If requested more traditional book descriptions are immediately available</strong> A well-kept and unusual First Edition copy <strong><em>The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit</em></strong> commonly known as <strong><em>Martin Chuzzlewit</em></strong> is a novel by Charles Dickens considered the last of his picaresque novels. It was originally serialised between 1842 and 1844. While he was writing it Dickens told a friend that he thought it was his best work but it was one of his least popular novels. The late nineteenth century English novelist George Gissing read the novel in February 1888 "for refreshment" but felt that it showed "incomprehensible weakness of story". Like nearly all of Dickens's novels <em>Martin Chuzzlewit</em> was first published in monthly instalments. Early sales of the monthly parts were disappointing compared to previous works so Dickens changed the plot to send the title character to the United States. Dickens had visited America in 1842 in part as a failed attempt to get the US publishers to honour copyright laws. He satirized the country as a place filled with self-promoting hucksters eager to sell land sight unseen. In later editions and in his second visit 24 years later to a much-changed US he made clear it was satire and not a balanced image of nation in a speech and then included that speech in all future editions. The main theme of the novel according to Dickens's preface is selfishness portrayed in a satirical fashion using all the members of the Chuzzlewit family. The novel is also notable for two of Dickens's great villains Seth Pecksniff and Jonas Chuzzlewit. Dickens introduced the first private detective character in this novel. It is dedicated to Angela Georgina Burdett-Coutts a friend of Dickens. <strong>PLOT </strong> Martin Chuzzlewit has been raised by his grandfather and namesake. Years before Martin senior took the precaution of raising an orphaned girl Mary Graham to be his companion and nursemaid with the understanding that she will receive income from him only as long as Martin senior lives. Old Martin considers that this gives her a motive to keep him alive in contrast to his relatives who want to inherit his money. His grandson Martin falls in love with Mary and wishes to marry her conflicting with Old Martin's plans. Martin and his grandfather argue each too proud to yield to a resolution. Martin leaves home to live on his own and old Martin disinherits him. Martin becomes an apprentice at the late age of 21 to Seth Pecksniff a relative and greedy architect. Instead of teaching his students he lives off their tuition fees and has them do draughting work that he passes off as his own. He has two spoiled daughters Charity and Mercy nicknamed Cherry and Merry. Pecksniff takes Martin on to establish closer ties with his wealthy grandfather. Young Martin befriends Tom Pinch a kind-hearted soul whose late grandmother gave Pecksniff all she had in the belief that Pecksniff would make an architect and a gentleman of him. Pinch is incapable of believing any of the bad things others tell him of Pecksniff and always defends him vociferously. Pinch works for exploitatively low wages while believing that he is the unworthy recipient of Pecksniff's charity rather than a man of many talents. Martin spends one week at the house of Pecksniff. Alone with Tom as the family spends the week in London. Martin draws the designs for a school during that week. When Pecksniff returns they argue and Martin leaves once again to make his way alone. When Old Martin learns of his grandson's new life he asks that Pecksniff kicks young Martin out. Soon old Martin and Mary arrive in the area. He seems to fall under Pecksniff's control. During this time Pinch falls in love with Mary who loves to hear him play the organ but does not declare his feelings both because of his shyness and because he knows she is attached to young Martin. Old Martin's brother Anthony Chuzzlewit is in business with his son Jonas. Despite their considerable wealth they are miserly and cruel. Jonas eager for the old man to die so that he can inherit constantly berates his father. Anthony dies abruptly and under suspicious circumstances leaving his wealth to Jonas. Jonas then woos Cherry while arguing constantly with Merry. He then abruptly declares to Pecksniff that he wants to marry Merry and jilts Cherry not without demanding an additional £1000 on top of the £4000 that Pecksniff has promised him as Cherry's dowry with the argument that Cherry has better chances for matchmaking. Jonas becomes entangled with the unscrupulous Montague Tigg formerly a petty thief and hanger-on of a Chuzzlewit relative Chevy Slyme and joins in Tigg's crooked insurance business. As Martin raises funds in London Tigg cheats young Martin at the pawn shop of the full value of his valuable pocket watch. Tigg uses the funds to transform himself into a con man with a new personal appearance calls himself "Tigg Montague" and rents a fine office. This new image convinces investors that he is an important businessman from whom they may greatly profit. At this time Pecksniff in front of old Martin orders Tom Pinch out of his house. Tom Pinch abruptly sees the true character of his employer and goes to London to seek new employment. He meets John Westlock in London a good friend. Tom Pinch rescues his sister Ruth from mistreatment by the family that employs her as a governess and the two rent rooms in Islington. Pinch quickly receives an ideal job from a mysterious employer with the help of an equally mysterious Mr Fips. Young Martin meanwhile has encountered Mark Tapley who is always cheerful jolly in his own words. Mark is happy at the inn where he works which he decides does not reflect well on him because it shows no strength of character to be happy when one has good fortune. Mark leaves his employment and heads to London to find a situation to test his cheerfulness by maintaining it in worse circumstances. To this end he accompanies young Martin to the United States to seek their fortunes with Mark calling Martin "sir" and doing Martin's bidding an easy relationship for Martin. Martin believes the words of men in New York selling land unseen along a major American river thinking that place will need an architect for new buildings despite the views of Mr Bevan whom they met in New York upon arrival. They travel by train and river boat first to purchase the land at the office in the city up the river. They proceed to Eden a swampy disease-filled settlement. They find it nearly empty of people or buildings as previous settlers mainly died. Mark aids a couple who watch their children die in Eden. Then Martin soon followed by Mark fall ill of malaria. Mark decides that being with Martin and being in Eden is a situation in which it can be considered a virtue to remain in good spirits. The grim experience of Eden with Mark nursing Martin back to health and then Martin nursing Mark from the illness changes Martin's selfish character. He understands when Mark suggests that he could get on better terms with his grandfather by apologizing. The men return to England where Martin seeks reconciliation with his grandfather who is still with Pecksniff. His grandfather hears him and agrees to repay Mr Bevan in New York for the fare of the journey back to England. Martin reunites with Tom Pinch in London and meets John Westlock. Old Martin Chuzzlewit shows himself at Tom Pinch's office revealing himself as the mysterious employer. Old Martin has been pretending to be in thrall to Pecksniff while keeping up with other more important members of his extended family. While Martin was in America a witness came forward to John Westlock who believed Jonas had killed his own father using drugs the witness gave him in trade for erasing a gambling debt. Chuffey who survives his master Anthony Chuzzlewit had seen the drugs and prevented Jonas from using them on his father who died a natural death. The London police including Chevy Slime nephew of Old Martin have discovered the body of Tigg Montague and have the benefit of the information gathered by Montague's investigator Nadgett to know the murderer. At the home shared by Jonas and his wife Merry and Mr Chuffey the police and old Chuzzlewit confront Jonas. Jonas is saved of the charge of murdering his father by Chuffey's story. Jonas is taken for the murder of Montague who had fooled him and taken his money. Montague's one true partner escaped with the funds on hand out of England. Old Martin has taken Merry Pecksniff Chuzzlewit under his protection as she was an abused wife with none of her happy ways left. Old Martin with his grandson Mary and Tom Pinch confront Pecksniff with their knowledge of his true character. Pecksniff is alone now and without funds as he was taken in by Montague. His daughters have both moved on. Old Martin reveals that he was angry at his grandson for becoming engaged to Mary because he had planned to arrange that particular match himself and felt that his glory had been thwarted by their action. Martin and his grandfather are reconciled and Martin and Mary are married as are Ruth Pinch and John Westlock another former student of Pecksniff. Tom Pinch remains in unrequited love with Mary for the rest of his life never marrying and always being a warm companion to Mary Martin Ruth and John who now knows his value and his skills. The novel has been seen by some Americans as unfairly critical of the United States although Dickens himself wrote it as satire similar in spirit to his "attacks" on certain people and particular institutions back home in England in novels such as <em>Oliver Twist</em>. Dickens was serious about reforms in his home country and is credited with achieving changes notably in the workhouse system and child labour. Such satirical depictions by him and other authors contributed to the call for legislative reform. Fraud in selling land sight unseen is shown as a common event in the United States. Most Americans are satirically portrayed: they proclaim their equality and their love of freedom and egalitarianism at every opportunity. Those who have travelled to England claim to have been received only by aristocrats. One character Mr Bevan is the voice of reason and a useful friend to Martin and Mark. The United States is described as "so maimed and lame so full of sores and ulcers foul to the eye and almost hopeless to the sense that her best friends turn from the loathsome creature with disgust". Dickens attacks the institution of slavery in the United States in the following words: "Thus the stars wink upon the bloody stripes; and Liberty pulls down her cap upon her eyes and owns oppression in its vilest aspect for her sister. Britain outlawed the institution of slavery from the UK itself long before the US did and outlawed the slave trade in the British Empire in 1807 so the sight of slaves and the still lively debates on keeping or abolishing the practice in the US were an easy stimulant for satire by an English writer. George L. Rives wrote that "It is perhaps not too much to say that the publication of <em>Martin Chuzzlewit</em> did more than almost any other one thing to drive the United States and England in the direction of war" over the Oregon boundary dispute which was eventually resolved via diplomacy rather than war. In 1868 Dickens returned to the US and at a banquet in his honour hosted by the press in New York City delivered an after-dinner speech in which he acknowledged the positive transformation which the United States had undergone and apologized for his previous negative reaction on his visit decades before. Furthermore he announced that he would have the speech appended to each future edition of <em>American Notes</em> and <em>Martin Chuzzlewit</em> and the volumes have been emended as such in all successive publications. In 1844 the novel was adapted into a stage play at the Queen's Theatre featuring Thomas Manders in drag as Sarah Gamp. The first stage performance in the 20th century came in 1993 at the Royal Theatre Northampton. Adapted by Lyn Robertson Hay and directed by Michael Napier Brown the production starred singer Aled Jones and featured Katharine Schlesinger and Colin Atkins. A short film adaptation of the novel was released in 1912. The novel has been adapted twice by the BBC firstly as a 13-part serial in 1964 starring Gary Raymond and Richard Pearson and then as a television miniseries of the same title in 1994 starring Paul Scofield and Pete Postlethwaite. George F. Will has written of Pecksniffian Comstockery. <strong>Charles John Huffam Dickens</strong> FRSA 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 by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime and by the 20th century critics and scholars had recognised him as a literary genius. His novels and short stories are widely read today. Born in Portsmouth Dickens left school to work in a factory when his father was incarcerated in a debtors' prison. Despite his lack of formal education he edited a weekly journal for 20 years wrote 15 novels five novellas hundreds of short stories and non-fiction articles lectured and performed readings extensively was an indefatigable letter writer and campaigned vigorously for children's rights education and other social reforms. Dickens's literary success began with the 1836 serial publication of <em>The Pickwick Papers</em> a publishing phenomenon—thanks largely to the introduction of the character Sam Weller in the fourth episode—that sparked <em>Pickwick</em> merchandise and spin-offs. Within a few years Dickens had become an international literary celebrity famous for his humour satire and keen observation of character and society. His novels most of them published in monthly or weekly instalments pioneered the serial publication of narrative fiction which became the dominant Victorian mode for novel publication. Cliffhanger endings in his serial publications kept readers in suspense. The instalment format allowed Dickens to evaluate his audience's reaction and he often modified his plot and character development based on such feedback. For example when his wife's chiropodist expressed distress at the way Miss Mowcher in <em>David Copperfield</em> seemed to reflect her disabilities Dickens improved the character with positive features. His plots were carefully constructed and he often wove elements from topical events into his narratives. Masses of the illiterate poor would individually pay a halfpenny to have each new monthly episode read to them opening up and inspiring a new class of readers. His 1843 novella <em>A Christmas Carol</em> remains especially popular and continues to inspire adaptations in every artistic genre. <em>Oliver Twist</em> and <em>Great Expectations</em> are also frequently adapted and like many of his novels evoke images of early Victorian London. His 1859 novel <em>A Tale of Two Cities</em> set in London and Paris is his best-known work of historical fiction. The most famous celebrity of his era he undertook in response to public demand a series of public reading tours in the later part of his career. The term <em>Dickensian</em> is used to describe something that is reminiscent of Dickens and his writings such as poor social or working conditions or comically repulsive characters. <strong>Dickens gave recitals of his work in FBA's Bar Street's neighbouring street in Scarborough.</strong></p> hardcover‎

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‎Charles Dickens‎

‎The Pickwick Papers. Charles Dickens Volumes I. & II.‎

‎<p>Beige cloth spine with gilt title and brown figure on the spine. Beige boards with brown title and gilt seated figure on the front board. Dimensions are for one volume.</p><p><strong>Illustrated in colour by Cecil Aldin.</strong></p> Chapman & Hall. hardcover‎

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‎Charles Dickens‎

‎Dombey and Son.‎

‎<p>Tan spine with gilt banding and title on the spine. faded blue marbled boards.</p> Bradbury & Evans hardcover‎

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‎Charles Dickens‎

‎Dombey and Son. 1848.‎

‎<p>Red Leather spine and corners. Red and blue marbled paper boards Gilt title banding and decoration on the spine. Illustrations by Phiz.</p><p>Very Good condition <strong>Hablot K Browne "Phiz" illustrator.</strong></p><p>First Edition <strong><em>Dombey and Son</em></strong> is a novel by English author Charles Dickens. It follows the fortunes of a shipping firm owner who is frustrated at the lack of a son to follow him in his footsteps; he initially rejects his daughter's love before eventually becoming reconciled with her before his death. The story features many Dickensian themes such as arranged marriages child cruelty betrayal deceit and relations between people from different British social classes. The novel was first published in monthly parts between 1846 and 1848 with illustrations by Hablot Knight Browne "Phiz". <em>Dombey and Son</em> appeared in monthly parts from 1 October 1846 to 1 April 1848 and in one volume in 1848. Its full title is <em>Dealings with the Firm of Dombey and Son: Wholesale Retail and for Exportation.</em> Dickens started writing the book in Lausanne Switzerland before returning to England via Paris to complete it. <strong>PLOT SUMMARY </strong> The story concerns Paul Dombey the wealthy owner of the shipping company of the book's title whose dream is to have a son to continue his business. The book begins when his son is born and Dombey's wife dies shortly after giving birth. Following the advice of Mrs Louisa Chick his sister Dombey employs a wet nurse named Mrs Richards Toodle. Dombey already has a six-year-old daughter Florence but bitter at her not having been the desired boy he neglects her continually. One day Mrs Richards Florence and her maid Susan Nipper secretly pay a visit to Mrs Richard's house in Staggs's Gardens so that Mrs Richards can see her children. During this trip Florence becomes separated from them and is kidnapped for a short time by Good Mrs Brown before being returned to the streets. She makes her way to Dombey and Son's offices in the city and there is found and brought home by Walter Gay an employee of Mr Dombey who first introduces her to his uncle the navigation instrument maker Solomon Gills at his shop The Wooden Midshipman. The child named Paul after his father is a weak and sickly child who does not socialise normally with others; adults call him "old fashioned". He is intensely fond of his sister Florence who is deliberately neglected by her father as a supposedly irrelevant distraction. Paul is sent to the seaside at Brighton for his health where he and Florence lodge with the ancient and acidic Mrs Pipchin. Finding his health beginning to improve there Mr Dombey keeps him at Brighton and has him educated there at Dr and Mrs Blimber's school where he and the other boys undergo both an intense and arduous education under the tutelage of Mr Feeder B.A. and Cornelia Blimber. It is here that Paul is befriended by a fellow pupil the amiable but weak-minded Mr Toots. Here Paul's health declines even further in this "great hothouse" and he finally dies still only six years old. Dombey pushes his daughter away from him after the death of his son while she futilely tries to earn his love. In the meantime young Walter is sent off to fill a junior position in the firm's counting house in Barbados through the manipulations of Mr Dombey's confidential manager Mr James Carker "with his white teeth" who sees him as a potential rival through his association with Florence. His boat is reported lost and he is presumed drowned. Walter's uncle leaves to go in search of Walter leaving his great friend Captain Edward Cuttle in charge of The Midshipman. Meanwhile Florence is now left alone with few friends to keep her company. Dombey goes to Leamington Spa with a new friend Major Joseph B. Bagstock. The Major deliberately sets out to befriend Dombey to spite his neighbour in Princess's Place Miss Tox who has turned cold towards him owing to her hopes – through her close friendship with Mrs Chick – of marrying Mr Dombey. At the spa Dombey is introduced via the Major to Mrs Skewton and her widowed daughter Mrs Edith Granger. Mr Dombey on the lookout for a new wife since his son's death considers Edith a suitable match due to her accomplishments and family connections; he is encouraged by both the Major and her avaricious mother but obviously feels no affection for her. After they return to London Dombey remarries effectively "buying" the beautiful but haughty Edith as she and her mother are in a poor financial state. The marriage is loveless; his wife despises Dombey for his overbearing pride and herself for being shallow and worthless. Her love for Florence initially prevents her from leaving but finally she conspires with Mr Carker to ruin Dombey's public image by running away together to Dijon. They do so after her final argument with Dombey in which he once again attempts to subdue her to his will. When he discovers that she has left him he blames Florence for siding with her stepmother striking her on the breast in his anger. Florence is forced to run away from home. Highly distraught she finally makes her way to The Midshipman where she lodges with Captain Cuttle as he attempts to restore her to health. They are visited frequently by Mr Toots and his prizefighter companion the Chicken since Mr Toots has been desperately in love with Florence since their time together in Brighton. Dombey sets out to find his wife. He is helped by Mrs Brown and her daughter Alice who as it turns out was a former lover of Mr Carker. After being transported as a convict for criminal activities which Mr Carker had involved her in she is seeking her revenge against him now that she has returned to England. Going to Mrs Brown's house Dombey overhears the conversation between Rob the Grinder – who is in the employment of Mr Carker – and the old woman as to the couple's whereabouts and sets off in pursuit. In the meantime in Dijon Mrs Dombey informs Carker that she sees him in no better a light than she sees Dombey that she will not stay with him and she flees their apartment. Distraught with both his financial and personal hopes lost Carker flees from his former employer's pursuit. He seeks refuge back in England but being greatly overwrought accidentally falls under a train and is killed. After Carker's death it is discovered that he had been running the firm far beyond its means. This information is gleaned by Carker's brother and sister John and Harriet from Mr Morfin the assistant manager at Dombey and Son who sets out to help John Carker. He often overheard the conversations between the two brothers in which James the younger often abused John the older who was just a lowly clerk and who is sacked by Dombey because of his filial relationship to the former manager. As his nearest relations John and Harriet inherit all Carker's ill-gotten gains to which they feel they have no right. Consequently they surreptitiously give the proceeds to Mr Dombey through Mr Morphin who is instructed to let Dombey believe that they are merely something forgotten from the general wreck of his fortunes. Meanwhile back at The Midshipman Walter reappears having been saved by a passing ship after floating adrift with two other sailors on some wreckage. After some time he and Florence are finally reunited – not as "brother" and "sister" but as lovers and they marry prior to sailing for China on Walter's new ship. This is also the time when Sol Gills returns to The Midshipman. As he relates to his friends he received news whilst in Barbados that a homeward-bound China trader had picked up Walter and so had returned to England immediately. He said he had sent letters whilst in the Caribbean to his friend Ned Cuttle c/o Mrs MacStinger at Cuttle's former lodgings and the bemused Captain recounts how he fled the place thus never receiving them. Florence and Walter depart and Sol Gills is entrusted with a letter written by Walter to her father pleading for him to be reconciled towards them both. A year passes and Alice Brown has slowly been dying despite the tender care of Harriet Carker. One night Alice's mother reveals that Alice herself is the illegitimate cousin of Edith Dombey which accounts for their similarity in appearance when they both meet. In a chapter entitled "Retribution" Dombey and Son goes bankrupt. Dombey retires to two rooms in his house and all its contents are put up for sale. Mrs Pipchin for some time the housekeeper dismisses all the servants and she herself returns to Brighton to be replaced by Mrs Richards. Dombey spends his days sunk in gloom seeing no-one and thinking only of his daughter: He thought of her as she had been that night when he and his bride came home. He thought of her as she had been in all the home events of the abandoned house. He thought now that of all around him she alone had never changed. His boy had faded into dust his proud wife had sunk into a polluted creature his flatterer and friend had been transformed into the worst of villains his riches had melted away the very walls that sheltered him looked on him as a stranger; she alone had turned the same mild gentle look upon him always. Yes to the latest and the last. She had never changed to him – nor had he ever changed to her – and she was lost. However one day Florence returns to the house with her baby son Paul and is lovingly reunited with her father. Dombey accompanies his daughter to her and Walter's house where he slowly starts to decline cared for by Florence and Susan Nipper now Mrs Toots. They receive a visit from Edith's Cousin Feenix who takes Florence to Edith for one final time – Feenix sought Edith out in France and she returned to England under his protection. Edith gives Florence a letter asking Dombey to forgive her crime before her departure to the South of Italy with her elderly relative. As she says to Florence "I will try then to forgive him his share of the blame. Let him try to forgive me mine!" The final chapter LXII sees Dombey now a white-haired old man "whose face bears heavy marks of care and suffering; but they are traces of a storm that has passed on for ever and left a clear evening in its track". Sol Gills and Ned Cuttle are now partners at The Midshipman a source of great pride to the latter and Mr and Mrs Toots announce the birth of their third daughter. Walter is doing well in business having been appointed to a position of great confidence and trust and Dombey is the proud grandfather of both a grandson and granddaughter whom he dotes on. The book ends with the moving lines: "Dear grandpapa why do you cry when you kiss me" He only answers "Little Florence! Little Florence!" and smooths away the curls that shade her earnest eyes. <em>Dombey and Son</em> was conceived first and foremost as a continuous novel. A letter from Dickens to Forster on 26 July 1846 shows the major details of the plot and theme already substantially worked out. According to the novelist George Gissing <em>Dombey was begun at Lausanne continued at Paris completed in London and at English seaside places; whilst the early parts were being written a Christmas story The Battle of Life was also in hand and Dickens found it troublesome to manage both together. That he overcame the difficulty—that soon after we find him travelling about England as member of an amateur dramatic company—that he undertook all sorts of public engagements and often devoted himself to private festivity—Dombey going on the while from month to month—is matter enough for astonishment to those who know anything about artistic production. But such marvels become commonplaces in the life of Charles Dickens. </em> There is some evidence to suggest that <em>Dombey and Son</em> was inspired by the life of Christopher Huffam Rigger to His Majesty's Navy a gentleman and head of an established firm Huffam & Son. Charles Dickens' father John Dickens at the time a clerk in the Navy Pay Office asked the wealthy well-connected Huffam to act as godfather to Charles. This same Huffam family appeared later in Charles Palliser's 1989 <em>The Quincunx</em> a homage to the Dickensian novel form. As with most of Dickens' work a number of socially significant themes are to be found in this book. In particular the book deals with the then-prevalent common practice of arranged marriages for financial gain. Other themes to be detected within this work include child cruelty particularly in Dombey's treatment of Florence familial relationships and as ever in Dickens betrayal and deceit and the consequences thereof. Another strong central theme which the critic George Gissing elaborates on in detail in his 1925 work <em>The Immortal Dickens</em> is that of pride and arrogance of which Paul Dombey senior is the extreme exemplification in Dickens' work. Gissing makes a number of points about certain key inadequacies in the novel not the least that Dickens's central character is largely unsympathetic and an unsuitable vehicle and also that after the death of the young Paul Dombey the reader is somewhat estranged from the rest of what is to follow. He notes that "the moral theme of this book was Pride—pride of wealth pride of place personal arrogance. Dickens started with a clear conception of his central character and of the course of the story in so far as it depended upon that personage; he planned the action the play of motive with unusual definiteness and adhered very closely in the working to this well-laid scheme". However he goes on to write that "<em>Dombey and Son</em> is a novel which in its beginning promises more than its progress fulfils" and gives the following reasons why: Impossible to avoid the reflection that the death of Dombey's son and heir marks the end of a complete story that we feel a gap between Chapter XVI and what comes after the author speaks of feeling it himself of his striving to "transfer the interest to Florence" and that the narrative of the later part is ill-constructed often wearisome sometimes incredible. We miss Paul we miss Walter Gay shadowy young hero though he be; Florence is too colourless for deep interest and the second Mrs Dombey is rather forced upon us than accepted as a natural figure in the drama. Dickens's familiar shortcomings are abundantly exemplified. He is wholly incapable of devising a plausible intrigue and shocks the reader with monstrous improbabilities such as all that portion of the denouement in which old Mrs Brown and her daughter are concerned. A favourite device with him often employed with picturesque effect was to bring into contact persons representing widely severed social ranks; in this book the "effect" depends too often on "incidences of the boldest artificiality" as nearly always we end by neglecting the story as a story and surrendering ourselves to the charm of certain parts the fascination of certain characters. <strong>Characters in the novel </strong> Karl Ashley Smith in his introduction to Wordsworth Classics' edition of <em>Dombey and Son</em> makes some reflections on the novel's characters. He believes that Dombey's power to disturb comes from his belief that human relationships can be controlled by money giving the following examples to support this viewpoint: He tries to prevent Mrs Richards from developing an attachment to Paul by emphasising the wages he pays her. Mrs Pipchin's small talk satisfies him as "the sort of thing for which he paid her so much a quarter" p.132. Worst of all he effectively buys his second wife and expects that his wealth and position in society will be enough to keep her in awed obedience to him. Paul's questions about money are only the first indication of the naivety of his outlook. However he also believes that the satire against this man is tempered with compassion. Smith also draws attention to the fact that certain characters in the novel "develop a pattern from Dickens's earlier novels whilst pointing the way to future works". One such character is Little Paul who is a direct descendant of Little Nell. Another is James Carker the ever-smiling manager of Dombey and Son. Smith notes there are strong similarities between him and the likes of Jaggers in <em>Great Expectations</em> and even more so the evil barrister Mr Tulkinghorn in <em>Bleak House</em>: From Fagin <em>Oliver Twist</em> onwards the terrifying figure exerting power over others by an infallible knowledge of their secrets becomes one of the author's trademarks . James Carker's gentlemanly businesslike respectability marks him out as the ancestor of Tulkinghorn in <em>Bleak House</em> and even of Jaggers in <em>Great Expectations</em>. And his involvements in the secrets of others leads him to as sticky an end as Tulkinghorn's. The fifty-fifth chapter where he is forced to flee his outraged employer magnificently continues the theme of the guilt-hunted man from Bill Sikes in <em>Oliver Twist</em> and Jonas's restless sense of pursuit in <em>Martin Chuzzlewit</em>. There is always a strong sense in Dickens of the narrative drive of discovery catching up with those who deal in darkness. Gissing looks at some of the minor characters in the novel and is particularly struck by that of Edward Ned Cuttle. Captain Cuttle has a larger humanity than his roaring friend Captain Bunsby he is the creation of humour. That the Captain suffered dire things at the hands of Mrs MacStinger is as credible as it is amusing but he stood in no danger of Bunsby's fate; at times he can play his part in a situation purely farcical but the man himself moves on a higher level. He is one of the most familiar to us among Dickens's characters an instance of the novelist's supreme power which I like to repeat proves itself in the bodying forth of a human personality henceforth accepted by the world. His sentences have become proverbs; the mention of his name brings before the mind's eye an image of flesh and blood – rude tending to the grotesque but altogether lovable. Captain Cuttle belongs to the world of Uncle Toby with to be sure a subordinate position. Analyse him as you will make the most of those extravagances which pedants of to-day cannot away with and in the end you will still be face to face with something vital – explicable only as the product of genius. <strong>Charles John Huffam Dickens</strong> FRSA 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 by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime and by the 20th century critics and scholars had recognised him as a literary genius. His novels and short stories are widely read today. Born in Portsmouth Dickens left school to work in a factory when his father was incarcerated in a debtors' prison. Despite his lack of formal education he edited a weekly journal for 20 years wrote 15 novels five novellas hundreds of short stories and non-fiction articles lectured and performed readings extensively was an indefatigable letter writer and campaigned vigorously for children's rights education and other social reforms. Dickens's literary success began with the 1836 serial publication of <em>The Pickwick Papers</em> a publishing phenomenon—thanks largely to the introduction of the character Sam Weller in the fourth episode—that sparked <em>Pickwick</em> merchandise and spin-offs. Within a few years Dickens had become an international literary celebrity famous for his humour satire and keen observation of character and society. His novels most of them published in monthly or weekly instalments pioneered the serial publication of narrative fiction which became the dominant Victorian mode for novel publication. Cliffhanger endings in his serial publications kept readers in suspense. The instalment format allowed Dickens to evaluate his audience's reaction and he often modified his plot and character development based on such feedback. For example when his wife's chiropodist expressed distress at the way Miss Mowcher in <em>David Copperfield</em> seemed to reflect her disabilities Dickens improved the character with positive features. His plots were carefully constructed and he often wove elements from topical events into his narratives. Masses of the illiterate poor would individually pay a halfpenny to have each new monthly episode read to them opening up and inspiring a new class of readers. His 1843 novella <em>A Christmas Carol</em> remains especially popular and continues to inspire adaptations in every artistic genre. <em>Oliver Twist</em> and <em>Great Expectations</em> are also frequently adapted and like many of his novels evoke images of early Victorian London. His 1859 novel <em>A Tale of Two Cities</em> set in London and Paris is his best-known work of historical fiction. The most famous celebrity of his era he undertook in response to public demand a series of public reading tours in the later part of his career. The term <em>Dickensian</em> is used to describe something that is reminiscent of Dickens and his writings such as poor social or working conditions or comically repulsive characters.</p> Bradbury & Evans. hardcover‎

书商的参考编号 : FB1102 /4A

‎Boz (Charles Dickens)‎

‎Sketches by Boz.‎

‎<p>Dark green leather spine with gilt banding decoration and tile. Red marbled boards. All edges marbled to match</p><p>A truly lovely book <strong><em>Sketches by "Boz" Illustrative of Every-day Life and Every-day People</em></strong> commonly known as <strong><em>Sketches by Boz</em></strong> is a collection of short pieces Charles Dickens originally published in various newspapers and other periodicals between 1833 and 1836. They were re-issued in book form under their current title in February and August 1836 with illustrations by George Cruikshank. The first complete one volume edition appeared in 1839. The 56 sketches concern London scenes and people and the whole work is divided into four sections: "Our Parish" "Scenes" "Characters" and "Tales". The material in the first three sections consists of non-narrative pen-portraits but the last section comprises fictional stories. The sketch "Mr Minns and his Cousin" originally titled "A Dinner at Poplar Walk" was the first work of fiction Dickens ever published. It appeared in <em>The Monthly Magazine</em> in December 1833. Although Dickens continued to place pieces in that magazine none of them bore a signature until August 1834 when "The Boarding House" appeared under the strange penname "Boz". A verse in <em>Bentley's Miscellany</em> for March 1837 recalled the public's perplexity about this pseudonym: "Who the dickens 'Boz' could be Puzzled many a learned elf Till time unveiled the mystery And 'Boz' appeared as Dickens's self." Dickens took the pseudonym from a nickname he had given his younger brother Augustus whom he called "Moses" after a character in Oliver Goldsmith's <em>The Vicar of Wakefield</em>. This "being facetiously pronounced through the nose" became "Boses" which in turn was shortened to "Boz". The name remained coupled with "inimitable" until "Boz" eventually disappeared and Dickens became known as simply "The Inimitable". The name was originally pronounced /ˈboʊz/ but is now usually /ˈbɒz/. The popularity of Dickens's writings was enhanced by the regular inclusion of detailed illustrations to highlight key scenes and characters. Each sketch typically featured two black-and-white illustrations as well as an illustration for the wrapper. The images were created with wood engravings or metal etchings. Dickens worked closely with several illustrators during his career including George Cruikshank Hablot Knight Browne aka "Phiz" and John Leech. The accuracy of the illustrations was of the utmost importance to Dickens as the drawings portrayed the characters just as he envisioned them and gave readers valuable insights about the characters' personalities and motives as well as the plot. The earliest version of <em>Sketches by Boz</em> was published by John Macrone in two series: the first as a two-volume set in February 1836 just a month before the publication of the first number of <em>The Pickwick Papers</em> 1836–37 and then a "Second Series" in August 1836. After Dickens's fame skyrocketed he purchased the rights to the material from Macrone.</p> Chapman & Hall. hardcover‎

书商的参考编号 : FB4031 /X4

‎Charles Dickens‎

‎Child's History of England. Christmas Stories.‎

‎<p>Brown grained cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. Embossed ship on front cover.</p><p>A delightful <strong>history of England</strong> written by Dickens. It covers <strong>history of England</strong> from 50 BC to 1837 AD <strong>Charles John Huffam Dickens</strong> FRSA 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 by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime and by the 20th century critics and scholars had recognised him as a literary genius. His novels and short stories are widely read today. Born in Portsmouth Dickens left school to work in a factory when his father was incarcerated in a debtors' prison. Despite his lack of formal education he edited a weekly journal for 20 years wrote 15 novels five novellas hundreds of short stories and non-fiction articles lectured and performed readings extensively was an indefatigable letter writer and campaigned vigorously for children's rights education and other social reforms. Dickens's literary success began with the 1836 serial publication of <em>The Pickwick Papers</em> a publishing phenomenon—thanks largely to the introduction of the character Sam Weller in the fourth episode—that sparked <em>Pickwick</em> merchandise and spin-offs. Within a few years Dickens had become an international literary celebrity famous for his humour satire and keen observation of character and society. His novels most of them published in monthly or weekly instalments pioneered the serial publication of narrative fiction which became the dominant Victorian mode for novel publication. Cliffhanger endings in his serial publications kept readers in suspense. The instalment format allowed Dickens to evaluate his audience's reaction and he often modified his plot and character development based on such feedback. For example when his wife's chiropodist expressed distress at the way Miss Mowcher in <em>David Copperfield</em> seemed to reflect her disabilities Dickens improved the character with positive features. His plots were carefully constructed and he often wove elements from topical events into his narratives. Masses of the illiterate poor would individually pay a halfpenny to have each new monthly episode read to them opening up and inspiring a new class of readers. His 1843 novella <em>A Christmas Carol</em> remains especially popular and continues to inspire adaptations in every artistic genre. <em>Oliver Twist</em> and <em>Great Expectations</em> are also frequently adapted and like many of his novels evoke images of early Victorian London. His 1859 novel <em>A Tale of Two Cities</em> set in London and Paris is his best-known work of historical fiction. The most famous celebrity of his era he undertook in response to public demand a series of public reading tours in the later part of his career. The term <em>Dickensian</em> is used to describe something that is reminiscent of Dickens and his writings such as poor social or working conditions or comically repulsive characters.</p> Odhams Press hardcover‎

书商的参考编号 : OP56 /16

‎Charles Dickens‎

‎Little Dorrit‎

‎paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback‎

书商的参考编号 : 935656261X.G ???????? : 935656261X 9789356562615

‎Charles Dickens‎

‎Dombey And Son Charles Dickens‎

‎paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback‎

书商的参考编号 : 9356562539.G ???????? : 9356562539 9789356562530

‎Charles Dickens‎

‎POP! LIT FOR KIDS SET 4‎

‎hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover‎

书商的参考编号 : 9811265127.G ???????? : 9811265127 9789811265129

‎DICKENS, Charles‎

‎Doctor Marigold's Prescriptions; Mugby Junction.‎

‎Bernhard Tauchnitz Leipzig. 1867. First edition thus: copyright edition. 12mo. 354 pages. Period binding of dark brown ribbed cloth decorated in gilt on the spine and in blind on the front and rear. Bound without the half-title.Small ownership signatue on front free endpaper. Spine repaired with backstrip relaid. A few faint stains here and there. Very good. Bernhard Tauchnitz, Leipzig. hardcover‎

书商的参考编号 : DICKENSC016649

‎Dickens, Charles‎

‎The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club Lombard Street Edition‎

‎London: The Picadilly Fountain Press 1932. Hardcover. Very Good. Seymour Robert; Buss Robert William; Browne Hoblot Knight; Phiz. The two volumes of the Lombard Street Edition bound as one by "W.H. Smith and Son Ltd." Three quarter paper vellum binding with slight darkening to the spine. Top edge gilt. Slight foxing to endpapers and plates. xxix 3 496; vii 3 492 40pp. 9 x 6 x 3"'. <br> A facsimile edition with reproductions of the plates facsimile blue paper covers for the parts here bound at the rear a reproduction of Dickens' bookplate on the front endpaper and facsimile plates of the publication announcement manuscript pages and a letter by Dickens inserted and discussed in John Harrison Stonehouse's introduction. The Picadilly Fountain Press hardcover‎

书商的参考编号 : 2024-Q282

‎Dickens, Charles‎

‎David Copperfield.‎

‎New York: Grosset & Dunlap circa 1950. 12mo. Dust Jacket Very Good. Unclipped. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, [circa 1950]. unknown‎

书商的参考编号 : 69-1828

‎Dickens, Charles (Introduced By Ackroyd)‎

‎Bleak House‎

‎The Folio Society 2004T. leather_bound. Very Good. 6.0914 cent in x 26.9036 cent in x 17.7665 cent in. Has small bookplate on the inside front free endpaper. The Folio Society hardcover‎

书商的参考编号 : mon0000076910

‎Dickens, Charles‎

‎All The Year Round. A Weekly Journal. Conducted by Charles Dickens. With which is incorporated Household Words. Volume I 1. From April 30 1859 to October 22 1859. Being from No.1 to No.26 A Tale of Two Cities‎

‎London: Chapman and Hall 1859. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 624 pages ex-library rebound in a black cloth library binding. The first publication of Dickens's 'A Tale of Two Cities' consisting of the first 26 instalments from April 30 1859 to October 22 1859.The last 5 instalments of 'A Tale of Two Cities' are in volume 2 of "All Year Round. . Chapman and Hall Hardcover‎

书商的参考编号 : 012393

‎Dickens, Charles‎

‎All The Year Round. A Weekly Journal. Conducted by Charles Dickens. With which is incorporated Household Words. Volume III 3. From April 14 to October 6 1860. Including No.51 to No.76‎

‎London: Chapman and Hall 1860. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 620 pages ex-library rebound in a black cloth library binding. . Chapman and Hall Hardcover‎

书商的参考编号 : 012394

‎DICKENS, Charles‎

‎The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit‎

‎Bernhard Tauchnitz Leipzig. 1844. First edition; the true first preceding by seven months the London edition. Issued as volumes LVII and LVIII in the Collection of British Authors. Two volumes bound in one. Small octavo. pp ii 452; viii 452. Quarter leather with raised bands cloth sides.Bound without the general title-page of the first volume. Some staining to bottom corners of the first three preliminary leaves of the second volume not affecting the text. Some rubbing to covers. Very good. Bernhard Tauchnitz, Leipzig. hardcover‎

书商的参考编号 : DICKENSC001704

‎Charles Dickens; Phiz (Illust) & Peter Ackroyd (Intro )‎

‎Bleak House‎

‎The Folio Society. Hardcover. VG/No Jacket. Hardcover in slipcase. Light wear to the book; slipcase has a touch of shelfwear in places. Overall a very good copy no marks to the text or other serious flaws. previous owner's embossed stamp on title page. The Folio Society hardcover‎

书商的参考编号 : 1505002

‎Dickens, Charles‎

‎Collected Papers 2 volume set.‎

‎London; Nonesuch Press 1937. 1937. Limited edition. Octavo pp. xiii 1 748 2; xi 1 547 3. Vignette to each title-page. Publishers' cream buckram with gilt titles to black labels to spine; top edge gilt others uncut. Limited to 877 sets only. Two of the 24 volumes of Nonesuch's most ambitious and the most successful publication "Advertising for the set was unprecedented." with the prospectus for the set being the first appearance of the newly recut Bulmer typeface. The sumptuously produced gathered miscellaneous writings of Dickens. Spines toned as usual; contents clean and crisp. A very good set. Heavyweight so a contribution towards increased postage costs will be requested for overseas delivery. Dreyfus A History of the Nonesuch Press 108 London; Nonesuch Press, 1937. hardcover‎

书商的参考编号 : 11090

‎Charles Dickens‎

‎A Christmas Carol in Prose. Being a ghost story of Christmas‎

‎Boston: Atlantic Monthly Press 1920. Very Good. Boston MA: Atlantic Monthly Press 1920. Facsimile Edition. 12mo; publisher's crimson decorative cloth embossed in blind and gilt all edges gilt; ix131662pp.; frontispiece and facsimile title page printed in full color three additional color plates in text. Very light shelf wear corners bumped else a Very Good or better example.<br /> <br /> Facsimile of the 1843 first edition of A Christmas Carol published here with A. Edward Norton's introduction providing bibliographical background on that rare first printing. "I forget what I paid for mine. Charles Sessler the Philadelphia bookseller who specializes in Dickens tells me that $450 would not be high for a really fine copy" p. viii. Atlantic Monthly Press unknown‎

书商的参考编号 : 47504

‎Dickens, Charles‎

‎Nicolas Nickleby‎

‎Editions Gallimard 1966. Leather Bound. New. 1456 pages. French language. 6.50x4.30x1.40 inches. Editions Gallimard hardcover‎

书商的参考编号 : 2-2070101711 ???????? : 2070101711 9782070101719

‎DICKENS, Charles‎

‎The Old Curiosity Shop.‎

‎Chapman and Hall London. N.D. c 1885. Later edition. Octavo. pp vi 533. Illustrated by H.K. Browne G. Cattermole D. Maclise etc etc. Period binding retaining the half-title page of three quarter calf with raised bands gilt decoration and red morocco title label to spine cloth sides marbled endpapers top edge gilt.A bit of sporadic light foxing. Covers slightly rubbed at edges and joints. Very good. A bright copy. Chapman and Hall, London. hardcover‎

书商的参考编号 : DICKENSC010569

‎Jacqueline B Dickens‎

‎The Black Manager: Making It In the Corporate World‎

‎hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover‎

书商的参考编号 : 0814456782.G ???????? : 0814456782 9780814456781