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7 best short stories by Charles Dickens - cover

7 best short stories by Charles Dickens

Charles Williams, August Nemo

Publisher: Tacet Books

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Summary

Welcome to the 7 Best Short Stories book series, were we present to you the best works of remarkable authors. This edition is dedicated to the english author Charles Dickens.

Charles Dickenswas an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime and, by the 20th century, critics and scholars had recognised him as a literary genius. His novels and short stories are widely read toda

Works selected for this book:
- A Child's Dream of a Star;
- Boots at the Holly-Tree Inn;
- Nobody's Story;
- The Child's Story;
- The Magic Fishbone;
- What Christmas is As We Grow Older;
- The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain.
Available since: 05/14/2020.

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