| Title | : | The Essential Dickens: A Tale of Two Cities, A Christmas Carol, Great Expectations, David Copperfield, Oliver Twist |
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| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Kindle Edition |
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| Publication | : | First published January 1, 1861 |
Welcome to Dickensian London. The streets are cold, the social criticism sharp, and the characters immortal in public imagination. In this collection, you will find five essential works of Dickens, each elegantly formatted for ease of use and enjoyment on your Kindle device.
Included in The Essential Dickens are:
Five of Dickens's most essential works, including A Christmas Carol and A Tale of Two Cities, complete and unabridged. Links to free, full-length audio recordings of all the books in this collection. An individual, active Table of Contents for each book accessible from the Kindle "go to" feature. Perfect formatting in rich text compatible with Kindle's Text-to-Speech features. A low, can't-say-no price! Five Complete Works
Five classic works by Charles Dickens, complete and unabridged. Books included:
Oliver Twist A Christmas Carol David Copperfield A Tale of Two Cities Great Expectations Additional Fan Resources
Also included are special features for any Dickens enthusiast, including:
A comprehensive directory of the many film, TV, and stage adaptations of the Dickens works included. A list of works inspired by and parodying his most famous story, A Christmas Carol. Links to free, full-length audio recordings of the books in this collection.
The Essential Dickens: A Tale of Two Cities, A Christmas Carol, Great Expectations, David Copperfield, Oliver Twist Reviews
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3½ stars
This leather-bound Dickens collection is a must-have for any Dickens fan and any fan of Victorian England. It looks great on the shelf, especially next to those other leather-bound classics, if you have any. The novels included are: A Christmas Carol, A Tale of Two Cities, David Copperfield, Great Expectations, and Oliver Twist.
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Oliver Twist: 4*
A Christmas Carol: 5*
David Copperfield: 4*
Great Expectations: 4*
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I first started reading Dickens in junior high. My literature teacher Mrs. Porter suggested Oliver Twist. In English we read A Tale of Two Cities. My French ancestry made this especially interesting. I was hooked. I spent many mornings before school reading in that junior high library. I love how good triumphs over evil, but not until tremendous trial has been gone through. From Oliver Twist to Great Expectations one is never disappointed. Mr. Dickens is amazing and addictive.
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3.5/5 stars ⭐️
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Here’s my classic of the month: Oliver Twist!
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Oliver Twist is about an orphan named Oliver who struggles to remain good in a society that does not offer any help. I’m Charles Dickens’ words, it is a male version of a Cinderella story from rags to riches.
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I’ve seen the musical and movie of Twist, but I never had to read it. I’ve had to read a couple of Charles Dickens books in middle and high school, but Oliver Twist was not one of them. I really enjoyed the first half of the book and the chapters that were mostly about Oliver. The other chapters were a lot darker than I would have imagined. But other than that, I enjoyed the book! I wish I read it when I was in school.
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March 29
Oliver Twist: 2 stars.
This story goes to show that crime does not pay.
March 31
A Christmas Carol: 3 stars.
There are some aspects of Dicken's writing that I really like, for example, he is one of the very very few authors who properly uses all punctuation marks. Although I said very few I can't think of another author who does...
On the other hand there are some issues I have with Dicken's writing and that is when he does not specify who he's writing about. There was a part in the story when Bob Cratchit was sitting next to a bed of a child. At this point Tiny Tim had died and little Bob was downstairs, so which child's bed was he sitting next to?
I could remember clearly the version of this movie starring Reginald Owen as Ebenezer Scrooge. I miss Christmas.
April 24
David Copperfield: 1 star
I found this story to be incredibly boring. David Copperfield was a very dull person, and it seems that his history was overtaken by the people he met, more so than himself. I didn't find these other characters to be much less dull, and Dickens ensured they were regurgitated to the very end.
May 12
Great Expectations: 1 star
I saw the movie Great Expectations with Ethan Hawke and Gwyneth Paltrow soon after it was released and either I don't remember it correctly or the book is very different from the movie because it didn't seem familiar to me. This could be a good thing, but it's not. I found this story very similar to David Copperfield and also very boring. Pip was an ingrate, but he was very young, however he really didn't care about Abel Magwitch until he found out he was Estella's father. I didn't really like any of the characters in this story. Maybe it's because I read them back to back, but they all seem to have very similar traits and bleed into one another.
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This 1500-page baby is the 200th book I rate here on Goodreads! It's the biggest book I own (so far), and I've spent a good while on it, for obvious reasons (Edit: Actually only exactly two months, and I was away for vacation for one, lol). It's been a nice journey!
Here are my reviews on each of the five novels in this collection:
Oliver Twist
A Christmas Carol
David Copperfield
A Tale Of Two Cities
Great Expectations
I guess if you check out all of my reviews on those, there's not much more to say!
I think this book is a great bundle of classics to have, and great to pull out of the bookshelf at least every christmas! Some of these can be pretty heavy to read, so it might take a while before you actually read them again, but I definitely think this is a staple to have in your collection if you love classics as much as I do.
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I hated Great Expectations in high school so I was skeptical of this, but I'm a sucker for a nicely bound edition of classic works so I gave it a try. Dickens was far more entertaining reading it as an adult than it was as a kid.
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Five novels by a master, it doesn't get much better than that!
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These stories are classics for a reason.
David Copperfield and
Great Expectations took a while to get through, but they were worth it. Dickens' casts of characters are so colourful and they are so memorable.
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I read only A Christmas Carol this time around. I wish Goodreads had a way to mark having read one story from a collection, but alas...
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Only read AChristmas Carol this time around. It is a favorite of mine. I read it every Christmas.
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Beautiful book. Received as a gift. Classic stories in one leather bound book. Been reading Dickens for years and years. This book is for any Charles Dickens fan.
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Great book
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A collection of fascinating stories! 5/5 stars
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Brings me so much childhood memories I LOVE IT
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Oliver Twist - 4 stars
A Christmas Carol - 5 stars
David Copperfield - 4 stars
A Tale of Two Cities - 5 stars
Great Expectations - 4 stars -
/only read "A Christmas Carol" but can't find the proper edition/
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Reading several Dickens novels within about a year may have been a mistake, as they do feel repetitive -- Orphan Boy Makes Good! is the theme of 3/5 of the books in this omnibus. But they do all remain funny and thoughtful, clever and entertaining. I still retain a personal loathing of Tale of Two Cities, but that's my problem, not Charles'. My favorite of this bunch was definitely A Christmas Carol; not because I love Christmas, but probably because I love stories about ghosts and/or assholes getting their due. And after a lifetime of exposure to the trope, theme, references to, and adaptions of the story, it was nice to finally read the original and realize, yes, it does fully deserve its cemented place in our culture.
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Excellent writing. What more can you say about these grand novels?
I have a little grouse about the Kindle compilation though. I bought this compilation at a very cheap price for my Kindle, but with the length of the stories and the lack of a detailed table of contents hence no easy way to navigate through the books, I found my reading experience a bit diminished. Having read the first three novels, I think I will read the last two in print form at a later point so that I can savour the experience more. -
Great book. Boy is it long at times but I have enjoyed my journey with Dickens. Classics such as Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol, Great expectations (My favourite), tale of two cites and the Adventures of David Copperfield.
Not all the novels were exciting though they did give great insight to Victorian life and values, something that can easily be forgotten in today technological world. -
Though I didn't read this exact version, I have read these all unabridged and these are probably my top five favorite Dickens works.
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I read David Copperfield and found it delightful. I had no idea I would like it so much. I'm taking a break from Mr. Dickens but can't wait to read some of his other stuff.
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I've read Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol, and A Tale of Two Cities - working on the other two :)
