THE SEVEN POOR TRAVELLERS–IN THREE CHAPTERS by Charles Dickens CHAPTER I–IN THE OLD CITY OF ROCHESTER Strictly speaking, there were only six Poor Travellers; but, being a Traveller myself, though an idle one, and being withal as poor as I hope to be, I brought the number up to seven. This word of explanation is
The Uncommercial Traveller by Charles Dickens
Transcribed by David Price, email ccx074@coventry.ac.uk THE UNCOMMERCIAL TRAVELLER CHAPTER I–HIS GENERAL LINE OF BUSINESS Allow me to introduce myself–first negatively. No landlord is my friend and brother, no chambermaid loves me, no waiter worships me, no boots admires and envies me. No round of beef or tongue or ham is expressly cooked for me,
The Wreck of the Golden Mary by Charles Dickens
This etext was prepared from the 1894 Chapman and Hall “Christmas Stories” edition by David Price, email ccx074@coventry.ac.uk THE WRECK OF THE GOLDEN MARY THE WRECK I was apprenticed to the Sea when I was twelve years old, and I have encountered a great deal of rough weather, both literal and metaphorical. It has always
Three Ghost Stories by Charles Dickens
Contents: The Signal-Man The Haunted-House The Trial For Murder THE SIGNAL-MAN “Halloa! Below there!” When he heard a voice thus calling to him, he was standing at the door of his box, with a flag in his hand, furled round its short pole. One would have thought, considering the nature of the ground, that he
To be Read at Dusk by Charles Dickens
To Be Read Be Dusk by Charles Dickens Scanned and proofed by David Price ccx074@coventry.ac.uk TO BE READ AT DUSK One, two, three, four, five. There were five of them. Five couriers, sitting on a bench outside the convent on the summit of the Great St. Bernard in Switzerland, looking at the remote heights, stained
Tom Tiddler’s Ground by Charles Dickens
This etext was prepared from the 1894 Chapman and Hall “Christmas Stories” edition by David Price, email ccx074@coventry.ac.uk TOM TIDDLER’S GROUND CHAPTER I–PICKING UP SOOT AND CINDERS “And why Tom Tiddler’s ground?” said the Traveller. “Because he scatters halfpence to Tramps and such-like,” returned the Landlord, “and of course they pick ’em up. And this
No Thoroughfare by Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins
This etext was prepared from the 1894 Chapman and Hall “Christmas Stories” edition by David Price, email ccx074@coventry.ac.uk NO THOROUGHFARE THE OVERTURE Day of the month and year, November the thirtieth, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five. London Time by the great clock of Saint Paul’s, ten at night. All the lesser London churches strain
A Child’s History of England by Charles Dickens
A Child’s History of England by Charles Dickens Scanned and Proofed by David Price, email ccx074@coventry.ac.uk A Child’s History of England CHAPTER I – ANCIENT ENGLAND AND THE ROMANS IF you look at a Map of the World, you will see, in the left-hand upper corner of the Eastern Hemisphere, two Islands lying in the
A Christmas Carol by Charles DickensIn Prose Being a Ghost Story of Christmas
The owner of one scant young nose, gnawed and mumbled by the hungry cold as bones are gnawed by dogs, stooped down at Scrooge’s keyhole to regale him with a Christmas carol:
A House to Let by Charles Dickens and Others
This etext was scanned by David Price, email ccx074@coventry.ac.uk from the 1903 Chapman and Hall edition. Proofing was by David, Edgar Howard, Dawn Smith, Terry Jeffress and Jane Foster. “House to Let”. All, however, is not as it seems and she is drawn into the mystery which surrounds the house. Originally published in 1858 in
A Message From the Sea by Charles Dickens
This etext was prepared from the 1894 Chapman and Hall “Christmas Stories” edition by David Price, email ccx074@coventry.ac.uk A MESSAGE FROM THE SEA CHAPTER I–THE VILLAGE “And a mighty sing’lar and pretty place it is, as ever I saw in all the days of my life!” said Captain Jorgan, looking up at it. Captain Jorgan
A Tale of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens
by Charles Dickens CONTENTS Book the First–Recalled to Life Chapter I The Period Chapter II The Mail Chapter III The Night Shadows Chapter IV The Preparation Chapter V The Wine-shop Chapter VI The Shoemaker Book the Second–the Golden Thread Chapter I Five Years Later Chapter II A Sight Chapter III A Disappointment Chapter IV Congratulatory