Tales from Dickens

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Чарльз Диккенс. Tales from Dickens

THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP

THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP

I. LITTLE NELL

II. THE WANDERERS

III. THE SEARCH

THE ADVENTURES OF OLIVER TWIST

OLIVER TWIST

I. HOW OLIVER CAME TO LONDON AND WHAT HE. FOUND THERE

II. OLIVER'S ADVENTURES

III. HOW EVERYTHING TURNED OUT RIGHT FOR OLIVER. IN THE END

BARNABY RUDGE

BARNABY RUDGE

I. BARNABY'S BOYHOOD

II. THE MYSTERIOUS STRANGER AND WHO HE WAS

III. BARNABY GETS INTO TROUBLE

IV. BARNABY PROSPERS AT LAST

THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF DAVID COPPERFIELD

DAVID COPPERFIELD

I. DAVID'S EARLY UPS AND DOWNS

II. LITTLE EM'LY

III. DAVID AND HIS CHILD-WIFE

IV. DAVID FINDS ALL WELL AT LAST

GREAT EXPECTATIONS

GREAT EXPECTATIONS

I. PIP AND THE CONVICT

II. THE QUEER MISS HAVISHAM

III. PIP DISCOVERS HIS BENEFACTOR

IV. PIP COMES TO HIMSELF

LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF NICHOLAS NICKLEBY

NICHOLAS NICKLEBY

I. NICHOLAS AT DOTHEBOYS HALL

II. NICHOLAS BECOMES AN ACTOR

III. NICHOLAS COMES TO KATE'S RESCUE

IV. WHAT HAPPENED TO EVERYBODY

DEALINGS WITH THE FIRM OF. DOMBEY AND SON. WHOLESALE, RETAIL, AND FOR EXPORTATION

DOMBEY AND SON

I. LITTLE PAUL

II. HOW FLORENCE LOST HER FATHER

III. HOW FLORENCE REACHED A REFUGE

IV. HOW FLORENCE FOUND HER FATHER AT LAST

THE POSTHUMOUS PAPERS OF THE PICKWICK CLUB

THE PICKWICK PAPERS

I. THE PICKWICKIANS BEGIN THEIR ADVENTURES. THEY MEET MR. ALFRED JINGLE, AND WINKLE. IS INVOLVED IN A DUEL

II. TUPMAN HAS A LOVE-AFFAIR WITH A SPINSTER, AND THE PICKWICKIANS FIND OUT THE REAL. CHARACTER OF JINGLE

III. MR. PICKWICK HAS AN INTERESTING SCENE WITH MRS. BARDELL, HIS HOUSEKEEPER. FURTHER PURSUIT. OF JINGLE LEADS TO AN ADVENTURE. AT A YOUNG LADIES' BOARDING-SCHOOL

IV. SAM WELLER MEETS HIS FATHER, AND THE PURSUIT. OF JINGLE IS CONTINUED. MR. PICKWICK MAKES. A STRANGE CALL ON A MIDDLE-AGED. LADY IN YELLOW. CURL PAPERS

V. THE PICKWICKIANS FIND THEMSELVES IN THE. GRASP OF THE LAW. THE FINAL EXPOSURE. OF JINGLE, AND A CHRISTMAS. MERRYMAKING

VI. THE CELEBRATED CASE OF BARBELL AGAINST PICKWICK. SERGEANT BUZFUZ'S SPEECH AND. AN UNEXPECTED VERDICT

VII. WINKLE HAS AN EXCITING ADVENTURE WITH MR. DOWLER, AND WITH THE AID OF MR. PICKWICK. AND SAM WELLER DISCOVERS. THE WHEREABOUTS OF MISS. ARABELLA ALLEN

VIII. MR. PICKWICK'S EXPERIENCES IN THE DEBTORS' PRISON, WHERE HE FINDS AN OLD ENEMY. AND HEAPS COALS OF FIRE ON THE. HEAD OF MRS. BARDELL

IX. SNODGRASS GETS INTO DIFFICULTIES, BUT WINS. HIS LADY-LOVE. THE ADVENTURES OF THE. PICKWICKIANS COME TO AN END

LITTLE DORRIT

LITTLE DORRIT

I. HOW ARTHUR CAME HOME FROM CHINA

II. THE CHILD OF THE MARSHALSEA

III. WHAT RICHES BROUGHT TO THE DORRITS

IV. WHAT HAPPENED TO ARTHUR CLENNAM

V "ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL"

LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT

MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT

I. HOW MARTIN LEFT ENGLAND

II. PECKSNIFF AND OLD CHUZZLEWIT

III. JONAS GETS RID OF AN ENEMY

IV. WHAT CAME OF MARTIN'S TRIP TO AMERICA

V. OLD CHUZZLEWIT'S PLOT SUCCEEDS

OUR MUTUAL FRIEND

OUR MUTUAL FRIEND

I. WHAT HAPPENED TO JOHN HARMON

II. LIZZIE HEXAM AND THE DOLLS' DRESSMAKER

III. THE RISE AND FALL OF SILAS WEGG

IV. BELLA AND THE GOLDEN DUSTMAN

V. THE END OF THE STORY

A TALE OF TWO CITIES

A TALE OF TWO CITIES

I. HOW LUCIE FOUND A FATHER

II. DARNAY CAUGHT IN THE NET

III. SYDNEY CARTON'S SACRIFICE

BLEAK HOUSE

BLEAK HOUSE

I. THE COURT OF CHANCERY

II. LADY DEDLOCK'S SECRET

III. LITTLE JOE PLAYS A PART

IV. ESTHER BECOMES THE MISTRESS OF BLEAK HOUSE

HARD TIMES

HARD TIMES

I. MR. GRADGRIND AND HIS "SYSTEM"

II. THE ROBBERY OF BOUNDERBY'S BANK

III. HARTHOUSE'S PLAN FAILS

IV. STEPHEN'S RETURN

THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD

THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD

I. JOHN JASPER

II. THE COMING OF NEVILLE LANDLESS

III. THE CHOIR MASTER'S DINNER

IV. JASPER SHOWS HIS TEETH

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In a narrow side street in London there once stood a shabby building called The Old Curiosity Shop, because all sorts of curious things were kept for sale there – such as rusty swords, china figures, quaint carvings and old-fashioned furniture.

A little old man named Trent owned the shop, and he looked as old as anything in it. He was thin and bent, with long gray hair and bright blue eyes, and his face was wrinkled and full of care. He had an orphan grandchild who lived with him – a pretty little golden-haired girl whom every one called Little Nell, who kept the shop clean and neat and cooked the meals just as a grown woman would have done. She slept in a back room in a bed so small it might almost have been a fairy's. She lived a very lonely life, but she kept a cheerful face and did not complain.

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But at length she bravely dried her tears lest they sadden her grandfather, and they went on. When the sun grew warm they fell asleep on the bank of the canal, and when they awoke in the afternoon some rough canal men took them aboard their dirty craft as far as the next town.

The men were well-meaning enough and meant the travelers no harm, but after a while they began to drink and quarreled and fought among themselves, and little Nell sat all night, wet with the rain, and sang to them to quiet them.

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