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Bleak House, Dickens's most daring experiment in the narration of a complex plot, challenges the reader to make connections - -between the fashionable and the outcast, the beautiful and the ugly, the powerful and the victims. Nowhere in Dickens's later novels is his attack on an uncaring society more imaginatively embodied, but nowhere either is the mixture of comedy and angry satire more deftly managed. Bleak House defies a single description. It is a mystery story, in which Esther Summerson discovers the truth about her birth and her unknown mother's tragic life. It is a murder story, which comes to a climax in a thrilling chase, led by one of the earliest detectives in English fiction, Inspector Bucket. And it is a fable about redemption, in which a bleak house is transformed by the resilience of human love.

Le soir de Noël, Scrooge, vieil homme égoïste et solitaire, choisit de passer la soirée seul. Mais des fantômes de Noël lui apparaissent, l'entraînant tour à tour dans son passé, son présent et son futur, afin de lui montrer ce que sera son avenir s'il persiste à ignorer que le bonheur existe.

Little Dorrit is a classic Dickensian tale of imprisonment - both literal and symbolic - while Dickens' working title for the novel, "Nobody`s Fault", emphasises its theme of personal responsibility in all areas of life. The book draws intimately on the author's own personal childhood experiences of the dreadful Marshalsea Debtor's Prison and is full of psychological insights combining fascinating historical and social detail and masterful character portrayal to create a dramatic "tour de force". Indisputably one of Dickens' finest works, George Bernard Shaw described "Little Dorrit" as a "masterpiece among many masterpieces", a verdict shared by millions of readers before and since.

The story of the orphan Oliver, who runs away from the workhouse only to be taken in by a den of thieves, shocked readers when it was first published. Dickens’s tale of childhood innocence beset by evil depicts the dark criminal underworld of a London peopled by vivid and memorable characters û the arch-villain Fagin, the artful Dodger, the menacing Bill Sikes and the prostitute Nancy. Combining elements of Gothic Romance, the Newgate Novel and popular melodrama, in Oliver Twist Dickens created an entirely new kind of fiction, scathing in its indictment of a cruel society, and pervaded by an unforgettable sense of threat and mystery.

Orphelin, né de parents inconnus, Oliver Twist n'échappe aux rigueurs de l'hospice et des mauvais traitements de l'infâme madame Sowerberry que pour tomber dans les griffes d'une bande de voleurs qui l'obligent à devenir leur complice... Cette traduction s'inspire du scénario du film de Roman Polanski, sorti en octobre 2005, et offre une version adaptée de l'oeuvre de Dickens.