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Charles Dickens - Barnaby Rudge (version 3)

The Protestant Sir John Chester and the Catholic Geoffrey Haredale have been feuding for years. In «Romeo and Juliet» fashion, Chester's son and Haredale's niece wish to marry, but their relatives oppose the union. A...

Hamlet 25 hours 26 minutes

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Historical Fiction

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Charles Dickens - Barnaby Rudge

A wayside tavern where the local men drink and gossip; an unsolved, twenty year old murder at a nearby mansion; a very talkative black raven; a London locksmith and his family; a man apparently returned from the...

Debra Lynn 24 hours 17 minutes

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General Fiction

Charles Dickens - Old Curiosity Shop (version 2)

Written in the years 1840 to 1841, when Dickens was twenty-eight years old, this is a ‘Road’ tale in the very best tradition. Little Nell Trent and her Grandfather are the main characters, who secretly set off from...

Mil Nicholson 24 hours 9 minutes

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Published 1800 -1900

Charles Dickens - Old Curiosity Shop

The Old Curiosity Shop tells the story of Little Nell, a beautiful and virtuous young girl who lives with her grandfather in his shop of curiosities. Her grandfather loves her dearly, and Nell does not complain, but...

Euthymius 23 hours 25 minutes

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Charles Dickens - Sketches by Boz: Illustrative of Every-Day Life and Every-Day People

Sketches by Boz is a collection of short pieces published by Charles Dickens in 1836 accompanied by illustrations by George Cruikshank. It consists of 56 passages divided into four sections: «Our Parish», «Scenes»,...

David Barnes and 22 more 21 hours 57 minutes

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Published 1800 -1900

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Charles Dickens - Old Curiosity Shop (version 3)

Nell and her elderly grandfather must flee from home after losing their shop and home to the evil Mr. Quilp. Her good-for-nothing brother, convinced that his grandfather is hoarding a great fortune intended for Nell,...

Hamlet 21 hours 20 minutes

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Charles Dickens - Great Expectations

This classic tale tells of an orphan, Pip, who through a series of strange circumstances first finds a trade as a blacksmith's apprentice and then learns that he has «great expectations» of a future inheritance from...

Mark F. Smith 20 hours 29 minutes

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Charles Dickens - Great Expectations (Version 3)

In one of Charles Dickens’ most beloved stories, Philip Pirrip, known as “Pip”, narrates his own journey, from the hindsight of 50 years. Pip grows up with his older sister after losing his parents at a very...

Mil Nicholson 20 hours 12 minutes

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Culture & Heritage Fiction

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Charles Dickens - Sketches by Boz, version 2

A collection of early writings of Charles Dickens under his early pseudonym, «Boz.» They first appeared in various publications from 1833 to 1836. Divided into four sections, «Our Parish,» «Scenes,» «Characters,» and...

Hamlet 19 hours 6 minutes

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Charles Dickens - Great Expectations (version 2)

Great Expectations is written in the first person and is virtually a fictional autobiography of “Pip” from his childhood, through often painful experiences, to adulthood. It charts his progress as he moves from the...

Peter John Keeble 17 hours 54 minutes

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General Fiction

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Charles Dickens - Oliver Twist (version 2)

Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy's Progress is the second novel by English author Charles Dickens, published by Richard Bentley in 1838. The story is about an orphan Oliver Twist, who endures a miserable existence in...

Arthur Piantadosi and 1 more 17 hours 28 minutes

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Literary Fiction

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Charles Dickens - Oliver Twist (version 6)

«Please sir, I want some more,» the famous line spoken by Oliver Twist at age nine, becomes the tipping point of a huge change in Oliver's life. He is soon captured into the service of Fagin and his gang of...

Mil Nicholson 17 hours 25 minutes

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Stolen Bacillus and other stories H. G. Wells

Eight Keys to Eden Mark Clifton

Songs of Innocence and Experience (version 2) William Blake

Russian Realities and Problems: Lectures delivered at Cambridge in August 1916

Short Story Collection Vol. 081

Around the World with the Children Frank G. Carpenter

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