Charles Dickens
3) Hard Times
6) Hunted Down
Hunted Down / Charles Dickens
"In this classic anthology, Peter Haining has assembled a fascinating selection of Charles Dickens' detective stories. Added to the stories are extracts from the novels in which the men of the law make their mark. These law officers and the circumstances in which they work were based on Dickens' observations of the fledgling police detective force when he was a solicitor's clerk and reporter.
...11) Mugby Junction
Mugby Junction / Charles Dickens
""Mugby Junction" is a set of short stories written in 1866 by Charles Dickens and collaborators Charles Collins, Amelia B. Edwards, Andrew Halliday, and Hesba Stretton. It was first published in a Christmas edition of the magazine All the Year Round. Dickens penned a majority of the issue, including the frame narrative in which "the Gentleman for Nowhere," who has spent his
...13) American Notes
17) Doctor Marigold
18) Oliver Twist
Après la disparition de sa mère, morte en le mettant au monde, Olivier Twist est placé et élevé dans un orphelinat. Il devient vite le souffre-douleur du cruel bedeau Bumble qui pour s'en débarrasser, le place comme apprenti chez un fabricant de cercueils. Maltraité, Olivier s'enfuit à Londres où il est enrôlé dans une bande d'enfants-voleurs dirigé par Fagin, un homme redoutable...