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Charles Dickens
(1812 - 1870)
Charles John Huffam Dickens was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world’s most memorable fictional characters and is generally regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian period. During his life, his works enjoyed unprecedented fame, and by the twentieth century his literary genius was broadly acknowledged by critics and scholars. His novels and short stories continue to be widely popular.
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A Christmas Carol (1843)
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Great Expectations (1875)
This was the first illustrated edition of the story of Pip and his patron. Read online at Hathitrust.
Author(s):
Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s):
Marcus Stone
Great Expectations (1939)
Young Pip finds he has a patron - but who?
Author(s):
Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Great Expectations (1959)
Young Pip acquires a patron and soon rises above his family. This is the World’s Classics edition with dust jacket by Ardizzone #128.
Author(s):
Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Warwick Goble
Great Expectations (1962)
This edition has been slightly shortened to concentrate on the story of Pip and his relationship to his great patron.
Author(s):
Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s):
Ronald Searle
Great Expectations (1979)
Young Pip has a patron -- but who? This edition includes Dickens’ original ending where Pip and Estella are not reconciled.
Author(s):
Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s):
None
A Handy Dickens (1941)
A potpourri of Dickens extracts.
Author(s):
Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Hard Times for These Times (1854)
The utilitarian Mr. Gradgrind manages to destroy his children’s happiness. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s):
None
The Haunted Man and the Ghost’s Bargain (1848)
Professor Redlaw simmers with anger over ancient slights, but discovers forgetting does no good -- he must forgive. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s):
John Leech
Clarkson Stanfield
F. Stone
John Tenniel
The Haunted Man and the Ghost’s Bargain (1899)
Professor Redlaw is haunted by his anger at past slights but learns forgetting will not heal him -- he must forgive. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s):
F. D. Bedford
The Holly Tree and Other Christmas Stories (1926)
Four short tales by Dickens including The Holly-tree, The Seven Poor Travellers, The Poor Relation’s Story, and The Haunted House.
Author(s):
Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s):
Ernest H. Shepard
The Humour of Dickens (1952)
A collection of Dickens snippets with illustrations by various hands.
Author(s):
Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Michael Cummings
Giles
Osbert Lancaster
Ronald Searle
Little Dorrit (1857)
Her father imprisoned in the Marshalsea Prison for debt, Amy (Little Dorrit) was born there and has grown up there. The novel follows her through numerous turns of fortune from destitute to wealthy and back again. Read online at Hathitrust.
Author(s):
Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s):
Hablot K. Browne
The Magic Fishbone (1921)
The story of the Princess Alicia and her fairy godmother Grandmarina and a certain salmon bone, to say nothing of her eighteen brothers and sisters. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s):
F. D. Bedford
The Magic Fishbone (1953)
The Princess Alicia keeps the magic fishbone in her pocket until the right time.
Author(s):
Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Martin Chuzzlewit (1844)
Old Martin Chuzzlewit tries to manipulate his relatives by the promise of inheriting his wealth. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s):
Hablot K. Browne
Master Humphrey’s Clock (1840)
Author(s):
Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s):
Hablot K. Browne
George Cattermole
Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi (1838)
Author(s):
Charles Dickens
Joseph Grimaldi
Thomas Egerton Wilks
Illustrator(s):
George Cruikshank
W. Greatbach
S. Raven
Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi (1968)
The autobiography of a British clown who was active in the early nineteenth century.
Author(s):
Charles Dickens
Joseph Grimaldi
Illustrator(s):
George Cruikshank
W. Greatbach
Bernard Schleifer
The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1870)
In this unfinished murder mystery, young Edwin Drood disappears shortly after breaking off his engagement. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s):
Charles Allston Collins
S. Luke Fildes