Lue ja kuuntele ilmaiseksi 14 päivää!
Peruuta milloin vain
This ebook comprises the 4 volumes of our series named "50 Classic Christmas Stories".
All 4 volumes are also available separately in the shop.
This edition includes bonus streaming links to our album called "35 essential christmas songs (guitar arrangements)" (Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon, Deezer, Tidal...)
CONTENTS:
50 Classic Christmas Stories Vol.1
50 Classic Christmas Stories Vol.2
50 Classic Christmas Stories Vol.3
50 Classic Christmas Stories Vol.4
englanti
The Photographer of the Lost : A BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICK
Caroline Scott, Chris Harper
Port of No Return
Michelle Saftich
My One True North
Milly Johnson
Tolv veckor med dig
Johanna Schreiber
FaceOff
Lee Child, Lincoln Child, Michael Connelly, John Sandford, Lisa Gardner, Dennis Lehane, Steve Berry, Jeffery Deaver, Douglas Preston, James Rollins, Joseph Finder, Steve Martini, Heather Graham, Ian Rankin, Linda Fairstein, M. J. Rose, R.L Stine, Raymond Khoury, Linwood Barclay, John Lescroart, Peter James, T. Jefferson Parker, F. Paul Wilson
Where We Belong : The heart-breaking new novel from the bestselling Richard and Judy Book Club author
Anstey Harris
Olive Kitteridge : The Beloved Pulitzer Prize-Winning Novel
Elizabeth Strout
Fånga fantasin
Nora Roberts
Fahrenheit 451 : A Novel
Ray Bradbury
Icebreaker : A Novel
Hannah Grace
The Hating Game : A Novel
Sally Thorne
Sinuhe egyptiläinen
Mika Waltari
Evergreen Christmas Readings
A.A. Milne, Santa Claus, Adelaide Anne Procter, Algernon Blackwood, Alice Duer Miller, Alice Hale Burnett, Amy Ella Blanchard, Andy Adams, Anne Hollingsworth Wharton, Annie Eliot Trumbull, Annie Roe Carr, Anonymous, Anton Chekhov, Arthur Conan Doyle, Banjo Paterson, Beatrix Potter, Berthold Auerbach, Bret Harte, Brothers Grimm, Grimm Brothers, C.H. Mead, Cecil Frances Alexander, Charles Dickens, Charles Edward Carryl, Christopher North, Clement Clarke Moore, Cornelia Redmond, Don Marquis, Dylan Thomas, Edward Payson Roe, Eleanor Hallowell Abbott, Elia W. Peattie, Elizabeth Anderson, Elizabeth Margaret Chandler, Ella Wheeler Wilcox, Ellis Parker Butler, Ernest Vincent Wright, Eugene Field, Evaleen Stein, Florence L. Barclay, Francis Pharcellus Church, Frank Stockton, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, G.K. Chesterton, George A. Baker, George Augustus Sala, George Robert Sims, H.W. Collingwood, H.P. Lovecraft, Hans Christian Andersen, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Henry van Dyke, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Hesba Stretton, Hezekiah Butterworth, Jacob August Riis, James Whitcomb Riley, John Bowring, John Greenleaf Whittier, John Kendrick Bangs, John Masefield, John Milton, John Strange Winter, José María de Pereda, Julia Schayer, Juliana Horatia Ewing, Kate Douglas Wiggin, Katharine Lee Bates, Kenneth Grahame, L. Frank Baum, Lyman Frank Baum, Laura Lee Hope, Leo Tolstoy, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Lewis Carroll, Lope de Vega, Louisa May Alcott, Lucy Maud Montgomery, L.M. Montgomery, M.E.S, Margaret E. Sangster, Margery Williams, Mark Twain, Martha Finley, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, Mary Louisa Molesworth, Meredith Nicholson, Montague Rhodes James, Mother Goose, W. H. Corning, Nahum Tate, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Newton Booth Tarkington, O.Henry, Olive Thorne Miller, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Peter Christen Asbjornsen, Ralph Henry Barbour, Richmal Crompton, Robert Browning, Robert Burns, Robert Ervin Howard, Robert Frost, Robert Ingersoll, Robert Louis Stevenson, R.L. Stevenson, Rose Terry Cooke, Rudyard Kipling, S. Weir Mitchell, Saki, Sara Teasdale, Stephen Leacock, Theodore Parker, Thomas Chatterton, Thomas Hardy, Thomas Hill, Thomas Nelson Page, Viktor Rydberg, Washington Irving, Willa Cather, William Dean Howells, William Henry Davies, William J. Locke, William Makepeace Thackeray, William Shakespeare, Zona Gale
Ho! Ho! Ho! Santa Claus' Reading List: 250+ Vintage Christmas Stories, Carols, Novellas, Poems by 120+ Authors
A.A. Milne, Santa Claus, Adelaide Anne Procter, Algernon Blackwood, Alice Duer Miller, Alice Hale Burnett, Amy Ella Blanchard, Andy Adams, Anne Hollingsworth Wharton, Annie Eliot Trumbull, Annie Roe Carr, Anonymous, Anton Chekhov, Arthur Conan Doyle, Banjo Paterson, Beatrix Potter, Berthold Auerbach, Bret Harte, Brothers Grimm, Grimm Brothers, C.H. Mead, Cecil Frances Alexander, Charles Dickens, Charles Edward Carryl, Christopher North, Clement Clarke Moore, Cornelia Redmond, Don Marquis, Dylan Thomas, Edward Payson Roe, Eleanor Hallowell Abbott, Elia W. Peattie, Elizabeth Anderson, Elizabeth Margaret Chandler, Ella Wheeler Wilcox, Ellis Parker Butler, Ernest Vincent Wright, Eugene Field, Evaleen Stein, Florence L. Barclay, Francis Pharcellus Church, Frank Stockton, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, G.K. Chesterton, George A. Baker, George Augustus Sala, George Robert Sims, H.W. Collingwood, H.P. Lovecraft, Hans Christian Andersen, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Henry van Dyke, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Hesba Stretton, Hezekiah Butterworth, Jacob August Riis, James Whitcomb Riley, John Bowring, John Greenleaf Whittier, John Kendrick Bangs, John Masefield, John Milton, John Strange Winter, José María de Pereda, Julia Schayer, Juliana Horatia Ewing, Kate Douglas Wiggin, Katharine Lee Bates, Kenneth Grahame, L. Frank Baum, Lyman Frank Baum, Laura Lee Hope, Leo Tolstoy, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Lewis Carroll, Lope de Vega, Louisa May Alcott, Lucy Maud Montgomery, L.M. Montgomery, M.E.S, Margaret E. Sangster, Margery Williams, Mark Twain, Martha Finley, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, Mary Louisa Molesworth, Meredith Nicholson, Montague Rhodes James, Mother Goose, W. H. Corning, Nahum Tate, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Newton Booth Tarkington, O.Henry, Olive Thorne Miller, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Peter Christen Asbjornsen, Ralph Henry Barbour, Richmal Crompton, Robert Browning, Robert Burns, Robert Ervin Howard, Robert Frost, Robert Ingersoll, Robert Louis Stevenson, R.L. Stevenson, Rose Terry Cooke, Rudyard Kipling, S. Weir Mitchell, Saki, Sara Teasdale, Stephen Leacock, Theodore Parker, Thomas Chatterton, Thomas Hardy, Thomas Hill, Thomas Nelson Page, Viktor Rydberg, Washington Irving, Willa Cather, William Dean Howells, William Henry Davies, William J. Locke, William Makepeace Thackeray, William Shakespeare, Zona Gale
The Greatest Christmas Stories: 120+ Authors, 250+ Magical Christmas Stories
A.A. Milne, Santa Claus, Adelaide Anne Procter, Algernon Blackwood, Alice Duer Miller, Alice Hale Burnett, Amy Ella Blanchard, Andy Adams, Anne Hollingsworth Wharton, Annie Eliot Trumbull, Annie Roe Carr, Anonymous, Anton Chekhov, Arthur Conan Doyle, Banjo Paterson, Beatrix Potter, Berthold Auerbach, Bret Harte, Brothers Grimm, Grimm Brothers, C.H. Mead, Cecil Frances Alexander, Charles Dickens, Charles Edward Carryl, Christopher North, Clement Clarke Moore, Cornelia Redmond, Don Marquis, Dylan Thomas, Edward Payson Roe, Eleanor Hallowell Abbott, Elia W. Peattie, Elizabeth Anderson, Elizabeth Margaret Chandler, Ella Wheeler Wilcox, Ellis Parker Butler, Ernest Vincent Wright, Eugene Field, Evaleen Stein, Florence L. Barclay, Francis Pharcellus Church, Frank Stockton, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, G.K. Chesterton, George A. Baker, George Augustus Sala, George Robert Sims, H.W. Collingwood, H.P. Lovecraft, Hans Christian Andersen, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Henry van Dyke, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Hesba Stretton, Hezekiah Butterworth, Jacob August Riis, James Whitcomb Riley, John Bowring, John Greenleaf Whittier, John Kendrick Bangs, John Masefield, John Milton, John Strange Winter, José María de Pereda, Julia Schayer, Juliana Horatia Ewing, Kate Douglas Wiggin, Katharine Lee Bates, Kenneth Grahame, L. Frank Baum, Lyman Frank Baum, Laura Lee Hope, Leo Tolstoy, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Lewis Carroll, Lope de Vega, Louisa May Alcott, Lucy Maud Montgomery, L.M. Montgomery, M.E.S, Margaret E. Sangster, Margery Williams, Mark Twain, Martha Finley, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, Mary Louisa Molesworth, Meredith Nicholson, Montague Rhodes James, Mother Goose, W. H. Corning, Nahum Tate, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Newton Booth Tarkington, O.Henry, Olive Thorne Miller, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Peter Christen Asbjornsen, Ralph Henry Barbour, Richmal Crompton, Robert Browning, Robert Burns, Robert Ervin Howard, Robert Frost, Robert Ingersoll, Robert Louis Stevenson, R.L. Stevenson, Rose Terry Cooke, Rudyard Kipling, S. Weir Mitchell, Saki, Sara Teasdale, Stephen Leacock, Theodore Parker, Thomas Chatterton, Thomas Hardy, Thomas Hill, Thomas Nelson Page, Viktor Rydberg, Washington Irving, Willa Cather, William Dean Howells, William Henry Davies, William J. Locke, William Makepeace Thackeray, William Shakespeare, Zona Gale
50 Classic Christmas Stories Vol. 1 (Golden Deer Classics)
Annie Roe Carr, Santa Claus, Alice Duer Miller, Berthold Auerbach, Bret Harte, Charles Dickens, L. Frank Baum, Evaleen Stein, Florence L. Barclay, Henry van Dyke, Laura Lee Hope, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Louisa May Alcott, Jacob August Riis, Martha Finley, Jacob Grimm, Meredith Nicholson, Newton Booth Tarkington, O.Henry, Robert Louis Stevenson, Theodore Parker, Thomas Hill, Washington Irving
Nan Sherwood's Winter Holidays
Annie Roe Carr, Golden Deer Classics
Nan Sherwood's Winter Holidays (Prometheus Classics)
Annie Roe Carr
The Perfect Christmas Library: A Christmas Carol, The Cricket on the Hearth, A Christmas Sermon, Twelfth Night...and Many More (200 Stories)
Annie Roe Carr, Alice Duer Miller, Berthold Auerbach, Santa Claus, Bret Harte, Charles Dickens, L. Frank Baum, Evaleen Stein, Florence L. Barclay, Henry van Dyke, Jacob August Riis, Brothers Grimm, Laura Lee Hope, Louisa May Alcott, Martha Finley, Meredith Nicholson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Newton Booth Tarkington, O.Henry, Robert Louis Stevenson, Theodore Parker, Thomas Hill, Washington Irving, Amy Ella Blanchard, William Shakespeare, Zona Gale, Hezekiah Butterworth, James Whitcomb Riley, John Bowring, John Greenleaf Whittier, Leo Tolstoy, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Lewis Carroll, Lope de Vega, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, Mary Louisa Molesworth, Francis Pharcellus Church, Montague Rhodes James, Mother Goose, W. H. Corning, Nahum Tate, Olive Thorne Miller, Richmal Crompton, Robert Browning, Robert Burns, Saki, Sara Teasdale, Stephen Leacock, Thomas Chatterton, Thomas Hardy, Thomas Nelson Page, Viktor Rydberg, William Makepeace Thackeray, H.W. Collingwood, Hans Christian Andersen, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Hesba Stretton, John Masefield, John Milton, John Strange Winter, José De Pereda, Julia Schayer, Juliana Horatia Ewing, Kate Douglas Wiggin, Katharine Lee Bates, Kenneth Grahame, Lucy Maud Montgomery, M.E.S, Margaret E. Sangster, Margery Williams, Peter Christen Asbjornsen, Ralph Henry Barbour, Robert Ervin Howard, Robert Frost, Robert Ingersoll, Rose Terry Cooke, Rudyard Kipling, S. Weir Mitchell, Willa Cather, William Dean Howells, William Henry Davies, William J. Locke, A.A. Milne, Adelaide Anne Procter, Algernon Blackwood, Alice Hale Burnett, Andy Adams, Arthur Conan Doyle, Cecil Frances Alexander, Charles Edward Carryl, Don Marquis, Dylan Thomas, Edward Payson Roe, Eleanor Hallowell Abbott, Elia W. Peattie, Elizabeth Anderson, Elizabeth Margaret Chandler, Ella Wheeler Wilcox, Ellis Parker Butler, Ernest Vincent Wright, Eugene Field, G.K. Chesterton, George A. Baker, George Augustus Sala, George Robert Sims, H.P. Lovecraft, John Kendrick Bangs, Mark Twain
The Christmas Library : 250+ Essential Christmas Novels, Poems, Carols, Short Stories...by 100+ Authors
A.A. Milne, Santa Claus, Adelaide Anne Procter, Algernon Blackwood, Alice Duer Miller, Alice Hale Burnett, Amy Ella Blanchard, Andy Adams, Anne Hollingsworth Wharton, Annie Eliot Trumbull, Annie Roe Carr, Anonymous, Anton Chekhov, Arthur Conan Doyle, Banjo Paterson, Beatrix Potter, Berthold Auerbach, Bret Harte, Brothers Grimm, Grimm Brothers, C.H. Mead, Cecil Frances Alexander, Charles Dickens, Charles Edward Carryl, Christopher North, Clement Clarke Moore, Cornelia Redmond, Don Marquis, Dylan Thomas, Edward Payson Roe, Eleanor Hallowell Abbott, Elia W. Peattie, Elizabeth Anderson, Elizabeth Margaret Chandler, Ella Wheeler Wilcox, Ellis Parker Butler, Ernest Vincent Wright, Eugene Field, Evaleen Stein, Florence L. Barclay, Francis Pharcellus Church, Frank Stockton, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, G.K. Chesterton, George A. Baker, George Augustus Sala, George Robert Sims, H.W. Collingwood, H.P. Lovecraft, Hans Christian Andersen, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Henry van Dyke, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Hesba Stretton, Hezekiah Butterworth, Jacob August Riis, James Whitcomb Riley, John Bowring, John Greenleaf Whittier, John Kendrick Bangs, John Masefield, John Milton, John Strange Winter, José María de Pereda, Julia Schayer, Juliana Horatia Ewing, Kate Douglas Wiggin, Katharine Lee Bates, Kenneth Grahame, L. Frank Baum, Lyman Frank Baum, Laura Lee Hope, Leo Tolstoy, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Lewis Carroll, Lope de Vega, Louisa May Alcott, Lucy Maud Montgomery, L.M. Montgomery, M.E.S, Margaret E. Sangster, Margery Williams, Mark Twain, Martha Finley, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, Mary Louisa Molesworth, Meredith Nicholson, Montague Rhodes James, Mother Goose, W. H. Corning, Nahum Tate, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Newton Booth Tarkington, O.Henry, Olive Thorne Miller, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Peter Christen Asbjornsen, Ralph Henry Barbour, Richmal Crompton, Robert Browning, Robert Burns, Robert Ervin Howard, Robert Frost, Robert Ingersoll, Robert Louis Stevenson, R.L. Stevenson, Rose Terry Cooke, Rudyard Kipling, S. Weir Mitchell, Saki, Sara Teasdale, Stephen Leacock, Theodore Parker, Thomas Chatterton, Thomas Hardy, Thomas Hill, Thomas Nelson Page, Viktor Rydberg, Washington Irving, Willa Cather, William Dean Howells, William Henry Davies, William J. Locke, William Makepeace Thackeray, William Shakespeare, Zona Gale
The Ultimate Christmas Library: 100+ Authors, 200 Novels, Novellas, Stories, Poems and Carols
Annie Roe Carr, Alice Duer Miller, Berthold Auerbach, Santa Claus, Bret Harte, Charles Dickens, L. Frank Baum, Evaleen Stein, Florence L. Barclay, Henry van Dyke, Jacob August Riis, Brothers Grimm, Laura Lee Hope, Louisa May Alcott, Martha Finley, Meredith Nicholson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Newton Booth Tarkington, O.Henry, Robert Louis Stevenson, Theodore Parker, Thomas Hill, Washington Irving, Amy Ella Blanchard, William Shakespeare, Zona Gale, Hezekiah Butterworth, James Whitcomb Riley, John Bowring, John Greenleaf Whittier, Leo Tolstoy, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Lewis Carroll, Lope de Vega, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, Mary Louisa Molesworth, Francis Pharcellus Church, Montague Rhodes James, Mother Goose, W. H. Corning, Nahum Tate, Olive Thorne Miller, Richmal Crompton, Robert Browning, Robert Burns, Saki, Sara Teasdale, Stephen Leacock, Thomas Chatterton, Thomas Hardy, Thomas Nelson Page, Viktor Rydberg, William Makepeace Thackeray, H.W. Collingwood, Hans Christian Andersen, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Hesba Stretton, John Masefield, John Milton, John Strange Winter, José De Pereda, Julia Schayer, Juliana Horatia Ewing, Kate Douglas Wiggin, Katharine Lee Bates, Kenneth Grahame, Lucy Maud Montgomery, M.E.S, Margaret E. Sangster, Margery Williams, Peter Christen Asbjornsen, Ralph Henry Barbour, Robert Ervin Howard, Robert Frost, Robert Ingersoll, Rose Terry Cooke, Rudyard Kipling, S. Weir Mitchell, Willa Cather, William Dean Howells, William Henry Davies, William J. Locke, A.A. Milne, Adelaide Anne Procter, Algernon Blackwood, Alice Hale Burnett, Andy Adams, Arthur Conan Doyle, Cecil Frances Alexander, Charles Edward Carryl, Don Marquis, Dylan Thomas, Edward Payson Roe, Eleanor Hallowell Abbott, Elia W. Peattie, Elizabeth Anderson, Elizabeth Margaret Chandler, Ella Wheeler Wilcox, Ellis Parker Butler, Ernest Vincent Wright, Eugene Field, G.K. Chesterton, George A. Baker, George Augustus Sala, George Robert Sims, H.P. Lovecraft, John Kendrick Bangs, Mark Twain
The Christmas Collection: All Of Your Favourite Classic Christmas Stories, Novels, Poems, Carols in One Ebook
Annie Roe Carr, Alice Duer Miller, Berthold Auerbach, Santa Claus, Bret Harte, Charles Dickens, L. Frank Baum, Evaleen Stein, Florence L. Barclay, Henry van Dyke, Jacob August Riis, Brothers Grimm, Laura Lee Hope, Louisa May Alcott, Martha Finley, Meredith Nicholson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Newton Booth Tarkington, O.Henry, Robert Louis Stevenson, Theodore Parker, Thomas Hill, Washington Irving, Amy Ella Blanchard, William Shakespeare, Zona Gale, Hezekiah Butterworth, James Whitcomb Riley, John Bowring, John Greenleaf Whittier, Leo Tolstoy, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Lewis Carroll, Lope de Vega, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, Mary Louisa Molesworth, Francis Pharcellus Church, Montague Rhodes James, Mother Goose, W. H. Corning, Nahum Tate, Olive Thorne Miller, Richmal Crompton, Robert Browning, Robert Burns, Saki, Sara Teasdale, Stephen Leacock, Thomas Chatterton, Thomas Hardy, Thomas Nelson Page, Viktor Rydberg, William Makepeace Thackeray, H.W. Collingwood, Hans Christian Andersen, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Hesba Stretton, John Masefield, John Milton, John Strange Winter, José De Pereda, Julia Schayer, Juliana Horatia Ewing, Kate Douglas Wiggin, Katharine Lee Bates, Kenneth Grahame, Lucy Maud Montgomery, M.E.S, Margaret E. Sangster, Margery Williams, Peter Christen Asbjornsen, Ralph Henry Barbour, Robert Ervin Howard, Robert Frost, Robert Ingersoll, Rose Terry Cooke, Rudyard Kipling, S. Weir Mitchell, Willa Cather, William Dean Howells, William Henry Davies, William J. Locke, A.A. Milne, Adelaide Anne Procter, Algernon Blackwood, Alice Hale Burnett, Andy Adams, Arthur Conan Doyle, Cecil Frances Alexander, Charles Edward Carryl, Don Marquis, Dylan Thomas, Edward Payson Roe, Eleanor Hallowell Abbott, Elia W. Peattie, Elizabeth Anderson, Elizabeth Margaret Chandler, Ella Wheeler Wilcox, Ellis Parker Butler, Ernest Vincent Wright, Eugene Field, G.K. Chesterton, George A. Baker, George Augustus Sala, George Robert Sims, H.P. Lovecraft, John Kendrick Bangs, Mark Twain
Classic Christmas Stories: A Collection of Timeless Holiday Tales
Annie Roe Carr, Santa Claus, Alice Duer Miller, Berthold Auerbach, Bret Harte, Charles Dickens, L. Frank Baum, Evaleen Stein, Florence L. Barclay, Henry van Dyke, Laura Lee Hope, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Louisa May Alcott, Jacob August Riis, Martha Finley, Jacob Grimm, Meredith Nicholson, Newton Booth Tarkington, O.Henry, Robert Louis Stevenson, Theodore Parker, Thomas Hill, Washington Irving
Charles Dickens (1812–70) on Shakespearen ohella kuuluisin englantilainen kirjailija. Hänen erehtymättömällä ihmistuntemuksella toteutetut henkilöhahmonsa ja siivekkäät sanomuksensa ovat kiehtoneet lukijoita halki aikojen. Dickensin laajakantoisin merkitys on kuitenkin yhteiskunnallisissa kuvauksissa ja niissä herätteissä jotka hän antoi kertomakirjallisuuden kehitykselle kaikkialla maailmassa. Nicholas Nicklebyssä ja Dickensin muissa romaaneissa kuvastuvan yhteiskunnallisen näkemyksen on arveltu juontavan juurensa kirjailijan omista lapsuudenkokemuksista. Dickensin ollessa kaksitoistavuotias hänen isänsä joutui velkavankeuteen, ja poika sai vaihtaa lapsuutensa leikit raskaaseen työhön kenkävoidetehtaassa. Vaikka tuota vaihetta kesti vain puolisen vuotta – isän saatua odottamattoman perinnön nuori Charles haettiin pois tehtaasta – jätti kellaritehtaan ryysyläislasten raadanta syvät jäljet kirjailijan mieleen. Kokemus kertautuu hänen tuotannossaan yhä uusina köyhien ja hylättyjen lasten kuvauksina. Näistä tunnetuimpia ovat 1850 ilmestynyt omaelämäkerrallinen romaani David Copperfield ja Oliver Twist (1838). Dickensin varsinainen ura ja tie maailmanmaineeseen alkoi kuitenkin jo romaanista Pickwick-kerhon jälkeenjääneet paperit (1836). Tässä teoksessa esiintyvä verraton miespalvelijatyyppi Sam Weller on jäänyt historiaan kokonaisen sananparsilajin, wellerismin, alkuunpanijana. Itse Pickwick-kerho on puolestaan saanut lainata nimensä yhdelle jos toisellekin olutravintolalle. Dickensin kuolemattomiin luomuksiin kuuluu myös Joululaulu (1843), kaikkien joulusatujen klassikko, joka on innoittanut niin elokuvantekijöitä kuin sarjakuvanpiirtäjiä. Tarinan päähenkilö, ilkeä saituri Scrooge on saanut toimia esikuvana yhdelle kansainvälisen lastenkulttuurin suosikkihahmoista: Walt Disneyn itara Roope Ankka on alkuperäiseltä nimeltään Uncle Scrooge!
Lue lisääWilliam Shakespearen syntymäpäivästä ei ole säilynyt tarkkaa tietoa, mutta hänet kastettiin synnyinkaupungissaan Stratford-on-Avonissa 26.4.1564 oletettavasti muutaman päivän ikäisenä, ja hänen merkkipäivänään pidetään yleisesti huhtikuun 23:tta. Hän syntyi melko varakkaaseen perheeseen ja kävi paikallista latinakoulua ainakin muutaman vuoden. Vuonna 1582, ollessaan 18-vuotias, hän meni naimisiin 26-vuotiaan Anne Hathawayn kanssa. Perheeseen syntyi kolme lasta, Susanna 1583 ja vuonna 1585 kaksoset, tytär Judith ja myöhemmin 11-vuotiaana kuollut poika Hamnet. Monilta osin Shakespearen vaiheista ja toimista ei ole täsmällistä tietoa, mutta 1590-luvulla hän alkoi saavuttaa mainetta Lontoon teatteripiireissä. Ensimmäiset painetut teokset olivat runoelmia, ja useimmat näytelmät ilmestyivät painettuina vasta tekijän kuoleman jälkeen kootuissa teoksissa, ns. ensimmäisessä foliopainoksessa 1623. Teattereissa niitä kuitenkin esitettiin paljon, ja uusia näytelmiä syntyi tiuhaan, joskus kolmekin vuodessa. Ensimmäinen Shakespearen kirjoittamaksi tiedetty näytelmä on vuonna1592 esitetty Henrik VI. Shakespeare kuului myös teatteriseurueisiin ja oli yksi Globe-teatterin omistajista. Todennäköisesti viimeinen näytelmä on 1611 ensiesityksensä saanut Myrsky, mutta senkin jälkeen hän kirjoitti muutamia näytelmiä yhteistyössä toisten näytelmäkirjailijoiden kanssa. 1610-luvulla hän jätti Lontoon ja teatterin ja vetäytyi Stratfordiin, missä hän kuoli 52-vuotiaana 23.4.1616.
Lue lisää