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Den föräldralöse pojken Pips liv tar en oväntad vändning när han under sin lärlingsperiod hos en smed får en stor summa pengar från en anonym välgörare. Från att ha haft minst sagt skrala framtidsutsikter öppnar sig möjligheten till ett liv i välstånd. Men vägen dit är kantad av svårigheter, och det är inte säkert att pengar är vägen till lycka. <br/><i>Lysande utsikter</i> publicerades först som följetong i tidskriften <i>All Year Round</i> 1860-1861. Till stilen är det en klassisk bildningsroman, med det för Charles Dickens så signifikanta karaktärsgalleriet. <br/>I svensk översättning av Margareta Ångström.<br/><br/>CHARLES DICKENS [1812-1870], född i Portsmouth, England, var sin tids mest populära engelskspråkiga romanförfattare. Han skapade en fiktiv värld som reflekterade de sociala och teknologiska förändringarna under den viktorianska eran. Till hans mest berömda verk hör <i>David Copperfield</i>, <i>Oliver Twist</i>, <i>Lysande utsikter</i>, <i>Historien om två städer</i>, <i>En julsaga</i> och <i>Pickwickklubben</i>.

This is the "Penguin English Library Edition" of "Oliver Twist" by Charles Dickens. 'A parish child - the orphan of a workhouse - the humble, half-starved drudge - to be cuffed and buffeted through the world, despised by all, and pitied by none'. Dark, mysterious and mordantly funny, "Oliver Twist" features some of the most memorably drawn villains in all of fiction - the treacherous gangmaster Fagin, the menacing thug Bill Sikes, the Artful Dodger and their den of thieves in the grimy London backstreets. Dicken's novel is both an angry indictment of poverty, and an adventure filled with an air of threat and pervasive evil. "The Penguin English Library" - 100 editions of the best fiction in English, from the eighteenth century and the very first novels to the beginning of the First World War.

<b>The Penguin English Library Edition of <i>Great Expectations </i>by Charles Dickens<br/></b><br/><b>"What do you think that is?' she asked me, again pointing with her stick; 'that, where those cobwebs are?"</b><br/><b>"I can't guess what it is, ma'am."</b><br/><b>"It's a great cake. A bride-cake. Mine!"</b><br/><br/><i>Great Expectations</i>, Dickens's funny, frightening and tender portrayal of the orphan Pip's journey of self-discovery, is one of his best-loved works. Showing how a young man's life is transformed by a mysterious series of events - an encounter with an escaped prisoner; a visit to a black-hearted old woman and a beautiful girl; a fortune from a secret donor - Dickens's late novel is a masterpiece of psychological and moral truth, and Pip among his greatest creations.<br/><br/>The Penguin English Library - 100 editions of the best fiction in English, from the eighteenth century and the very first novels to the beginning of the First World War.

<i>'Bah humbug!'</i><br/><br/><i>A Christmas Carol</i> follows miserly Ebenezer Scrooge, an old man known for being selfish and mean. One Christmas Eve, Scrooge is visited by three ghosts: the spirits of Christmas Past, Christmas Present and Christmas Yet to Come, who try to teach him about the true meaning of Christmas. Will these ghostly visitors be able to change Scrooge's heart for the better?<br/><br/>The unabridged text, perfect for English Literature students.

The Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices [Bok / Pocket]

The Penguin English Library Edition of A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens'Liberty, equality, fraternity, or death; - the last, much the easiest to bestow, O Guillotine!'Described by Dickens as 'the best story I have written', A Tale of Two Cities interweaves thrilling historical drama with heartbreaking personal tragedy. It vividly depicts a revolutionary Paris running red with blood, and a London where the poor starve. In the midst of the chaos two men - an exiled French aristocrat and a dissolute English lawyer - are both redeemed and condemned by their love for the same woman, as the shadow of La Guillotine draws closer... <br/><br/>The Penguin English Library - 100 editions of the best fiction in English, from the eighteenth century and the very first novels to the beginning of the First World War.

<b>The Penguin English Library Edition of <i>A Christmas Carol </i>by Charles Dickens<br/></b><br/><b>"Every idiot who goes around with 'Merry Christmas' on his lips, should be boiled with his own pudding"<br/></b><br/>Charles Dickens's tale of Ebenezer Scrooge, who is haunted by three spirits and learns the true meaning of Christmas has had, along with Dickens's other Christmas writings, a lasting and significant influence upon our ideas about the season as a time for celebration, charity and memory.<br/><br/>The Penguin English Library - 100 editions of the best fiction in English, from the eighteenth century and the very first novels to the beginning of the First World War.