About this product

Product Identifiers

PublisherPenguin Publishing Group

ISBN-100140431039

ISBN-139780140431032

eBay Product ID (ePID)50868

Product Key Features

Book TitleSelected Short Fiction

Number of Pages432 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicClassics, Short Stories (Single Author), Literary

Publication Year1976

IllustratorYes

GenreFiction

AuthorCharles Dickens

FormatUk- a Format Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height1 in

Item Weight11.3 Oz

Item Length7.9 in

Item Width5.3 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN76-368436

Notes byThomas, Deborah A.

Dewey Edition22

Grade FromTwelfth Grade

Grade ToUP

Dewey Decimal823.8

SynopsisThis witty and amusing collection of short pieces shows Dickens liberated from the more formal and sustained demands of the novel and experimenting with a diverse range of fictional techniques. In his tales of the supernatural, he creates frighteningly believable, spine-tingling stories of prophetic dreams and visions, as well as more fantastical adventures with goblins and apparitions. Impressionistic sketches combine imaginatively heightened travel journals with wry observations of home and abroad, while in his dramatic monologues, Dickens demonstrates his talent for exploring the secret workings of the human mind. These short works display Dickens's exuberant sense of comedy and character as his imagination is given free rein., Stories of comedy and character from one of Britain's greatest novelists This witty and amusing collection of short pieces shows Dickens liberated from the more formal and sustained demands of the novel and experimenting with a diverse range of fictional techniques. In his tales of the supernatural, he creates frighteningly believable, spine-tingling stories of prophetic dreams and visions, as well as more fantastical adventures with goblins and apparitions. Impressionistic sketches combine imaginatively heightened travel journals with wry observations of home and abroad, while in his dramatic monologues, Dickens demonstrates his talent for exploring the secret workings of the human mind. These short works display Dickens's exuberant sense of comedy and character as his imagination is given free rein. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

LC Classification NumberPR4552