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A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

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HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'It was the best of times, it was the worst of times!' Set before and during the French Revolution in the cities of Paris and London, A Tale of Two Cities tells the story of Dr Manette's release from imprisonment in the Bastille and his reunion with daughter, Lucie. A French aristocrat Darnay and English lawyer Carton compete in their love for Lucie and the ensuing tale plays out against the menacing backdrop of t...0 points

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

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The tale begins on Christmas Eve seven years after the death of Ebenezer Scrooge's business partner Jacob Marley. Scrooge is established within the first stave (chapter) as a greedy and stingy businessman who has no place in his life for kindness, compassion, charity, or benevolence. After being warned by Marley's ghost to change his ways, Scrooge is visited by three additional ghosts "each in its turn" who accompany him to various scenes with the hope of achieving his transformation. The first....0 points

Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

Pip's life as an ordinary country boy is destined more...0 points

Pip's life as an ordinary country boy is destined to be unexceptional until a chain of mysterious events lead him away from his humble origins and up the social ladder. His efforts to become a London gentleman bring him into contact not just with the upper classes but also with dangerous criminals. His desire to improve himself is matched only by his longing for the icy-hearted Estella, but secrets from the past impede his progress and he has many hard lessons to learn.0 points

Oliver Twist (Oxford Children's Classics) by Charles Dickens

A beautiful new edition of this much-loved classic. more...0 points

A beautiful new edition of this much-loved classic.When Oliver Twist asks for more food it changes his life for ever. He flees his dreary life in the workhousebut enters a much more dangerous place - the dark streets of London. Oliver is soon in the clutches ofFagin and his gang of pickpockets, before eventually finding a true friend. But his happiness is short-livedas Fagin and the violent Bill Sikes are determined to drag Oliver back into a life of crime...This wonderful tale by Charles Dicken...0 points

Bleak House (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) by Charles Dickens

Bleak House, by Charles Dickens, is part of the Barnes more...0 points

Bleak House, by Charles Dickens, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics: All editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. Barnes & Noble Classics pulls together a co...0 points

A Tale of Two Cities (Penguin Hardback Classics) by Charles Dickens

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Be they shocking, ambitious, or simply brilliant, these novels continue to enthrall today as they did at the time they were written. Now, Penguin Classics is proud to present them in gorgeous clothbound editions-vibrant volumes sure to become as treasured to readers as the magnificent tales they tell.0 points

The Complete Works of Charles Dickens (Gadshill Edition) (34 Vols.) (The Complete Works of Charles Dickens) by Charles Dickens

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Three Ghost Stories by Charles Dickens

Charles John Huffam Dickens (1812-1870), also know more...0 points

Charles John Huffam Dickens (1812-1870), also known as "Boz", was the foremost English novelist of the Victorian era, as well as a vigorous social campaigner. Considered one of the English language's greatest writers, he was acclaimed for his rich storytelling and memorable characters, and achieved massive worldwide popularity in his lifetime. The popularity of his novels and short stories has meant that not one has ever gone out of print. Dickens wrote serialised novels, the usual format for fi...0 points

Nicholas Nickleby (Vintage Classics) by Charles Dickens

Dickens' third novel, and Paul McCartney's favorite more...0 points

Dickens' third novel, and Paul McCartney's favorite book When Nicholas's father dies he, his mother, and his sister, Kate, are left penniless. To earn his keep, Nicholas becomes a tutor at Dotheboys Hall but soon discovers that the headmaster, Wackford Squeers, is a one-eyed tyrant who insists on a harsh regime. Nicholas embarks on an adventure that takes him from loathsome boarding schools to the London stage. Dickens confronts issues of neglect and cruelty in this blackly comic masterpeic...0 points

Mrs. Lirriper's Lodgings (Dodo Press) by Charles Dickens

Charles John Huffam Dickens (1812-1870), also know more...0 points

Charles John Huffam Dickens (1812-1870), also known as "Boz", was the foremost English novelist of the Victorian era, as well as a vigorous social campaigner. Considered one of the English language's greatest writers, he was acclaimed for his rich storytelling and memorable characters, and achieved massive worldwide popularity in his lifetime. The popularity of his novels and short stories has meant that not one has ever gone out of print. Dickens wrote serialised novels, the usual format for fi...0 points

The Lord of the Rings: 50th Anniversary, One Vol. Edition by J.R.R. Tolkien

One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One more...0 points

One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind themIn ancient times the Rings of Power were crafted by the Elven-smiths, and Sauron, the Dark Lord, forged the One Ring, filling it with his own power so that he could rule all others. But the One Ring was taken from him, and though he sought it throughout Middle-earth, it remained lost to him. After many ages it fell by chance into the hands of the hobbit Bilbo Baggins.From Sauron's fastness i...0 points

The Hobbit: 70th Anniversary Edition by J.R.R. Tolkien

A new edition of The Hobbit with a short introduct more...0 points

A new edition of The Hobbit with a short introduction by Christopher Tolkien, a reset text incorporating the most up-to-date corrections, and all of Tolkien's own drawings and color illustrations, including the rare “Mirkwood" piece.0 points

The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien

The tales of The Silmarillion were the underlying inspiration more...0 points

The tales of The Silmarillion were the underlying inspiration and source of J.R.R. Tolkien's imaginative writing; he worked on the book throughout his life but never brought it to a final form. Long preceding in its origins The Lord of the Rings, it is the story of the First Age of Tolkien's world, the ancient drama to which characters in The Lord of the RIngs look back and in which some of them, such as Elrond and Galadriel, took part.The title Silmarillion is shortened from Quenta Silmarillion...0 points

The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún is a previously unpublished more...0 points

The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún is a previously unpublished work by J.R.R. Tolkien, written while Tolkien was Professor of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford during the 1920s and ‘30s, before he wrote The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. It makes available for the first time Tolkien's extensive retelling in English narrative verse of the epic Norse tales of Sigurd the Völsung and The Fall of the Niflungs. It includes an introduction by J.R.R. Tolkien, drawn from one of his own lectures on Norse literature,....0 points

The Fellowship of the Ring: Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien

For over fifty years, J.R.R. Tolkien's peerless fantasy more...0 points

For over fifty years, J.R.R. Tolkien's peerless fantasy has accumulated worldwide acclaim as the greatest adventure tale ever written.No other writer has created a world as distinct as Middle-earth, complete with its own geography, history, languages, and legends. And no one has created characters as endearing as Tolkien's large-hearted, hairy-footed hobbits. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings continues to seize the imaginations of readers of all ages, and this new three-volume paperback...0 points

The Histories of Middle Earth, Volumes 1-5 by J.R.R. Tolkien

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Unfinished Tales of Numenor and Middle-earth by Christopher Tolkien, J.R.R. Tolkien

A New York Times bestseller for twenty-one weeks upon more...0 points

A New York Times bestseller for twenty-one weeks upon publication, UNFINISHED TALES is a collection of narratives ranging in time from the Elder Days of Middle-earth to the end of the War of the Ring, and further relates events as told in THE SILMARILLION and THE LORD OF THE RINGS. The book concentrates on the lands of Middle-earth and comprises Gandalf's lively account of how he came to send the Dwarves to the celebrated party at Bag-End, the story of the emergence of the sea-god Ulmo before th...0 points

Tales from the Perilous Realm by J.R.R. Tolkien

The definitive collection of Tolkien's classic “fairie" more...0 points

The definitive collection of Tolkien's classic “fairie" tales, in the vein of The Hobbit, illustrated by Oscar winner Alan LeeNever before published in a single volume, Tolkien's four novellas (Farmer Giles of Ham, Leaf by Niggle, Smith of Wootton Major, and Roverandom) and one book of poems (The Adventures of Tom Bombadil) are gathered together for the first time, in a fully illustrated volume. This new, definitive collection of works -- which had appeared separately, in various formats,...0 points

The Return of the King: Being the Third Part of The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien

For over fifty years, J.R.R. Tolkien's peerless fantasy more...0 points

For over fifty years, J.R.R. Tolkien's peerless fantasy has accumulated worldwide acclaim as the greatest adventure tale ever written.No other writer has created a world as distinct as Middle-earth, complete with its own geography, history, languages, and legends. And no one has created characters as endearing as Tolkien's large-hearted, hairy-footed hobbits. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings continues to seize the imaginations of readers of all ages, and this new three-volume paperback...0 points

The Children of Húrin by J. R. R. Tolkien

Long before the One Ring was forged in the fires of more...0 points

Long before the One Ring was forged in the fires of Mount Doom, one man-Húrin-dared to defy Morgoth, the first and greatest of the dark lords to plague Middle-earth. Thus did he and his children, Túrin and Niënor, earn the enmity of a merciless foe that would shape the destiny of all the ages to come.Only J.R.R. Tolkien, the undisputed master of the fantastic, could have conceived this magical tale of Elves and Men united against a brutal foe. And only Christopher Tolkien, the master's...0 points