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David Copperfield. [Hardback]

Author: Dickens, Charles
Published: O.U.P.

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Christmas Stories. [Hardback]

Author: Dickens, Charles
Published: John Menzies.

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1900-1901 Burgess Rolls Series : [Local History] Borough of Portsmouth, Charles Dickens Ward

Published: Staunton Park Genealogy Centre.

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The Uncommercial Traveller / [Hardback] / introduction by Malcolm Elwin; Illustrations by Harry Furniss.

Author: Dickens, Charles
Published: Heron Books.
Centennial Edition

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Sketches by Boz : [Hardback] Illustrative Of Every-Day Life and Every-Day People,2 / Illustrations by George Cruickshank and Phiz.

Author: Dickens, Charles
Published: Heron Books.
Centennial Edition

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Sketches by Boz : [Hardback] And,hard Times

Author: Dickens, Charles
Published: Odhams.

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James and John : a true story of prejudice and murder / Chris Bryant.

They had nothing to expect from the mercy of the crown; their doom was sealed; no plea could be urged in extenuation of their crime, and they well knew that for them there was no hope in this world. When Charles Dickens wrote these tragic lines he was penning fact, not fiction. He had visited the condemned cells at the infamous prison at Newgate, where seventeen men who had been sentenced to death were awaiting news of their pleas for mercy. Two men were particularly striking: James Pratt and John Smith, who had been convicted of homosexuality. In this masterful work of history, Chris Bryant delves deep into the public archives, scouring poor law records, workhouse registers, prisoner calendars and private correspondence, meticulously recreates the lives of two men whose names are known to history - but whose story has been lost, until now.
Author: Bryant, Christopher, 1962-
Published: London : Bloomsbury, 2024.
320 pages ; 24 cm
8 reserves

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Time and tide : the long, long life of landscape / Fiona Stafford.

Red squirrels and red kites, drained lakes and flooded valleys, sulphurous springs and sea-filled caves. The land, sea and skyscapes of the UK are constantly shifting. Species, landmarks and ways of life slip in and out of existence, and firm ground is often just out of reach. Weaving together stories drawn from literature, local history and her own family heritage, Oxford professor Fiona Stafford leads us along coastlines and through forests and fens, revealing the forces, both natural and human, which leave places unrecognisably changed. Following in the footsteps of John Keats, Charles Dickens, and Wilkie Collins, the book takes us from the monkey puzzles planted in Cornish coastal gardens to the wave-beaten rocks of Fingal's Cave. The book offers glimpses into the past and a sense of nature's resilience that gives us hope for the future.
Author: Stafford, Fiona J.
Published: London : John Murray, 2024.
v, 294 pages ; 23 cm

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Great expectations : abridged for young readers / Charles Dickens, A.L. Kennedy.

Young orphan Pip, downtrodden and mistreated by his guardian sister, has a terrifying meeting with an escaped convict. Soon afterwards he is invited to play at the gloomy, cobwebbed house of unhappy Miss Havisham, where he is humiliated by her beautiful ward, Estella. Pip falls in love with the girl, despite her disdain for his ignorance and rough appearance, and begins his apprenticeship to his blacksmith brother-in-law feeling ashamed of his lowly home. Then Pip is told he is to be brought up as a wealthy gentleman, and he delightedly assumes his secret benefactor to be Miss Havisham, planning him as a match him for Estella. When he discovers this is not the case, his heart is broken and his loyalties torn. What is the connection between Miss Havisham and the mysterious convict? And will Pip ever win Estella's heart?
Author: Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
Published: London : Walker Books Ltd, 2024.
288 pages ; 20 cm.
Walker abridged classics

28 copies

The Household [electronic resource]

PRE-ORDER THE CAPTIVATING, HIGHLY ANTICIPATED NEW NOVEL, INSPIRED BY REAL HISTORICAL FIGURES AND EVENTSNOT ALL WHO ARE FALLEN WANT TO BE SAVEDLondon, 1847. In a quiet house in the countryside outside London, the finishing touches are being made to welcome a group of young women. The house and its location are top secret, its residents unknown to one another, but the girls have one thing in common: they are fallen. Offering refuge for prostitutes, petty thieves and the destitute, Urania Cottage is a second chance at life - but how badly do they want it?Meanwhile, a few miles away in a Piccadilly mansion, millionairess Angela Burdett-Coutts, one of the benefactors of Urania Cottage, makes a discovery that leaves her cold. Her stalker of ten years has been released from prison, and she knows it's only a matter of time before their nightmarish game resumes once more.As the women's worlds collide in ways they could never have expected, they will discover that freedom always comes at a price . . .The Household is the new novel from the award-winning, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Familiars, The Foundling and Mrs England. Set against Charles Dicken's home for fallen women and inspired by real figures from history, it is Stacey Halls' most ambitious and captivating novel yet.PRAISE FOR STACEY HALLS AND THE HOUSEHOLD'With warm and artful prose this is a story richly realised and sympathetically imagined, making THE HOUSEHOLD undoubtedly my favourite novel written by Stacey Halls so far, whose writing goes from strength to strength. I loved it' Susan Stokes Chapman, Sunday Times bestselling author of Pandora'I devoured The Household by Stacey Halls. Meticulously researched and thoroughly entertaining, I was struck most of all by its hopefulness: about forgiveness, friendship, the choices we make and the opportunity for a second (or third) chance. This is undoubtedly Stacey Halls' best novel yet - I can't wait to see what she writes next' Elizabeth Macneal'Stacey Halls is a writer of great originality, great imagination and great sense of place. Atmospheric, intelligent, accessible, every novel is worth reading, then reading again and again' Kate Mosse'This novel is the very definition of unputdownable. I loved every one of the women connected to Urania Cottage. Original, engrossing and so true to life. My favourite Stacey Halls novel yet' Louise Hare'Outstanding. Haunting, compelling, atmospheric' Emma Stonex'Utterly compelling. Menacing and marvellously written, this is hugely accomplished' Daily Mail'Shimmers with menace... enticing and beautifully written' Sunday Express'Jaw-droppingly brilliant. Exquisitely written, incredibly atmospheric, a masterclass in rising tension' Liz Hyder'Historical fiction at its feminist best' RED*Sunday Times bestselling author of MRS ENGLAND June 2021 and January 2022**Winner of the Women's Prize Futures Award 2022- https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/uk/lifestyle/editors-choice-book-reviews/a41610537/stacey-halls-winner-futures-award/*
Author: Halls, Stacey
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Manilla Press, 2024
1 online resource (1 text file)

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The Household [electronic resource]

From the Sunday Times bestseller and winner of the Women's Prize Futures Award, the captivating, highly anticipated new novel, inspired by real historical figures and events.London, 1847. In a quiet house in the countryside outside London, the finishing touches are being made to welcome a group of young women. The house and its location are top secret, its residents unknown to one another, but the girls have one thing in common: they are fallen. Offering refuge for prostitutes, petty thieves and the destitute, Urania Cottage is a second chance at life - but how badly do they want it?Meanwhile, a few miles away in a Piccadilly mansion, millionairess Angela Burdett-Coutts, one of the benefactors of Urania Cottage, makes a discovery that leaves her cold. Her stalker of ten years has been released from prison, and she knows it's only a matter of time before their nightmarish game resumes once more.As the women's worlds collide in ways they could never have expected, they will discover that freedom always comes at a price . . .The Household is the new novel from the award-winning, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Familiars, The Foundling and Mrs England. Set against Charles Dicken's home for fallen women and inspired by real figures from history, it is Stacey Halls' most ambitious and captivating novel yet.
Author: Halls, Stacey
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Manilla Press, 2024
1 online resource (1 audio file)

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The Askham accusation / Rebecca Tope.

Set in the picturesque town of Askham, near Ullswater, the story opens with the funeral of Humphrey Craig, the builder who converted Simmy's new house in Hartsop. The following day, when Simmy goes back to look at the grave and the flowers on it, she meets two women, Lindsay Wilson, an academic in her late twenties who is writing a thesis on Charles Dickens' Dombey and Son, and Pauline Parsons, a local matriarch aged 90. Just 24 hours later, Mrs Parsons is found dead on Askham Fell and Simmy is summoned to Penrith police station. She is told that she has been identified as the prime suspect. will DI Moxon be able to help Simmy out of this unscathed?
Author: Tope, Rebecca
Published: London : Allison & Busby Limited, 2023.
318 pages ; 20 cm.
Lake District mysteries ; 12.

11 copies

Murder in the mist / Cora Harrison.

Wilkie Collins is looking forward to spending Christmas at Gad's Hill, Charles Dickens' Kentish country home, but the festivities are cut short when a body is found on the marshland. Timmy O'Connor was invited to the gathering with his three nephews after a chance encounter with Dickens, but is now dead. Who was this unpleasant stranger?
Author: Harrison, Cora
Published: Edinburgh : Severn House, 2023.
182 pages ; 23 cm.
Gaslight mysteries

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The life and lies of Charles Dickens / Helena Kelly.

Almost everything you're familiar with was first mentioned in an authorised biography written by Dickens' close friend John Forster 150 years ago. It's the version of events that Dickens himself chose to make public, and newly accessible archives reveal that it's crammed with gaps, inconsistencies, and outright lies. There's the sister whose existence Dickens kept secret and the Jewish relations whose faith he strove to conceal. There's plagiarism, fraud, and suicide. And that's only for starters. Helena Kelly retells Dickens' story from his childhood to his deathbed, uncovers the truths he tried to keep hidden, and offers a fresh - and deeply troubling - perspective on the man who remains one of Britain's best-known novelists.
Author: Kelly, Helena, 1981-
Published: London : Icon, 2023.
xv, 272 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm

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The Askham accusation [text(large print)] / Rebecca Tope.

In Askham, near Ullswater, Simmy attends the funeral of Humphrey Craig, the builder who converted her new house in Hartsop. The following day, when Simmy goes back to look at the grave and the flowers on it, she meets two women: Lindsay Wilson, an academic in her late twenties who is writing a thesis on Charles Dickens' Dombey and Son; and Pauline Parsons, a local matriarch aged 90. Just 24 hours later, Mrs Parsons is found dead on Askham Fell, and Simmy is summoned to Penrith police station. She is told that she has been identified as the prime suspect. Will DI Moxon be able to help Simmy out of this unscathed?
Author: Tope, Rebecca
Published: London : Allison & Busby Limited, 2023.
312 pages (large print) ; 24 cm.
Lake District mysteries
A&B crime

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Unexpected twist / Michael Rosen ; illustrated by Tony Ross.

An original story by Michael Rosen, inspired by the Charles Dickens classic 'Oliver Twist'. Shona is moving house because her dad's lost his benefits. At her new school, she finds that keeping out of trouble isn't easy - just like for Oliver Twist, in her English class readings. After Shona is unexpectedly given a mobile phone, she begins to suspect there's something dodgy about the boys she's met. Some gifts, she comes to learn, aren't exactly free.
Author: Rosen, Michael, 1946-
Published: London : Scholastic, 2023.
314 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm

14 copies

A twist of murder [text(large print)] / Heather Redmond.

In Victorian England, aspiring author Charles Dickens is on the case again - in pursuit of missing orphans, legendary treasure, and a cold-blooded killer in the latest installment of Heather Redmond's charming series that reimagines the famous writer as an amateur sleuth.
Author: Redmond, Heather, 1969-
Published: Rearsby : Lamplight Large Print Books, 2023.
414 pages (large print).
Dickens of a crime ; 5.

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The Askham accusation / Rebecca Tope.

Set in the picturesque town of Askham, near Ullswater, the story opens with the funeral of Humphrey Craig, the builder who converted Simmy's new house in Hartsop. The following day, when Simmy goes back to look at the grave and the flowers on it, she meets two women, Lindsay Wilson, an academic in her late twenties who is writing a thesis on Charles Dickens' Dombey and Son, and Pauline Parsons, a local matriarch aged 90. Just 24 hours later, Mrs Parsons is found dead on Askham Fell and Simmy is summoned to Penrith police station. She is told that she has been identified as the prime suspect. will DI Moxon be able to help Simmy out of this unscathed?
Author: Tope, Rebecca
First edition.
Published: London : Allison & Busby Limited, 2023.
316 pages : map (black and white) ; 22 cm.
Lake District mysteries
A&B crime

21 copies

The Askham Accusation [electronic resource]

Autumn clouds are drawing in over the village of Askham, at the edge of the picturesque Lake District, and mourners, including Simmy Henderson, are heading to the funeral of Humphrey Craig. Taking a quiet moment later to visit the grave and admire the flowers with her florist's eye, Simmy meets two women: Lindsay Wilson, an academic writing a thesis on Charles Dickens, and ninety-year-old matriarch Pauline Parsons. Just twenty-four hours later, Mrs Parsons is found dead on Askham Fell, and Simmy faces questioning at Penrith police station. An accusation has been made, but if Simmy is to avoid arrest for a murder she did not commit, she will have to uncover the killer herself.
Author: Tope, Rebecca
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Allison & Busby, 2023
1 online resource (1 text file)
Lake District Mysteries ; 12

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Great expectations / an old book by Charles Dickens ; with new doodles by Jack Noel ; abridged by Liz Bankes.

Ten-year-old Pip gets the fright of his life when he meets an escaped convict in a spooky graveyard. And that's just the beginning of an adventure that will lead him to a house full of secrets, a strange old lady and a journey to the big city to seek his fortune. But Pip is in for a BIG surprise. Join Pip in a rip-roaring story of family secrets, scary grannies and a REALLY annoying big sister.
Author: Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
Published: London : Farshore, 2023.
259 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm.
Comic classics

19 copies

The turning point : a year that changed Dickens and the world / Robert Douglas-Fairhurst.

The year is 1851. It's a time of radical change in Britain, when industrial miracles and artistic innovations rub shoulders with political unrest, poverty and disease. It's also a turbulent time in the private life of Charles Dickens, as he copes with a double bereavement and early signs that his marriage is falling apart. But this formative year will become perhaps the greatest turning point in Dickens's career, as he embraces his calling as a chronicler of ordinary people's lives, and develops a new form of writing that will reveal just how interconnected the world is becoming. 'The Turning Point' transports us into the foggy streets of Dickens's London, closely following the twists and turns of a year that would come to define him, and forever alter Britain's relationship with the world.
Author: Douglas-Fairhurst, Robert
Published: London : Vintage, 2022.
368 pages ; 20 cm

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Summer of secrets / Cora Harrison.

August, 1856. The dress rehearsal for a charity performance at Knebworth House is disrupted by the discovery of a body lying in the centre of the stage, shot to death. With everyone involved in the play coming under suspicion, writer-sleuths Wilkie Collins and Charles Dickens, spending the summer at Knebworth House, feel compelled to investigate.
Author: Harrison, Cora
Published: Edinburgh : Severn House, 2022.
217 pages ; 22 cm.
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Dickens and Prince : a particular kind of genius / Nick Hornby.

Charles Dickens and Prince. Two wildly different artists who caught fire and lit up the world in ways no others could. Where did their magic come from? How did they work so hard and produce so much? How did they manage or give in to the restlessness and intensity of their creativity? How did they use it, and did it kill them? With wit, curiosity and deep admiration Nick Hornby traces their extraordinary lives - from their difficult beginnings to the women they fell for to their limitless energy for work, to their money and the movies - and brilliantly illuminates their very particular kind of genius.
Author: Hornby, Nick
Published: London : Viking, 2022.
96 pages ; 21 cm

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A twist of murder [sound recording] / Heather Redmond.

Harrow-on-the-Hill, March 1836: In a sense, orphans Ollie, John, and Arthur have always been treasure hunters. The mudlarks have gone from a hardscrabble life scavenging the banks of the Thames for bits and bobs to becoming students at a boarding school outside of London, thanks to the kind and generous intercession of Charles Dickens. But now they're missing - as is, apparently, a treasure map. When Charles arrives at the school, he's hit with another twist - the servant girl who was allegedly in possession of the map has been strangled in the icehouse. Unbeknownst to them on their spirited adventure, his young friends may be in mortal danger. Now Charles and his fiancée Kate Hogarth, who has come to join him in the search for the runaways, must artfully dodge false leads and red herrings to find the boys and the map - before X marks the spot of their graves.
Author: Redmond, Heather, 1969-
Published: Rearsby : Lamplight Audiobooks, 2022.
7 CDs (503 min.) : digital, stereo.
Dickens of a crime ; 4.

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The Pickwick murders [sound recording] / Heather Redmond.

In a reimagining of Charles Dickens' classic 'The Pickwick Papers', Heather Redmond's fourth Victorian-era mystery in the 'Dickens of a Crime' series finds a young Charles tossed into Newgate Prison for a murder he didn't commit, and his fiancée Kate Hogarth striving to clear his name.
Author: Redmond, Heather, 1969-
Published: Rearsby : Lamplight Audiobooks, 2022.
7 CDs (496 min.) : digital, stereo.
Dickens of a crime

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Filippo, Me and the Cherry Tree [electronic resource]

Mafalda is 13 and has been blind since she was 10. Her best friend is the cheerfully rule-breaking Filippo, and she is accompanied everywhere by Ottimo Turcaret, her devoted cat. Mafalda is always looking on the bright side, thinking of things she can do both now and in the future despite her loss of sight. But other things are worrying her too: her father who has lost his job and is now in the depths of depression, refusing to leave his bed; and the horrible girl in school, Debbie, who seems very interested in Filippo . . . So now Mafalda has to start thinking what Filippo really means to her . . .Then two new adults come into her life: Elsa, a homeless young woman, and Signor Nino, the elderly upstairs neighbour with an awful temper and a great passion for Charles Dickens. Little by little, Mafalda learns their stories, and how their lives had also been shaped by brave and difficult choices. A moving sequel to THE DISTANCE BETWEEN ME AND THE CHERRY TREE
Author: Peretti, Paola
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Hot Key Books, 2022
1 online resource (1 text file)

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The Pickwick murders [text(large print)] / Heather Redmond.

In a reimagining of Charles Dickens' classic 'The Pickwick Papers', Heather Redmond's fourth Victorian-era mystery in the 'Dickens of a Crime' series finds a young Charles tossed into Newgate Prison for a murder he didn't commit, and his fiancée Kate Hogarth striving to clear his name.
Author: Redmond, Heather, 1969-
Published: Rearsby : Lamplight Large Print Books, 2022.
414 pages (large print).
Dickens of a crime

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The Book Lover's Guide to London [electronic resource]

Many of the greatest names in literature have visited or made their home in the colorful and diverse metropolis of London. From Charles Dickens to George Orwell, Virginia Woolf to Bernadine Evaristo, London’s writers have bought the city to life through some of the best known and loved stories and characters in fiction.This book takes you on an area-by-area journey through London to discover the stories behind the stories told in some of the most famous novels, plays and poems written in, or about, the city. * Find out which poet almost lost one of his most important manuscripts in a Soho pub.* Discover how Graham Greene managed to survive the German bomb that destroyed his Clapham home.* Climb down the dingy steps from London Bridge to Thames path below and imagine how it felt to be Nancy trying to save Oliver Twist, only to then meet her own violent death.* Drink in same pub Bram Stoker listened to the ghost stories that inspired Dracula, the plush drinking house where Noel Coward performed, and the bars and cafes frequented by modern writers.* Tour the locations where London’s writers, and their characters lived, worked, played, loved, lost and died.This is the first literature guide to London to be fully illustrated with beautiful color photographs throughout the book.
Author: Milne, Sarah
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : White Owl, 2022
1 online resource (1 text file)

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Great expectations [electronic resource]

Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series. Please note that the eBook edition does NOT include access to the audio edition and digital book. Written for learners of English as a foreign language, each title includes carefully adapted text, new illustrations and language learning exercises.Titles include popular classics, exciting contemporary fiction, and thought-provoking non-fiction, introducing language learners to bestselling authors and compelling content.The eight levels of Penguin Readers follow the Common European Framework of Reference for language learning (CEFR). Exercises at the back of each Reader help language learners to practise grammar, vocabulary, and key exam skills. Before, during and after-reading questions test readers' story comprehension and develop vocabulary.Great Expectations, a Level 6 Reader, is B1+ in the CEFR framework. The longer text is made up of sentences with up to four clauses, introducing future continuous, reported questions, third conditional, was going to and ellipsis. A small number of illustrations support the text.When the orphan Pip is taken to the house of Miss Havisham, he meets and falls in love with Estella. Estella is beautiful but cold and Pip decides that he will become rich so that he can marry her. Later he learns that somebody has given him a lot of money, but Pip does not know who this person is.Visit the Penguin Readers websiteRegister to access online resources including tests, worksheets and answer keys. Exclusively with the print edition, readers can unlock a digital book and audio edition (not available with the eBook).
Author: Dickens, Charles
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Penguin, 2021
1 online resource (1 text file)
Penguin Readers

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Charles Dickens [electronic resource]

Introduce your child to the life of Charles Dickens, the great author of classic literature including Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol, A Tale of Two Cities, and many more
Author: Vegara, Maria Isabel Sanchez
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Frances Lincoln Children's Books, 2021
1 online resource (1 text file)
Little People, Big Dreams

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