A Dickens Boxed Set: 20 Novels & Over 200 Short Stories, Plays, Poems & Articles (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Illustrated Book: David Copperfield, A Tale of Two Cities, Great Expectations, A Christmas Carol…By Charles Dickens
Length817h 51m
About this audiobook
A Dickens Boxed Set gathers twenty novels alongside more than two hundred shorter works, including stories, plays, poems, and essays or articles, presenting an expansive portrait of nineteenth-century English literature's most influential popular novelist. Across the collection, Dickens moves from the comic exuberance of The Pickwick Papers and the moral fable of A Christmas Carol to the social critique of Oliver Twist, the historical sweep of A Tale of Two Cities, and the psychological intricacies of Great Expectations. His characteristic style—energetic serialization, memorable caricature, shifting narrative voices, melodramatic suspense, and acute attention to urban poverty and institutional injustice—links entertainment with reformist purpose. The shorter writings further reveal his range as journalist, satirist, dramatist, and observer of Victorian culture. Charles Dickens (1812–1870) transformed personal hardship, journalistic experience, and an intimate knowledge of London into a body of work deeply responsive to the social pressures of industrial modernity. His childhood employment in a blacking factory, followed by parliamentary reporting and editorial labor, sharpened his sympathy for the vulnerable and his command of public address. This background helps explain the combination of indignation, theatricality, sentiment, and humane comedy that defines his fiction and nonfiction alike. Recommended for both newcomers and experienced Dickens readers, this set offers an unusually comprehensive opportunity to follow the development of his themes, techniques, and public voice. It is equally valuable for sustained literary study, selective reading, and rediscovering familiar classics within the broader context of his remarkable career.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A comprehensive Introduction outlines these selected works' unifying features, themes, or stylistic evolutions.
- A Historical Context section situates the works in their broader era—social currents, cultural trends, and key events that underpin their creation.
- A concise Synopsis (Selection) offers an accessible overview of the included texts, helping readers navigate plotlines and main ideas without revealing critical twists.
- A unified Analysis examines recurring motifs and stylistic hallmarks across the collection, tying the stories together while spotlighting the different work's strengths.
- Reflection questions inspire deeper contemplation of the author's overarching message, inviting readers to draw connections among different texts and relate them to modern contexts.
Audiobook details
GenreLiterary Classics
Length817 hrs 51 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 22, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1A Dickens Boxed Set: 20 Novels & Over 200 Short Stories, Plays, Poems & Articles (Annotated)
2Introduction
3Historical Context
4Synopsis (Selection)
5A Dickens Boxed Set: 20 Novels & Over 200 Short Stories, Plays, Poems & Articles
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6Novels
7OLIVER TWIST
8Chapter IX. Containing Further Particulars Concerning the Pleasant Old Gentleman, and His Hopeful Pupils
9Chapter XXXIII. Wherein the Happiness of Oliver and His Friends, Experiences a Sudden Check
10Chapter I. Treats of the Place where Oliver Twist was Born and of the Circumstances Attending His Birth
11Chapter II. Treats of Oliver Twist’s Growth, Education, and Board
12Chapter III. Relates how Oliver Twist was very near Getting a Place which would not have been a Sinecure
13Chapter IV. Oliver, being Offered Another Place, Makes His First Entry into Public Life
14Chapter VI. Oliver, being Goaded by the Taunts of Noah, Rouses into Action, and Rather Astonishes Him
15Chapter VII. Oliver Continues Refractory
16Chapter VIII. Oliver Walks to London. He Encounters on the Road a Strange Sort of Young Gentleman
17Chapter IX. Containing Further Particulars Concerning the Pleasant Old Gentleman, and His Hopeful Pupils
18Chapter XV. Showing How Very Fond of Oliver Twist, the Merry Old Jew and Miss Nancy Were
19Chapter XVI. Relates what Became of Oliver Twist, After he had been Claimed by Nancy
20Chapter XVII. Oliver’s Destiny Continuing Unpropitious, Brings a Great Man to London to Injure His Reputation
21Chapter XVIII. How Oliver Passed His Time in the Improving Society of His Reputable Friends
22Chapter XIX. In which a Notable Plan is Discussed and Determined on
23Chapter XX. Wherein Oliver is Delivered Over to Mr. William Sikes
24Chapter XXI. The Expedition
25Chapter XXII. The Burglary
26Chapter XXV Wherein this History Reverts to Mr. Fagin and Company
27Chapter XXVII. Atones for the Unpoliteness of a Former Chapter; Which Deserted a Lady, Most Unceremoniously
28Chapter XXVIII. Looks after Oliver, and Proceeds with His Adventures
29Chapter XXIX. Has an Introductory Account of the Inmates of the House, to which Oliver Resorted
30Chapter XXX. Relates what Oliver’s New Visitors Thought of Him
31Chapter XXXI. Involves a Critical Position
32Chapter XXXII. Of the Happy Life Oliver Began to Lead with His Kind Friends
33Chapter XXXIII. Wherein the Happiness of Oliver and His Friends, Experiences a Sudden Check
34Chapter XXXVII. In which the Reader May Perceive a Contrast, Not Uncommon in Matrimonial Cases
35Chapter XL. A Strange Interview, which is a Sequel to the Last Chamber
36Chapter XLI. Containing Fresh Discoveries, and Showing that Suprises, Like Misfortunes, Seldom Come Alone
37Chapter XLIII. Wherein is Shown how the Artful Dodger got into Trouble
38Chapter XLV. Noah Claypole is Employed by Fagin on a Secret Mission
39Chapter XLVI. The Appointment Kept
40Chapter XLVII. Fatal Consequences
41Chapter XLVIII. The Flight of Sikes
42Chapter XLIX. Monks and Mr. Brownlow at Length Meet. Their Conversation, and the Intelligence that Interrupts It
43Chapter L. The Pursuit and Escape
44Chapter LII. Fagin’s Last Night Alive
45Chapter LIII. And Last
46THE PICKWICK PAPERS
47Chapter X. Clearing Up All Doubts (if Any Existed) of the Disinterestedness of Mr. A. Jingle’s Character
48Chapter XIX. A Pleasant Day with an Unpleasant Termination
49Chapter XXXI. Which is All About the Law, and Sundry Great Authorities Learned Therein
50Chapter XXXV. In which Mr. Pickwick Thinks He Had Better Go to Bath; And Goes Accordingly
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