The Complete Charles Dickens Collection (51 books) [Illustrated] [Kindle Edition]

Charles Dickens (Author)

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Product Description

51 books by Charles Dickens, including all of his classics and short story collections, in one volume with active table of contents. Illustrated with 10 unique illustrations.

American Notes for General Circulation
Bardell v. Pickwick
Barnaby Rudge
The Battle of Life
Bleak House
A Child's History of England
The Chimes
A Christmas Carol
The Cricket on the Hearth
David Copperfield
Doctor Marigold
Dombey and Son
George Silverman's Explanation
Going into Society
Great Expectations
Hard Times
The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargin
Holiday Romance
A House to Let
The Lamplighter
The Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices
Little Dorrit
Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit
Master Humphrey's Clock
A Message from the Sea
Miscellaneous Papers
Mrs. Lirriper's Legacy
Mrs. Lirriper's Lodgings
Mudfog and Other Sketches
Mugby Junction
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
The Life And Adventures Of Nicholas Nickleby
No Thoroughfare
The Old Curiosity Shop
Oliver Twist
Our Mutual Friend
The Perils of Certain English Prisoners
The Pickwick Papers
Pictures from Italy
Reprinted Pieces
Sketches of Young Couples
Sketches of Young Gentlemen
Somebody's Luggage
Some Christmas Stories
Sunday Under Three Heads
A Tale of Two Cities
Three Ghost Stories
To be Read at Dusk
Tom Tiddler's Ground
The Uncommercial Traveller
The Wreck of the Golden Mary

Product Details

• Format: Kindle Edition
• File Size: 19078 KB
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
• Language: English
• ASIN: B0023W6HQE
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
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More About the Author

One of the grand masters of Victorian literature, Charles Dickens was born on February 7, 1812, in Landport, Portsea, England. He died in Kent on June 9, 1870. The second of eight children of a family continually plagued by debt, the young Dickens came to know not only hunger and privation,but also the horror of the infamous debtors' prison and the evils of child labor. A turn of fortune in the shape of a legacy brought release from the nightmare of prison and "slave" factories and afforded Dickens the opportunity of two years' formal schooling at Wellington House Academy. He worked as an attorney's clerk and newspaper reporter until his Sketches by Boz (1836) and The Pickwick Papers (1837) brought him the amazing and instant success that was to be his for the remainder of his life. In later years, the pressure of serial writing, editorial duties, lectures, and social commitments led to his separation from Catherine Hogarth after twenty-three years of marriage. It also hastened his death at the age of fifty-eight, when he was characteristically engaged in a multitude of work.

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68 of 68 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Index is in location 1, December 1, 2010

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This review is from: The Complete Charles Dickens Collection (51 books) [Illustrated] (Kindle Edition)

I bought this despite the review that said that there is no index. The reviewer is wrong. The index is on location #1. It is easy to choose a particular book. So many to choose from...feel a bit overwhelmed with the choices. Have just started one of the later ones. Everything is working well. Great bargain. My only preference would be for another font.

45 of 45 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great buy, December 11, 2010

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Alicia Holder - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Complete Charles Dickens Collection (51 books) [Illustrated] (Kindle Edition)

A couple reviews said there was no index for this title. It DOES have an index. When the book automatically opens after downloading it opens at the "beginning" which is AFTER the index. Press previous page when it opens.

I don't know if I will ever finish all of these books, but I like having a few of my favorites at my fingertips in one file.

Items like this are my favorite part of having a Kindle. I don't think this could be accomplished in a printed form without being too heavy to carry.

The only downside I see to it is that, as a previous viewer noted, the font is not to my liking.

42 of 43 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Complete Dickens..., December 23, 2009

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Brian P. - See all my reviews

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May not be every single thing ever written by Charles Dickens, but it seems close enough. All the major works are here, and the table of contents works for me. I wouldn't rate this anything but 5 stars.