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Always Available Charles Dickens Author Sampler

'Tis the season for modern updates of A Christmas Carol! This writer and poverty reform activist from London has seen a spike in readership since Kingsolver's "Demon Copperhead" won the Pulitzer award for fiction in 2023. All of the writings of Charles Dickens are available with no wait in multiple formats, commercial free and for no charge to Fulco library patrons. This list contains just a small sample of the author's works and a few videos to help you enjoy them more. Browse our catalog and the apps of Hoopla, Kanopy, and Access Video for everything Dickens. To download these works to your favorite device, install the hoopla app! You'll need your library card number and PIN/password to check out ten titles with no wait each month. If you have not changed your PIN/password, it is CHANGEME. Atlanta Public School students and employees can also log in as part of CLASS PASS with their student ID or Lawson number.

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  • Marley was dead, to begin with...' starts this holiday classic. Download to read out loud to your family over the holidays, or enjoy in an afternoon. Available with no wait on hoopla.
    eBook, 2012[United States] : Dreamscape Media, LLC, 2012. — EBOOK
  • Because all of Dickens works are in public domain, dozens of audiobook versions exist. Try downloading this one to see if you like the performance, and if not, select another narrator! This audiobook is read by Ralph Cosham. Duration: 3 hours
    Downloadable Audiobook, 2012[United States] : Public Domain, 2012. — EAUDIOBOOK
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    Charles Dickens' London

    Gain more context for reading Dickens with this look at class and society in Victorian London. This documentary explores how Dickens' work in the legal profession gave him real-life experiences with the intersection of poverty and the law that…
    Streaming Video, 2008[Place of publication not identified] : MVD, [2008] — EVIDEO
  • Dickens frequently published short stories, and Christmas was a theme that he worked several times in his career. In this collection you'll find: A Christmas Carol, The Chimes, The Cricket on the Hearth, The Battle of Life, The Haunted Man and the…
    eBook, 2023[United States] : Andrii Ponomarenko, 2023. — EBOOK
  • Work your way through all Dickens titles with this four-volume series. The first eBook download contains three of his orphan novels: Oliver Twist, Great Expectations, and Bleak House. Available with no wait on hoopla.
    eBook, 2017[United States] : Open Road Media, 2017. — EBOOK
  • Listen to the novel that inspired "Demon Copperhead". As this work is in the public domain, many versions of the work exist - if this narrator isn't to your taste, try another! Read by Patrick Tull. Duration: 38:32
    Downloadable Audiobook, 1998[United States] : Recorded Books, Inc., 1998. — EAUDIOBOOK
  • Ian McKellen, Bob Hoskins, and Dame Maggie Smith are among the many stars in this BBC production that features the acting debut of Daniel Radcliffe. Dozens of adaptations of Dickens are available to stream from the library on hoopla, Kanopy, and…
    Streaming Video, 1999[Place of publication not identified] : BBC, [1999] — EVIDEO
  • Although it's clear in this work that Dickens was paid by the word for his serialized magazine stories, A Tale of Two Cities remains a literary triumph. Written just a generation after the French Revolution, Dickens accurately captures a moment in…
    eBook, 2017[United States] : Dreamscape Media, LLC, 2017. — EBOOK
  • Our Mutual Friend, the last novel completed by Charles Dickens, has many plots, twists and turns, from the murky river Thames to the gold and crystal on the tables of 'Society'. A tale of murder, treachery, jealousy and love, takes us first to a…
    Downloadable Audiobook, 2020[United States] : Author's Republic, 2020. — EAUDIOBOOK