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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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The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1980)
Edwin Drood disappears on the day he breaks off his engagement.
Author(s):
Charles Dickens
Leon Garfield
Illustrator(s):
Antony Maitland
The National Edition of the Works of Charles Dickens (1906)
This complete works of Charles Dickens was published in a forty-volume set and this eighty-volume set.
Author(s):
Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s):
Hablot K. Browne
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Nicholas Nickleby (1839)
Nicholas and his sister Kate must find a way to support their mother, despite their miserly uncle Ralph. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s):
Hablot K. Browne
No Thoroughfare (1867)
Based on a stage play co-written with Wilkie Collins, this is the story of two orphans given the same name and the search for a missing heir. The title page by Bedford; frontis by Goodman. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Wilkie Collins
Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
No Thoroughfare (1898)
Based on a stage play co-written with Wilkie Collins, this is the story of two orphans given the same name and the search for a missing heir. The title page by Bedford; frontis by Goodman.
Author(s):
Wilkie Collins
Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s):
F. D. Bedford
A. Jules Goodman
The Old Curiosity Shop (1841)
Her grandfather having gambled away all his property and suffered a debilitating stroke, Little Nell flees with him to the English heartland. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s):
Hablot K. Browne
George Cattermole
Daniel Maclise
Oliver Twist (1846)
Author(s):
Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s):
George Cruikshank
Oliver Twist (1994)
Born in a workhouse, Oliver runs away from an abusive mistress to seek his fortune in London where he falls in with a gang of pickpockets.
Author(s):
Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s):
Don Freeman
Our Mutual Friend (1957)
The Australian heir to a junk king’s fortune goes missing.
Author(s):
Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s):
Lynd Ward
The Oxford Illustrated Dickens (1947)
This edition in twenty-one volumes has been frequently reprinted.
Author(s):
Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s):
Hablot K. Browne
George Cruikshank
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People from Dickens (1935)
Extracts from Dickens that illuminate his characters.
Author(s):
Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s):
Thomas J. Fogarty
Pictures from Italy (1846)
An account of Dickens’ travels in 1844. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s):
Samuel Palmer
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club (1837)
The adventures of Mr. Pickwick, his servant Sam Weller and his friends. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s):
Hablot K. Browne
Robert William Buss
Robert Seymour
Runaways and Castaways (1908)
A selection of stories of adventure from well known authors. Read for free online at HathiTrust.
The Selfish Giant and Other Stories (1935)
Six literary fairy tales, including The Magic Fishbone and Perez the Mouse.
Author(s):
Charles Dickens
Oscar Wilde
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Illustrator(s):
Kate Seredy
The Short Stories of Charles Dickens (1971)
A generous helping of the shorter fictions of the ‘inimitable Dickens’ as he liked to style himself.
Author(s):
Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Sketches by Boz (1836)
This first series of Sketches by Boz was published in two volumes. Short pieces about people and places. This is a reprint of the original and its illustrations at Hathitrust.
Author(s):
Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s):
George Cruikshank
Sketches by Boz: New Edition, Complete (1839)
Author(s):
Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s):
George Cruikshank