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"This is not the republic of my imagination," Charles Dickens noted ruefully of his 1842 visit to the United States. His American Notes forms a stinging reproof of the country's embrace of slavery, its corrupt press and woeful sanitary conditions, and its citizens' offensive manners. Written with the author's customary observational powers and incisive wit, this volume offers a fascinating glimpse of 19th-century America. Dickens was not entirely...
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First published in 1854, Hard Times is a profoundly moving, articulate and searing indictment of the life-reducing effects of the industrial revolution, and certain aspects of enlightenment thinking. Set in the fictional midlands mill-town of Coketown, the narrative centers on the industrialist, Mr Thomas Gradgrind, whose belief in scientific utilitarianism skews his world view and is a motive force, carrying the narrative towards farce
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Charles Dickens collection volume 1
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BBC Video
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©2009.
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English
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In the gloom of a country graveyard, a young boy encounters an escaped convict, a chance meeting that later leads the boy to tragedy, mystery and wealth.
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Distributed by Warner Home Video
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[2006]
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English
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"An elaborate adaptation of Dickens' classic tale of the French Revolution. Dissipated lawyer Sydney Carton defends emigre Charles Darnay from charges of spying against England. He becomes enamored of Darnay's fiancée, Lucie Manette, and agrees to help her save Darnay from the guillotine when he is captured by Revolutionaries in Paris"--Marg Baskin in the IMDB, viewed Dec. 12, 2006.
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Distributed by Warner Home Video
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©2009
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English
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It happened on 5th Avenue /
A Christmas carol /
Christmas in Connecticut / a Warner Bros.-First National Picture ; screenplay by Lionel Houser & Adele Comandini ; directed by Peter Godfrey. Christmas in Connecticut (101 min.): A magazine columnist spends Christmas with her boss and a recently retired warhero.
The shop around the corner / a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer picture ; screenplay by Samson Raphaelson ; produced and directed by Ernst Lubitsch. The...