En forældreløs dreng får en grufuld opvækst på et fattighus i England i forrige århundrede og flygter til London, hvor han falder i kløerne på en tyvebande

En forældreløs drengs omtumlede tilværelse i 1800-tallets England dels hos grusomme plejeforældre, dels hos en festlig tante

Den gamle, sure og nærige Scrooge får julenat besøg af tre ånder, der forskrækker ham, så han ændrer sig og bliver et bedre menneske

Charles Dickens' beretning om Jesu liv og død, som han fortalte den til sine børn, ikke blot for at lære dem om Guds søn, men også for at lære dem om kærlighed og barmhjertighed

Summary: This delightful collection of children's stories is perfect listening for the whole family. Featured are four beloved stories to entice your imagination, including Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, Snow White by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, and The Bell by Hans Christian Andersen.Each story is performed by a full cast of voice actors with sound effects and music

Summary: One of Dickens' most popular novels, Oliver Twist tells the story of a young workhouse orphan who escapes into the mean backstreets of Victorian London. There, he is thrust into a den of thieves where some of Dickens' most depraved villains preside: the incorrigible Artful Dodger, the barbarous bully Bill Sikes, and the terrible Fagin, whose knavery threatens to send them all to the gallows. A novel with autobiographical overtones, this was the first of Dickens' works to realistically portray London's impoverished underworld and to illustrate his belief that poverty leads to crime. At the heart of the drama, however, is Oliver, the orphan whose unsullied goodness leads him to salvation, and who represents Dickens' belief in the principle of good triumphing at last

Summary: Set against the backdrop of the French Revolution, A Tale of Two Cities is a sprawling tale of London and revolutionary Paris with a complex plot portraying the results of terror and treason, love and supreme sacrifice."It was the best of times, it was the worst of times."—opening line of A Tale of Two CitiesIt was the time of the French Revolution, a time of great change and great danger. It was a time when injustice was met by a lust for vengeance, and rarely was a distinction made between the innocent and the guilty. Against this tumultuous historical backdrop, Dickens' dramatic story of adventure and courage unfolds.Unjustly imprisoned for eighteen years in the Bastille, Dr. Alexandre Manette is reunited with his daughter, the gentle Lucie Manette, and safely transported from France to England. It would seem that they could now take up the threads of their lives in peace. As fate would have it, however, the two are summoned to the Old Bailey to testify against a young Frenchman, Charles Darnay, falsely accused of treason. Strangely enough, Darnay bears an uncanny resemblance to another man in the courtroom: Sydney Carton, a dissolute barrister. It is a coincidence that saves Darnay from certain doom more than once, as the two men's fates become intertwined with that of the Revolution.And there is Madame Defarge, a female revolutionary who has an implacable grudge against the aristocratic Evrémonde dynasty and who knits as she watches the beheadings.The storming of the Bastille, the death carts with their doomed human cargo, the swift drop of the blade of La Guillotine—this is the French Revolution that Charles Dickens vividly captures. Brilliantly plotted, the novel is rich in drama, romance, and heroics that culminate in a daring prison escape in the shadow of the guillotine