Farmers in an alpine valley are haunted by Fængler, a cunning old enchanter who ruins their lives by using an ancient wishing chain of powerful stones to spoil crops, and steal children, cows and goats. Young Berwald and his sister, Clara, set out without their parents knowing, to climb into the next valley, seize the chain, free their neighbourhood of fear, and wish for whatever they want. But they soon find the wild world beyond their home is full of strange forces, some good, some dark ...

Farmers in their alpine valley are haunted by Fængler, a cunning old enchanter, who ruins their lives by using an ancient wishing chain of powerful stones to spoil crops and steal children, cows and goats.Young Berwald and his sister Clara set out, without their parents knowing, to climb into the next valley, seize the chain, free their neighbourhood of fear, and wish for whatever they want. But they soon learn that the wild world beyond their home is full of strange forces – some g...

A delightful holiday collection that includes “A Christmas Carol” and other classic Charles Dickens Christmas stories.As much a part of Christmas as mistletoe and carolers, Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” was once read publicly on Christmas Eve each year by Dickens himself. This heartwarming tale continues to stir in us the same feelings of repentance, forgiveness, and love that transformed Ebenezer Scrooge from grumbling, “Bah! Humbug!” to sharing Tiny Tim's happy “G...

M. Gradgrind a donné à ses enfants Tom et Louise, une éducation rigoureuse, sans tendresse, ne laissant place ni à l'imagination, ni à la rêverie, comme il nous l'explique: «Ce que je veux, ce sont des faits. Enseignez des faits à ces garçons et à ces filles, rien que des faits. Les faits sont la seule chose dont on ait besoin ici-bas.». Louise épouse M. Bounderby, l'ami de M Gradgrind, riche industriel parti de rien et fier de sa réussite. Il emploiera Tom dans sa banque comme comptable. ...

Pip, orphelin élevé par une soeur revêche, vit rongé par la honte: celle d'être à la charge de son beau-père, le forgeron Joe Garnery - celle d'avoir aidé, dans les marais, un forçat évadé, Magwitch, et celle ,enfin, de sa pauvreté devant Estella, la pupille de la riche Melle Havisham. Il rêve de devenir digne de la conquérir quand on lui annonce que de grandes espérances lui sont permises grâce à un mystérieux mécène. Il part alors pour Londres où il acquiert le vernis social ,et aussi le...

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Great Expectations is a novel by Charles Dickens first serialised in All the Year Round from 1 December 1860 to August 1861. It is regarded as one of his greatest and most sophisticated novels, and is one of his most enduringly popular, having been adapted for stage and screen over 250 times.Great Expectations is written in a semi-autobiographical style, and is the story of the orphan Pip, writing his life from his early days of childhood until adulthood. The story can also be consi...

Il romanzo venne pubblicato nel 1840 sul settimanale Master Humphrey's Clock (in italiano L'orologio di mastro Humphrey), fondato da Dickens nello stesso anno. Il settimanale non ebbe molto successo e venne perciò edito soltanto fino al 1842, ma il libro riscosse e riscuote tuttora il favore del pubblico.

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Nelly et son grand-père vivent dans une petite maison. Kit, un brave et honnête garçon, les sert avec une loyauté sans faille... Mais le vieil homme, bien qu'adorant l'enfant, cache de sombres secrets... Un horrible nain, Mr Quilp, va les chasser de leur maison et les poursuivre, persuadé que le vieil homme a emporté un magot. Pendant ce douloureux voyage au travers de l'Angleterre, ils rencontreront toute une galerie de personnages parfois sinistres mais aussi souvent pittoresques (les de...

A Tale of Two Cities (1859) is the second historical novel by Charles Dickens, set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution. It depicts the plight of the French proletariat under the brutal oppression of the French aristocracy in the years leading up to the revolution, and the corresponding savage brutality demonstrated by the revolutionaries toward the former aristocrats in the early years of the revolution. It follows the lives of several protagonists through these eve...

L'opera fu scritta tra il 1855 e il giugno 1857 e pubblicato in fascicoli mensili (come quasi tutte le opere dell'autore) dal 1º dicembre 1855 al 1857. Esso è diviso in due libri: Povertà, in cui si parla delle misere condizioni della famiglia Dorrit, la cui madre è morta e il padre è in carcere per debiti, e della bontà della piccola Amy; si introducono inoltre vari personaggi, fra i quali alcuni dei principali sono Arthur Clennam e l'energico e attivo Mr. Pancks, grazie all'aiuto del qua...