Bibliomania
Bibliomania: Nicholas Nickleby (Full Text)
This Bibliomania website provides the full text of Dickens' novel Nicholas Nickleby. A brief summary is also included.
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Bibliomania: David Copperfield (Full Text)
This site presents the full text of Dickens' novel "David Copperfield." Content is supplemented with illustrations.
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Bibliomania: The Pickwick Papers (Full Text)
This Bibliomania website provides the full text of Charles Dickens's first novel The Pickwick Papers. A brief summary of this novel is also included, which points out its comic qualities in contrast to the darker, social commentary of...
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Bibliomania: "Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam"
This site from Bibliomania contains the English translation of the work of the 11th century poet, Omar Khayyam. Edward Fitzgerald's translation is the best, and most respected translation of this ancient poem.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: The Trial for Murder
"The Trial for Murder" by Charles Dickens is a ghost story combined with a murder trial. Read the full text on this site.
TES Global
Blendspace: A Christmas Carol
A learning module that includes links to activities, videos, and quizzes to use while reading Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol.
TES Global
Blendspace: Background for a Christmas Carol
A six-part learning module with links to videos, websites, and a picture providing information about Charles Dickens and Victorian England.
British Library
British Library: Discovering Literature: Romantics & Victorians Authors
From William Blake and John Keats to Charles Dickens and the Bronte sisters, explore 23 iconic authors from the Romantic and Victorian periods.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Antonyms and Comma Splices
For Dickens' opening to his Tale of Two Cities, he uses one of the longest series of comma splices in the history of literature. Dickens seemingly did this for stylistic effect. In this lesson, students create their own Dickens-like...
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Charles Dickens
(1812-1870) English novelist
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Charles Dickens
(1812-1870) English novelist who wrote many classics such as Great Expectations, Oliver Twist and A Tale of Two Cities
Bibliomania
Bibliomania: Hard Times (Full Times)
This Bibliomania website contains the full text of Dickens' novel Hard Times. A brief summary of the novel is also included, which notes the novel's inherent socialist values praised by George Bernard Shaw.
New York Times
New York Times: While England Sinks: Witch of Exmoor by Margaret Drabble
[Free Registration/Login Required] Drabble does not come out well in this "New York Times" review. The critic's comments on Drabble's characters and discussion of the influence of Virginia Woolf and Charles Dickens provide insight into...
British Library
British Library:dickens's Oliver Twist:the Criminal World of 19th Century London
This activity encourages students to explore the real-life context of Oliver Twist, using a range of sources to find information about crime in 19th-century London. Students will work in groups to discover: the types of crimes that...
British Library
British Library: Dickens's Oliver Twist: Depictions of Childhood
This activity will introduce students to influential 19th-century philosophies that construct the nature of the child and childhood itself. Students will examine how Charles Dickens depicts both the character of Oliver and his upbringing...
British Library
British Library: Dickens's Great Expectations: Social Mobility
This instructional activity will explore this theme of social mobility through a reading of extracts from Samuel Smiles's Self-Help (1859), the handbook that many young men in 19th-century Britain turned to in seeking advice as to how to...
Bibliomania
Bibliomania: David Copperfield (Study Guide)
This site presents a study guide to Dickens' famous novel, "David Copperfield." Content includes a biography of the author, a full synopsis of the novel, a look at the use of symbolism and imagery, and a focus on Dickens' "favorite...
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Bibliomania: Oliver Twist (Study Guide)
This site presents a study guide to Dickens' famous novel, "Oliver Twist." Content includes a biography of the author; a synopsis of the novel; Dickens' preoccupations and techniques; use of the good, the bad, and the ugly; occurence of...
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Bibliomania: Tale of Two Cities (Study Guide)
This site provides a study guide to Dickens' novel, "Tale of Two Cities." Content includes a biography of the author, a synopsis of the story, reoccuring themes, a look at the novel's imagery and symbolism, and some sample questions....
Penguin Publishing
Penguin Random House: A Teacher's Guide to "Great Expectations" [Pdf]
Incredibly detailed teacher guide includes vocabulary words, themes, specific student activities, critical thinking ideas, chapter-by-chapter questions and reading notes, and more. Requires Adobe Reader. [PDF]
Curated OER
Library of Congress: read.gov: A Christmas Carol
Book cover of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.
Children's Books Online
Children's Books Online: Children Stories
"Children Stories", written circa 1900 by Charles Dickens, has been digitized and made available by the Rosetta Project. This 111 page book is appropriate for advanced readers.
Bibliomania
Bibliomania: Great Expectations (Study Guide)
This site presents a workable study guide to Charles Dickens' novel, "Great Expectations." Content includes a synopsis; relevant themes; use of language, imagery, and symbolism; and narrative and structure. Access is restricted to...
University of Calgary
University of Calgary: Classics for Young People
A launching point from the University of Calgary for several classic stories that are available online. Alphabetical by author, the list includes Louisa May Alcott, Charles Dickens, Nathaniel Hawthorne and Rudyard Kipling.
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