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Series
Dickens of a crime volume 2
Pub. Date
2019
Description
In this clever reimagining of Charles Dickens's life, he and fiancée Kate Hogarth must solve the murder of a spinster wearing a wedding gown...
London, June 1835: In the interest of being a good neighbor, Charles checks in on Miss Haverstock, the elderly spinster who resides in the flat above his. But as the young journalist and his fiancée Kate ascend the stairs, they are assaulted by the unmistakable smell of death. Upon entering the woman's...
Author
Pub. Date
c.1988
Description
The engaging biography of one of the most celebrated and enduring authors of Western literature Charles Dickens grew up in harsh poverty and became one of the world's most beloved authors. Biographer Fred Kaplan takes a brilliant, multifaceted approach in his examination of Dickens's life: his fraught marriage and relationships; the ever-present effects of his humble beginnings; his extensive, but carefully managed, public life; and his friendships...
Author
Series
Magic tree house. Merlin missions volume 16
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 2
Description
Jack and Annie travel back to Victorian London when Merlin asks them to use their magic to help the famous writer, Charles Dickens, to write "A Christmas Carol"
Author
Pub. Date
2001
Description
1. The Dickens period -- 2. The boyhood of Dickens -- 3. The youth of Dickens -- 4. The Pickwick papers -- 5. The great popularity -- 6. Dickens and America -- 7. Dickens and Christmas -- 8. The time of transition -- 9. Later life and works -- 10. The great Dickens characters -- 11. On the alleged optimism of Dickens - 12. A note on the future of Dickens.