Kim
This collection of four major works displays Dickens at the height of his writing skills.Oliver Twist,1838, is a novel of social protest set in London's Victorian underworld. A Tale of Two Cities, 1859, is Dickens's great novel of the French Revolution. Great Expectations, 1861, is both comic and...
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This collection of four major works displays Dickens at the height of his writing skills.Oliver Twist,1838, is a novel of social protest set in London's Victorian underworld. A Tale of Two Cities, 1859, is Dickens's great novel of the French Revolution. Great Expectations, 1861, is both comic and tragic, filled with memories of childhood fairytales with a twist. Also includes everyone's favorite holiday classic -- A Christmas Carol, 1843.
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Format: ebook
ISBN:
9780553213324 (553213326)
ASIN: 9780553213324
Publish date: 28-04-1983
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Pages no: 320
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Adventure,
Classics,
Novels,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Cultural,
Historical Fiction,
India,
Fiction,
Historical
I was a little reluctant to pick this up for fear Kipling would indulge too much in that "White Man's Burden" nonsense. It was a pleasant relief to find out his instincts as a writer largely won out. Kim's relationship and travels with a monk throughout an India that's described in loving detail are...
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