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Oliver Twist, Dickens' second novel, is a thrilling study of childhood innocence thrust into the darkly comic world of Fagin, his apprentice, the Artful Dodger, and their gang of child thieves. Who will help the orphaned Oliver to escape from their clutches and discover his true history?

Life on the streets of turn-of-the-century London hurls the orphan Oliver Twist into a danger-filled adventure! With him we meet the Artful Dodger and Fagin, and learn the ways of the hard world...

The miserly Ebenezer Scrooge is a cold-hearted man of business and has little time for the good humor and charity of the Christmas season. But that's about to change. A visit from his deceased business partner sets in motion a night in which Scrooge is visited by the ghosts of Christmas past, present, and future. Will his listen to their messages? Will he heed their warnings?

Ebenezer Scrooge, es una persona avara y tacaña que no celebra la fiesta de Navidad a causa de su solitaria vida y su adicción al trabajo. Un día, en su casa, Scrooge recibe la visita de un espíritu misterioso que resulta ser el de su mejor amigo y socio Jacob Marley, que al iniciar el relato muere y posteriormente, le anuncia una tenebrosa profecía acerca del futuro del avaro y la llegada de los tres espíritus de la Navidad. Scrooge, no se asusta y desafía la predicción.

Although best known for such long novels as Our Mutual Friend and The Old Curiosity Shop, Charles Dickens also wrote many wonderful short stories with both a supernatural and a humorous twist. This is one of his best.

A Christmas Carol is one of Charles Dickens' best loved tales. Ebenezer Scrooge, described as "a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous old sinner," is certainly no lover of the Christmas season. He is visited on Christmas Eve by the ghost of his former partner, Jacob Marley, who warns him that he will be visited by three further spirits: The Ghosts of Christmas Past, Christmas Present, and Christmas Yet to Come.

The wonderful ghostly world of Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol, re-told in a proper, warm, friendly London accent. Ebenezer Scrooge is a bitter old man, his hard-nosed attitude to Christmas and the hard-up of the streets of London, summed up as "bah, humbug!" In this passionate telling, C. C. Hogan will take you back to 1843, to the world of the common man, of extreme poverty, but of honest hearts and honest souls.

No hay nada mejor que viajar con buena compañía, y eso lo sabe el señor Samuel Pickwick. Ya anciano y adinerado, junto con Nathaniel Winkle, Augustus Snodgrass y Tracy Tupman, se embarca en un divertido viaje por lugares remotos de Inglaterra y va pasando el parte al resto de miembros del denominado Club Pickwick. Desde la campiña inglesa hasta zonas industriales, los tres aventureros se topan con situaciones incómodas, curiosas y desternillantes.

Here are classic tales of terror to chill your blood, brilliantly read by the late, great Michael Williams. Enjoy these seven outstanding ghost stories from the masters of the genre: "The Signalman" by Charles Dickens; "The Watcher" by Robert Benson; "The Moonlit Road" by Ambrose Bierce; "Dog or Demon" by Theo Gift; "The Mystery of the Semi-Detatched" by E. Nesbit; "The Judge's House" by Bram Stoker"; and "Haunted" by an anonymous author.

The subject of countless adaptations, Oliver Twist is an essential read or listen, and this version is both exciting and accessible for children ages 8 to 13. Roy McMillan uses Dickens’ original words in the main text, simplifying and clarifying them at certain points. Oliver’s journey to London is narrated with ceaseless energy by Jonathan Keeble; his reading is infused with a delicious knack for storytelling.

Fünf Hörbücher mit mehr als 33 Stunden Spieldauer: Oliver Twist, Moby Dick, Lederstrumpf, Onkel Toms Hütte, Die Schatzinsel...

Der boshafte alte Geizhals Ebenezer Scrooge verbarrikadiert sich sogar noch am Heiligabend in seinem Londoner Büro. Seinem ärmlichen Schreiber Bob Cratchit gibt er nur widerstrebend zum Fest frei. Doch dann sucht den gnadenlosen Schinder der Geist Marleys heim und malt ihm aus, wie einsam er sterben wird, falls er nicht vorher sein Leben ändert. Mit bezaubernder Warmherzigkeit erzählt Dickens, wie aus einem herzlosen Egoisten der Lieblingsgroßvater aller Kinder wird.

Der Waisenjunge Oliver Twist wächst in einem Armenhaus auf, in dem der Vorsteher Mr. Bumble ein hartes Regime führt. Oliver flieht vor ihm nach London, wo er in eine Bande von Taschendieben gerät und ständig gegen die Versuchungen des Bösen ankämpfen muss.

Als Scrooge am Heiligabend von seinem Londoner Kontor nach Hause kommt, wird er von dem Geist Marleys, seines ehemaligen Geschäftspartners, und von den Geistern der vergangenen, gegenwärtigen und zukünftigen Weihnachtsfeste heimgesucht. Sie zeigen ihm das Glück, das er durch seine Geldgier und Kälte verspielt hat, aber auch, wie einsam er dereinst sterben wird, wenn er nicht vorher sein Leben ändert.

Oliver Twist wächst im Armenhaus einer Kleinstadt auf. Als der Waisenjunge Hunger, Armut und Prügel nicht mehr ertragen will, flieht er ohne einen Penny in der Tasche nach London...

After living a bitter, miserly life, Ebeneezer Scrooge ends up a wealthy but much-loathed figure in old London. One fateful Christmas Eve, Ebeneezer encounters spectral visitors who bring the old miser visions of Christmas past, present, and future. This wonderful story of redemption and Christmas cheer will melt even the coldest, most cynical heart.

Ebenezer Scrooge is a penny-pinching miser in the first degree. He cares nothing for the people around him, and for him mankind exists only for the money that can be made through exploitation and intimidation. He particularly detests Christmas, which he views as "a time for finding yourself a year older, and not an hour richer". On Christmas Eve, Scrooge is visited by the ghost of his former partner, Jacob Marley, who died seven Christmas Eves ago.

This collection of classic Christmas tales is a delightful celebration of Christmas and the joyful spirit of giving. "What Christmas is as We Grow Older" is Charles Dicken's touching essay on the true meaning of charity; "Christmas Day" is a delightful story of a young boy's willingness to sacrifice skating with his friends to help an old woman; "The Little Match Girl" is the heart-wrenching classic about a poor little match girl, cold and alone on the streets on Christmas Eve; and "The Greatest of These" is an upbeat, inspiring story of a pair of farmers who bring Christmas to a poor neighbor's family.

A charming, heart-felt collection of Christmas stories and poems that will delight the entire family. Includes F. Scott Fitzgerald's "A Luckless Santa Claus", "A Christmas Dinner" by Charles Dickens, O. Henry's classic Christmas story "The Gift of the Magi", the hilarious "Reginald on Christmas Presents" by Saki (H.H. Munro), and a tender scene exerpted from Little Women.