Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens, nato nel 1812, è stato un autore inglese ampiamente considerato il maggior romanziere dell'era vittoriana. Nacque vicino a Portsmouth, dove suo padre lavorava come impiegato nell'ufficio del tesoro della marina. Successivamente la famiglia si trasferì a Londra, ma dovettero affrontare difficoltà finanziarie, che portarono Dickens a lavorare in un magazzino di vernici per scarpe quando suo padre fu imprigionato per debiti. Queste esperienze ebbero una profonda influenza sul giovane Dickens e si riflettono nei suoi lavori successivi.

Dickens iniziò la sua carriera di scrittore contribuendo storie a giornali e riviste nel 1833. Il suo primo grande successo fu la pubblicazione seriale de "I piccoli dipintrori" (The Pickwick Papers) nel 1836. Negli anni successivi, pubblicò alcuni dei suoi romanzi più famosi, tra cui "Oliver Twist", "Canto di Natale" (A Christmas Carol), "David Copperfield", "Un racconto di due città" (A Tale of Two Cities) e "La grande speranza" (Great Expectations). Oltre ai suoi romanzi, Dickens diresse anche due riviste, "Casa e giardino" (Household Words) e "Tutto l'anno" (All the Year Round).

I lavori di Dickens furono elogiati per il loro umorismo, la satira e le acute osservazioni della società. I suoi personaggi erano ricchi e ben sviluppati, e le sue storie erano piene di commenti sociali, che riflettevano la sua preoccupazione per i poveri e i oppressi. I romanzi di Dickens, come "Oliver Twist" e "La grande speranza", continuano ad essere popolari e sono stati adattati in numerosi film, opere teatrali e produzioni televisive. Il suo racconto di Natale del 1843, "Canto di Natale", è una classica storia natalizia che ha ispirato innumerevoli adattamenti ed è ancora una storia amata oggi.

Charles Dickens morì in giugno 1870, lasciando un'eredità come uno dei più grandi romanziere nella lingua inglese. I suoi lavori continuano ad essere letti e goduti da milioni di persone in tutto il mondo, e la sua influenza sulla letteratura è ancora sentita oggi. Il termine "Dickensiano" è usato per descrivere qualcosa che è simile a Dickens e ai suoi scritti, come cattive condizioni sociali o personaggi comici e ripugnanti. Il genio creativo di Dickens, il suo realismo, la commedia, lo stile di prosa, le caratterizzazioni uniche e la critica sociale sono stati elogiati da scrittori e critici.
Romanzi singoli
# Titolo Anno
1 The Pickwick Papers 1837
2 The Adventures of Oliver Twist 1838
3 The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickelby 1839
4 Barnaby Rudge 1841
5 Master Humphrey's Clock 1841
6 Old Curiosity Shop 1841
7 A Christmas Carol 1843
8 The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit 1844
9 The Chimes 1844
10 The Cricket on the Hearth 1845
11 The Battle of Life 1846
12 Dombey and Son 1848
13 The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain 1848
14 David Copperfield 1850
15 Bleak House 1853
16 Hard Times 1854
17 Little Dorrit 1855
18 A Child's History of England 1854
19 The Hanged Man's Bride 1857
20 A Tale of Two Cities 1859
21 Great Expectations 1861
22 Mrs Lirriper 1863
23 Our Mutual Friend 1865
24 No Thoroughfare 1867
25 No Thoroughfare (With: Wilkie Collins) 1867
26 The Mystery of Edwin Drood 1870
Short Stories/Novellas (with Wilkie Collins, with Elizabeth Gaskell, with Adelaide Anne Procter)
# Titolo Anno
1 Sunday under Three Heads 1836
2 The Black Veil 1836
3 The Lamplighter 1838
4 A House to Let 1858
5 A Child's Dream of a Star 1850
6 The Holly Tree Inn 1850
7 The Seven Poor Travellers 1854
8 A House to Let (With: Wilkie Collins, Elizabeth Gaskell, Adelaide Anne Procter) 1858
9 The Haunted House 1859
10 A Message from the Sea 1860
11 Somebody's Luggage 1862
12 Mrs. Lirriper's Lodgings 1864
13 Mrs. Lirriper's Legacy 1864
14 Doctor Marigold 1866
15 Mugby Junction 1866
16 The Magic Fishbone 1867
17 Holiday Romance 1868
18 George Silverman's Explanation 1868
Raccolte di racconti
# Titolo Anno
1 Sketches by Boz 1836
2 The Mudfog Papers 1837
3 Sketches of Young Gentlemen 1838
4 Master Humphrey's Clock, Volume 2 1841
5 Sketches of Young Couples 1843
6 To Be Read at Dusk 1852
7 The Poor Traveller / Boots at the Holly-Tree Inn 1858
8 Reprinted Pieces 1861
9 The Complete Ghost Stories of Charles Dickens 1866
10 Holiday Romance and Other Writings for Children 1868
11 Mudfog and Other Papers Contributed to Bentley's Miscellany 1880
12 Select Short Fiction 1976
13 The Signalman & Other Ghost Stories 1984
14 Three Ghost Stories 1998
15 Wicked Wit of Charles Dickens (With: Shelley Klein) 2002
16 Hunted Down 2016
17 Christmas Stories / Christmas Books 2018
18 Night Walks and Other Essays 2020
Collezioni
# Titolo Anno
1 Christmas Stories 2018
2 Three Ghost Stories 1998
3 Wicked Wit of Charles Dickens 2002
Nick Hern Books
# Titolo Anno
1 Great Expectations 1861
2 Mary Queen of Scots Got her Head Chopped Off (By: Liz Lochhead) 1987
3 Honour (By: Joanna Murray-Smith) 1995
4 Hotel (By: Caryl Churchill) 1997
5 Scotland Plays (By: Liz Lochhead, Iain Crichton Smith, Catherine Czerkawska, Philip Howard, Ann Marie Di Mambro, Stephen Greenhorn, David Greig, Linda McLean) 1998
6 Anna Weiss (By: Mike Cullen) 1998
7 My Boy Jack ( By: David Haig) 1998
8 Howie the Rookie (By: Mark O'Rowe) 1999
9 Passing Places (By: Stephen Greenhorn) 1999
10 Be My Baby (By: Amanda Whittington) 2000
11 Love Upon the Throne (By: Patrick Barlow) 2000
12 Push Up (By: Roland Schimmelpfennig, Maja Zade) 2002
13 His Dark Materials (By: Philip Pullman, Nicholas Wright) 2005
14 When You Cure Me (By: Jack Thorne) 2005
15 The Winterling (By: Jez Butterworth) 2006
16 5/11 (By: Edward Kemp) 2006
17 Cruising (By: Alecky Blythe) 2007
18 How To Disappear Completely and Never Be Found (By: Fin Kennedy) 2007
19 Iron (By: Rona Munro) 2008
20 Never So Good (By: Howard Brenton) 2008
21 Happy Now? (By: Lucinda Coxon) 2008
22 Cherry Blossom (By: Catherine Grosvenor) 2009
23 Tuesdays at Tesco's (By: Emmanuel Darley, Matthew Hurt, Sarah Vermande) 2009
24 When the Rain Stops Falling (By: Andrew Bovell) 2009
25 So You Want To Go To Drama School? (By: Helen Freeman) 2011
26 The Urban Girl's Guide to Camping and other plays (By: Fin Kennedy) 2011
27 Sex with a Stranger (By: Stefan Golaszewski) 2012
28 The Haunting 2012
29 The Acting Book (By: John Abbott) 2012
30 Goodbye to All That (By: Luke Norris) 2012
31 Herding Cats (By: Lucinda Coxon) 2012
32 Chimerica (By: Lucy Kirkwood) 2013
33 Godchild (By: Deborah Bruce) 2013
34 Disco Pigs & Sucking Dublin (By: Enda Walsh) 2014
35 Cressida (By: Nicholas Wright) 2014
36 Blood and Ice (By: Liz Lochhead) 2014
37 Coram Boy ( By: Jamila Gavin) 2014
38 Elephants (By: Rose Heiney) 2016
39 Kiss Me Quickstep (By: Amanda Whittington) 2016
40 Russian Dolls (By: Kate Lock) 2016
41 This is Living (By: Liam Borrett) 2016
42 Mr Incredible (By: Camilla Whitehill) 2016
43 Us/Them (By: Carly Wijs) 2017
44 Run (By: Stephen Laughton) 2017
45 Consent (By: Nina Raine) 2017
46 Again (By: Stephanie Jacob) 2018
47 The Clink (By: Stephen Jeffreys) 2018
48 Night Time (By: Selma Dimitrijevic) 2019
49 Family: Three Plays (By: Iain Crichton Smith, Linda McLean, Riccardo Galgani) 2020
Libri di non-fiction
# Titolo Anno
1 American Notes For General Circulation 1842
2 Pictures from Italy 1846
3 A Child's History of England 1854
4 The Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices (With: Wilkie Collins) 1857
5 The Uncommercial Traveller 1869
NHB Modern Plays
# Titolo Anno
1 Great Expectations 1861
2 Mary Queen of Scots Got her Head Chopped Off (By: Liz Lochhead) 1987
3 Mrs Klein (By: Nicholas Wright) 1988
4 Honour (By: Joanna Murray-Smith) 1995
5 Hotel (By: Caryl Churchill) 1997
6 Scotland Plays (By: Philip Howard) 1998
7 Anna Weiss (By: Mike Cullen) 1998
8 Blue Heart (By: Caryl Churchill) 1998
9 My Boy Jack ( By: David Haig) 1998
10 Jane Eyre (By: Charlotte Brontë, Polly Teale) 1999
11 Howie the Rookie (By: Mark O'Rowe) 1999
12 Passing Places (By: Stephen Greenhorn) 1999
13 Be My Baby (By: Amanda Whittington) 2000
14 Kes (By: Barry Hines, Lawrence Till) 2000
15 Love Upon the Throne (By: Patrick Barlow) 2000
16 Far Away (By: Caryl Churchill) 2000
17 Push Up (By: Roland Schimmelpfennig, Maja Zade) 2002
18 His Dark Materials (By: Philip Pullman, Nicholas Wright) 2005
19 When You Cure Me (By: Jack Thorne) 2005
20 The Winterling (By: Jez Butterworth) 2006
21 5/11 (By: Edward Kemp) 2006
22 Cruising (By: Alecky Blythe) 2007
23 How To Disappear Completely and Never Be Found (By: Fin Kennedy) 2007
24 Iron (By: Rona Munro) 2008
25 Never So Good (By: Howard Brenton) 2008
26 Happy Now? (By: Lucinda Coxon) 2008
27 Cherry Blossom (By: Catherine Grosvenor) 2009
28 Tuesdays at Tesco's (By: Emmanuel Darley, Matthew Hurt, Sarah Vermande) 2009
29 When the Rain Stops Falling (By: Andrew Bovell) 2009
30 BUNNY (By: Jack Thorne) 2010
31 So You Want To Go To Drama School? (By: Helen Freeman) 2011
32 The Urban Girl's Guide to Camping and other plays (By: Fin Kennedy) 2011
33 Sex with a Stranger (By: Stefan Golaszewski) 2012
34 Love & Information (By: Caryl Churchill) 2012
35 The Haunting 2012
36 The Acting Book (By: John Abbott) 2012
37 Goodbye to All That (By: Luke Norris) 2012
38 Herding Cats (By: Lucinda Coxon) 2012
39 The River (By: Jez Butterworth) 2012
40 The Last of the Haussmans (By: Stephen Beresford) 2012
41 NSFW (By: Lucy Kirkwood) 2012
42 East is East (By: Ayub Khan Din) 2012
43 Mary Shelley (By: Helen Edmundson) 2012
44 Once: The Musical (By: Enda Walsh) 2013
45 The Browning Version (By: Terence Rattigan) 2013
46 random (By: debbie tucker green) 2013
47 Jez Butterworth Plays: One (By: Jez Butterworth) 2013
48 Mogadishu (By: Vivienne Franzmann) 2013
49 The Weir (By: Conor McPherson) 2013
50 #Aiww: The Arrest of AI Weiwei (By: Weiwei Ai) 2013
51 Chimerica (By: Lucy Kirkwood) 2013
52 Ciphers (By: Dawn King) 2013
53 Godchild (By: Deborah Bruce) 2013
54 Let the Right One In (By: John Ajvide Lindqvist, Jack Thorne) 2013
55 The Deep Blue Sea (By: Dan Rebellato, Terence Rattigan) 2014
56 Parlour Song (By: Jez Butterworth) 2014
57 The Night Heron (By: Jez Butterworth) 2014
58 Disco Pigs & Sucking Dublin (By: Enda Walsh) 2014
59 The Improvisation Book: How to Conduct Successful Improvisation Sessions (By: John S.C. Abbott) 2014
60 A Hard Rain (By: Jon Bradfield) 2014
61 Love in Idleness / Less Than Kind (By: Terence Rattigan) 2014
62 Cressida (By: Nicholas Wright) 2014
63 Blood and Ice (By: Liz Lochhead) 2014
64 All the Way Home Book 0) (By: Ayub Khan Din) 2014
65 Notes on Falling Leaves Book 0) (By: Ayub Khan-Din) 2014
66 Coram Boy ( By: Jamila Gavin) 2014
67 The Clearing (By: Helen Edmundson) 2015
68 The Lioness (By: Rebecca Lenkiewicz) 2015
69 Clybourne Park (By: Bruce Norris) 2015
70 Joanne (By: Deborah Bruce) 2015
71 Elephants (By: Rose Heiney) 2016
72 Kiss Me Quickstep (By: Amanda Whittington) 2016
73 Russian Dolls (By: Kate Lock) 2016
74 This is Living (By: Liam Borrett) 2016
75 F*ck the Polar Bears (By: Tanya Ronder) 2016
76 Mr Incredible (By: Camilla Whitehill) 2016
77 Plasticine (By: Sasha Dugdale, Vassily Sigarev) 2016
78 What Shadows (By: Chris Hannan) 2016
79 Nice Fish (By: Louis Jenkins, Mark Rylance) 2016
80 Us/Them (By: Carly Wijs) 2017
81 Run (By: Stephen Laughton) 2017
82 Consent (By: Nina Raine) 2017
83 Mighty Atoms (By: Amanda Whittington) 2017
84 Sugar Baby (By: Alan Harris) 2017
85 Saying Yes (By: Griselda Gambaro, Sebastian Doggart) 2017
86 Comment is Free (By: James Fritz) 2017
87 Goats (By: Liwaa Yazji, Katharine Halls) 2017
88 Jekyll & Hyde (By: Robert Louis Stevenson, Evan Placey) 2017
89 Solemn Mass for a Full Moon in Summer (By: Michel Tremblay, Martin Bowman, Bill Findlay) 2017
90 The Strongbox (By: Stephanie Jacob) 2018
91 Woman Caught Unaware (By: Annie Fox) 2018
92 Glitter Punch (By: Lucy Burke) 2018
93 Again (By: Stephanie Jacob) 2018
94 Battlefield (By: Peter Brook) 2018
95 Nine Night (By: Natasha Gordon) 2018
96 The Road to Huntsville (By: Stephanie Ridings) 2018
97 Blackthorn (By: Charley Miles) 2018
98 The Prisoner (By: Peter Brook, Marie-Hélène Estienne) 2018
99 The Clink (By: Stephen Jeffreys) 2018
100 Fast Labour (By: Steve Waters) 2019
101 Downstate (By: Bruce Norris) 2019
102 Beached (By: Melissa Bubnic) 2019
103 Night Time (By: Selma Dimitrijevic) 2019
104 Jez Butterworth Plays: Two (By: Jez Butterworth) 2020
105 Family: Three Plays (By: Iain Crichton Smith, Linda McLean, Riccardo Galgani) 2020
106 James V: Katherine (By: Rona Munro) 2025
Charles Dickens Anthologies
# Titolo Anno
1 The Lock and Key Library Classic Mystery and Detective Stories 1909
2 Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror 1931
3 World's Great Mystery Stories 1943
4 Echoes Of Terror 1980
5 Alfred Hitchcock's Fatal Attractions 1983
6 Ghost Stories 1986
7 Christmas Ghosts 1988
8 Great Law and Order Stories 1990
9 The Little Book of Horrors: Tiny Tales of Terror 1992
10 H.P. Lovecraft's Book of Horror 1993
11 100 Dastardly Little Detective Stories 1993
12 100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories 1993
13 The Oxford Book of Modern Fairy Tales 1993
14 Thrillers 1994
15 Spirits Of Christmas: Twenty Other-Worldly Tales 1995
16 Children's Christmas Stories and Poems 1995
17 Classic Sea Stories 1996
18 Classic Victorian & Edwardian Ghost Stories 1996
19 Writing New York 1998
20 Tales of Terror: Between Heaven and the Earth 2002
21 The World's Greatest Horror Stories 2004
22 The Best Horror Short Stories 1800-1849 2010
23 50 Classic Novellas 2011
24 London Stories 2013
25 Round the Christmas Fire 2013
26 The Phantom Coach 2014
27 That Glimpse of Truth 2014
28 Chilling Ghost Stories 2015
29 Fireside Ghost Stories for Christmas Eve 2015
30 Best Ghost Short Stories 1850-1899 2016
31 The Occult Fiction Collection 2019
32 The Wimbourne Book of Victorian Ghost Stories: Volume 2 2016
33 The Greatest Books of All Time #4 2017
34 50 Halloween Stories You Have to Read Before You Die 2017
35 50 Eternal Masterpieces of Horror Stories 2017
36 Writers: Their Lives and Works 2018
37 The Greatest Ghost and Horror Stories Ever Written: volume 3 2019
38 Hungry for Blood – Ultimate Halloween Collection 2023
39 30 Eternal Masterpieces of Humorous Stories 2019
40 30 Occult & Supernatural Masterpieces You Have to Read Before You Die 2019
41 Victorian Anthologies of Classic Spectral Stories to Chill and Thrill the Senses 2020
42 Terrifying Ghosts Short Stories 2021
43 The Dover Anthology of Classic Christmas Stories 2023