Features some of the most memorably drawn villains in all of fiction - the treacherous gangmaster Fagin, the menacing thug Bill Sikes, the Artful Dodger and their den of thieves in the grimy London backstreets.
Chronicles David Copperfield's extraordinary journey through life, as he encounters villains, saviours, eccentrics and grotesques, including the wicked Mr Murdstone, stout-hearted Peggotty, formidable Betsey Trotwood, impecunious Micawber and odious Uriah Heep.
Idéal pour commencer à lire en VO un classique de la littérature anglo-saxonne. A découvrir : un texte en anglais adapté et revu par des enseignants, de belles illustrations, un lexique en fin d'ouvrage pour aider à la compréhension du texte et une version audio pour s'imprégner du bon accent dès la classe de 5e. Avec un lexique en fin d'ouvrage , des fiches pédagogiques téléchargeables pour favoriser l'étude en classe, un fichier audio pour savourer la musicalité de la langue.
Idéal pour commencer à lire en VO un classique de la littérature anglo-saxonne. A découvrir : un texte en anglais adapté et revu par des enseignants, de belles illustrations, un lexique en fin d'ouvrage pour aider à la compréhension du texte et une version audio pour s'imprégner du bon accent dès la classe de 6e.
Envie de lire en anglais les plus grands classiques de la littérature ? Avec Harrap's, c'est facile, grâce à : un texte adapté et revu par des enseignants, de belles illustrations pour suivre l'histoire, un lexique anglais-français en fin d'ouvrage pour aider à bien comprendre le texte. Pour aller plus loin : en suivant sur le livre, écoute la version audio et savoure toute la musicalité de l'anglais ; Ecoute et répète chaque mot du lexique pour perfectionner ton accent et mémoriser le vocabulaire.
Et pour les enseignants une fiche pédagogique photocopiable destinée aux élèves, avec de nombreuses activités ludiques liées à l'histoire.
Presents portrayal of the orphan Pip's journey of self-discovery. This title shows how a young man's life is transformed by a mysterious series of events - an encounter with an escaped prisoner; a visit to a black-hearted old woman and a beautiful girl; and, a fortune from a secret donor.
This text is a revised edition of Dickens' classic tale. After 18 years as a political prisoner in the Bastille, the ageing Dr Manette is finally released and reunited with his daughter in England. Two very different men become enmeshed through their love for Lucie Manette.
Coketown is dominated by the figure of Mr Thomas Gradgrind, school owner and model of Utilitarian success. Feeding both his pupils and his family with facts, he bans fancy and wonder from young minds. As a consequence his obedient daughter Louisa marries the loveless businessman and bully of humility Mr Bounderby.
B>Adapted as a major BBC miniseries starring Tom Hardy, Guy Pearce and Andy Serkis./b>br>b>/b>br>When A Christmas Carol was first published in 1843 it was an overnight success. A celebration of Christmas, a tale of redemption, and a critique on Victorian society, Charles Dickens' atmospheric novella follows the miserly, penny-pinching Ebenezer Scrooge who views Christmas as 'humbug'. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. Featuring original illustrations by John Leech, with an afterword by Anna South.It is only through a series of eerie, life-changing visits from the ghost of his deceased business partner Marley and the spirits of Christmas past, present and future that Scrooge begins to see the error of his ways. With heart-rending characters, rich imagery and evocative language, the hopeful message of A Christmas Carol remains as significant today as when it was first published.
Une version charmante du célèbre conte de Charles Dickens, spécialement adaptée pour les petits.
Monsieur Scrooge est l'homme le plus avare qui soit... jusqu'à ce que trois visiteurs nocturnes entreprennent de changer ses habitudes. Ce conte de Noël classique a été adapté spécialement pour les très jeunes lecteurs. Les illustrations ravissantes de Jesús López sont bourrées de détails à repérer. Version audio en prime.
'The monstrous thought came into my mind as I perused the fixed eyes and the saturnine face, that this was a spirit, not a man.' Three ghostly tales from a master of the form, 'The Signalman', 'The Trial for Murder' and the title story, 'To Be Read at Dusk'. One of 46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first ever Penguin Classic in 1946. Each book gives readers a taste of the Classics' huge range and diversity, with works from around the world and across the centuries - including fables, decadence, heartbreak, tall tales, satire, ghosts, battles and elephants.
Paul Dombey is an ambitious, calculating London merchant. He pins all his hopes for the future of his shipping firm on his fragile son whilst his daughter, Florence, goes unnoticed and neglected. It is only when the firm faces ruin, and Dombey is staring at a life of desolate solitude that Florence may finally be valued.
Four bumbling members of a nineteenth-century London social club, known as the legendary Pickwick Club, journey to places outside the city and become involved in romantic foibles, danger, and a few legal scrapes.
This is a one-volume collection of Dickens' most popular Christmas stories and articles. It includes "A Christmas Carol", "The Chimes" and "The Haunted Man" and a few short items from Dickens' journalism on the subject of Christmas.
In The Pickwick Papers we are introduced not just to one of the greatest writers in the English language, but to some of fiction's most endearing and memorable characters, starting with the 'illustrious, immortal and colossal-minded' Samuel Pickwick himself. It is a rollicking tour de force through an England on the brink of the Victorian era. Reform of government, justice and commercial life are imminent, as are rail travel, social convulsion and the death of deference, but Pickwick sails through on a tide of delirious adventure, fortifying us for the future - whatever it might throw at us. This Macmillan Collector's Library edition is illustrated by H. K. Browne ('Phiz'), with an afterword by Ned Halley.Designed to appeal to the book lover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure.
