When the body of John Harmon turns up in the Thames, an illiterate dustman named Noddy Boffins unexpectedly inherits Harmon's unclaimed fortune. Boffins's good luck seems ...

Dombey and Son, Charles Dickens’s story of a powerful man whose callous neglect of his family triggers his professional and personal downfall, showcases the author’s gift for ...

Born six months after his father's death, David faces many hardships growing up in nineteenth-century England

A miser learns the true meaning of Christmas when three ghostly visitors review his past and foretell his future.

The classic tale of the orphaned Pip, who enters a world of unexpected wealth populated by the eccentric Miss Havisham and her cold, beautiful ward Estella, is available in the ...

Charles Dickens's powerful black comedy of of hypocrisy and greed The greed of his family has led wealthy old Martin Chuzzlewit to become suspicious and misanthropic, leaving ...

'Now, what I want is, Facts. Teach these boys and girls nothing but Facts. Facts alone are wanted in life. Plant nothing else, and root out everything else.’ Coketown is ...