American Notes (Version 2)-Charles Dickens

Strange Gentleman by Charles Dickens.Before he became a novelist, Dickens wrote several successful plays. This one from 1836, his first, he called, “A Comic Burletta in Two Acts”. Characters arrive at a village inn called “The St. James Arms” and much confusion ensues.Featured on Hard Times - Charles Dickens.Public-domain recording courtesy of LibriVox (librivox.org).This episode includes AI-generated content.

Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain (version 2) by Charles Dickens.The last of Dickens' Christmas novellas (1848), The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain centres around Professor Redlaw, a teacher of chemistry, whose personal life has been marred by sorrow and, he feels, by wrongs done to him in his past. He is haunted by his ghostly twin, who offers him the opportunity to forget completely all 'sorrow, wrong and trouble', claiming that this will make him happier. Redlaw wavers, but finally accepts this offer, discovering too late that there are conditions attached to it which cause him to infect with this unwanted 'gift' nearly everyone with whom he comes in contact. The story is populated by Dickens' archetypal comic figures - the Swidgers, who are servants of the college, and the hard-working but poor Tetterby family who run a nearby shop.Featured on Hard Times - Charles Dickens.Public-domain recording courtesy of LibriVox (librivox.org).This episode includes AI-generated content.

American Notes (Version 2) by Charles Dickens.Charles Dickens records his impressions of America during his 1842 journey.Featured on Hard Times - Charles Dickens.Public-domain recording courtesy of LibriVox (librivox.org).This episode includes AI-generated content.

Charles Dickens 200th Anniversary Collection Vol. 3 by Charles Dickens.2012 is the 200th anniversary of Dickens' birth.Featured on Hard Times - Charles Dickens.Public-domain recording courtesy of LibriVox (librivox.org).This episode includes AI-generated content.

Charles Dickens 200th Anniversary Collection Vol. 5 by Charles Dickens.2012 was the 200th anniversary of Dickens' birth.Featured on Hard Times - Charles Dickens.Public-domain recording courtesy of LibriVox (librivox.org).This episode includes AI-generated content.

Charles Dickens 200th Anniversary Collection Vol. 4 by Charles Dickens.2012 was the 200th anniversary of Dickens' birth. Further volumes were added during the anniversary year.Featured on Hard Times - Charles Dickens.Public-domain recording courtesy of LibriVox (librivox.org).This episode includes AI-generated content.

Charles Dickens 200th Anniversary Collection Vol. 1 by Charles Dickens.This first volume was released on Dickens' 200th birthday, February 7th 2012 and further volumes followed during the anniversary year. Volume 1 includes short stories including, amongst others, The Holly Tree , the first part of Holiday Romance and three pieces from Mugby Junction . Some items requiring a little further explanation are Prince Bull , written as a fairy tale, but in reality a scathing attack on the Government's handling of supplies to the troops in the Crimean War; Old Lamps for New Ones in which Dickens makes clear his low opinion of the ethos of the Pre-Raphaelite school of painting; and Frauds on the Fairies , a polemic against George Cruikshank's bowdlerisation of fairy tales for moralistic purposes, and the interesting revelation that 'product placement' is by no means a new phenomenon.Featured on Hard Times - Charles Dickens.Public-domain recording courtesy of LibriVox (librivox.org).This episode includes AI-generated content.

Seven Poor Travellers by Charles Dickens.One of Dickens' Christmas stories, this was first published as part of the Christmas number of Household Words for 1854. The first chapter relates Dickens' visit to the ancient Richard Watts's Charity at Rochester. The second chapter is the touching story of "Richard Doubledick", which Dickens supposedly told the travellers, and Dickens' journey home on Christmas morning provides the short concluding chapter.Featured on Hard Times - Charles Dickens.Public-domain recording courtesy of LibriVox (librivox.org).This episode includes AI-generated content.

Master Humphrey's Clock by Charles Dickens.Ultimately, the periodical included the complete novels "The Old Curiosity Club" and "Barnaby Rudge."Featured on Hard Times - Charles Dickens.Public-domain recording courtesy of LibriVox (librivox.org).This episode includes AI-generated content.

Three Ghost Stories by Charles Dickens.As a gifted writer with a strong interest in supernatural phenomena, Charles Dickens produced a string of ghost stories with enduring charm. Three of them are presented here, of which The Signal Man is one of the best known. Though quite different from his most celebrated realistic and humorous critical novels, these ghost stories, Gothic and grotesque as they are, are of good portrayal, and worth a read/listen.Featured on Hard Times - Charles Dickens.Public-domain recording courtesy of LibriVox (librivox.org).This episode includes AI-generated content.