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Mission to Seafarers VictoriaPhotograph, Bill Doyle (Reverend C.J. Eldridge-Doyle), Men in chaplain's library, 1960
... ...literature...Eldridge-Doyle), who was a keen photographer like many of the chaplains as he often uses the Ilford paper to print his images. Reading have always been an incentive at the Mission, and books were always made available to seafarers insiste or brought on board ships via reading parcels. library books literature reading Number 3 (in circle) handwritten in black ink on reverse of photograph in top right-hand corner. ...This photograph forms part of the collection that has been accumulated at the Mission to Seafarers Victoria. It demonstrates that that there was an ample library once in use at the Mission. The photograph is thought to have been taken in the Chaplain's office next to the chapel. The photograph is part of a serie likely to have been taken by Bill Doyle (Reverend C.J. Eldridge-Doyle), who was a keen photographer like many of the chaplains as he often uses the Ilford paper to print his images.Reading have always been an incentive at the Mission, and books were always made available to seafarers insiste or brought on board ships via reading parcels.Black and white photograph of two men in the chaplain's library. The man on the left of the frame is putting a book back on the shelf and the man to the right of frame appears to be be reading a book.Number 3 (in circle) handwritten in black ink on reverse of photograph in top right-hand corner. Reverse side also includes a numerical stamp of "1940". Ilford is étampes on the paper.library, books, literature, reading -
Numurkah & District Historical SocietyBook - English Literature books x 2, Ballads Old & New (1922) / The Empire (1891)
... ...reading...Numurkah & District Historical Society Old Bank Building cnr Melville and Knox Street (118-120 Melville St) Numurkah the-murray The Empire owned by local, Minnie Gordon (Drumanure State School) - 1891 education school english reading literature see photos 2 x hardcovered books, blue & green covers Ballads Old & New (1922) / The Empire (1891) Book English Literature books x 2 ...The Empire owned by local, Minnie Gordon (Drumanure State School) - 18912 x hardcovered books, blue & green coverssee photoseducation, school, english, reading, literature -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Document - THE BENDIGO WOMEN'S LITERARY SOCIETY, 1922
... ''King John'' Resume. Readings. 3. May 22nd- ''King John'' Readings. 4. ...''King John'' Resume. Readings. 3. May 22nd- ''King John'' Readings. 4. ...The Bendigo Women's Literary Society, Session 1922. Motto: Our duty is to be useful not according to our desires, but according to our powers. Amiel. President: Miss I Eadie. Vice Presidents: Mesdames Griffin and Slack. Hon. Treasurer: Miss Pethard. Hon. Secretary: Miss E Richardson. Committee: Mesdames Morris, Harper, Jones, Morrison, and Laing, Misses Bankin, Hodge, McIlroy. SYLLABUS - 1922. 1. April 10th- Nomination of Officer. Compilation of syllabus. 2. May 8th- Election of Officers. ''King John'' Resume. Readings. 3. May 22nd- ''King John'' Readings. 4. June 5th- ''King John'' Readings. Papers by Mesdames. Griffin & Jones. 5. June 19th- Travel Talk. Arranged by Miss Bankin. 6. July 3rd- Question Night. 7. July 17th- ''Measure for Measure'' Resume Readings.8. July 31st- ''Measure for Measure'' Readings. Character Sketches. 9 August- Emmerson's Essays. ''Nature'' ''Civilization'' 10. August 28th- ''Evangeline'' (Longfellow). Paper by Mrs Morris. 11. September 11th & 12. September 25th- ''Barnaby Rudge''' (Dickens.) Arranged by Miss I Eadie.13. October 9th- Modern Novel. ''Mr Wu'' (L J Miln.) 14. October 23rd- Magazine Night. 15. November 6th- Australian Literature. Prose. 16. November 11th- Australian Literature. Verse. Bush Ramble. Objects of the Society. I. To Cultivate a taste for Reading. II. To Cultivate Powers of Observation and Thought. III. To Afford Practice in Giving Expression to Thought. IV. To Broaden the Views of Members. V. Intellectual Recreation. This Society meets at ANA Hall, on alternate Mondays, at 8pm`A E BROCKLEY, PRINT, BENDIGOclubs, social, the bendigo women's literarysociety, the bendigo women's literary society, session 1922. motto: our duty is to be useful not according to our desires, but according to our powers. amiel. president: miss i eadie. vice presidents: mesdames griffin and slack. hon. treasurer: miss pethard. hon. secretary: miss e richardson. committee: mesdames morris, harper, jones, morrison, and laing, misses bankin, hodge, mcilroy. syllabus - 1922. 1. april 10th- nomination of officer. compilation of syllabus. 2. may 8th- election of officers. ''king john'' resume. readings. 3. may 22nd- ''king john'' readings. 4. june 5th- . . . . objects of the society. i. to cultivate a taste for reading. ii. to cultivate powers of observation and thought. iii. to afford practice in giving expression to thought. iv. to broaden the views of members. v. intellectual recreation. this society meets at ana hall, on alternate mondays, at 8pm` -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Book - LYDIA CHANCELLOR COLLECTION: 'UNTO THIS LAST.'
... ...literature...History House 11 Mackenzie Street Bendigo goldfields BOOKS Fiction literature Lydia Chancellor Collection collection books Collins' Penny Library reading recreation John Ruskin writers literature John Ruskin A small paperback book titled, 'Unto This Last,' by John Ruskin. ...A small paperback book titled, 'Unto This Last,' by John Ruskin. Published Collins' Clear-Type Press, London and Glasgow. 46p. Ill. Collins Penny Library.John Ruskinbooks, fiction, literature, lydia chancellor collection, collection, books, collins' penny library, reading, recreation, john ruskin, writers, literature -
Kilmore Historical SocietyBook, ROYAL READERS, 1877-1896
... The readers catered to reading levels two, three & four....The readers catered to reading levels two, three & four. children textbook reading glanville Multiple pencil written inscriptions inside back & front covers, possibly spelling practice. ...Cloth-bound, tan coloured embossed cover, end papers & title page missing, cover stained and very worn at extremities. Pages discoloured., foxing. Binding loose, loose pages throughout. 416pp. Poor condition.non-fictionchildren, textbook, reading, glanville -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Magazine - LYDIA CHANCELLOR COLLECTION: SHORT STORIES
... ... literature...History House 11 Mackenzie Street Bendigo goldfields ENTERTAINMENT short stories Lydia Chancellor collection short stories stories literature magazines entertainment reading A cardboard folder covered with red striped paper. ...A cardboard folder covered with red striped paper. Contains short stories from various magazines - 'Womans's Day with Woman,' 'The Australian Women's Day,' 'Woman's Realm,' 'Woman's Illustrated,''The Saturday Evening Post,' 'Woman's Journal' and 'Woman's Home Journal.' 1950s.'entertainment, short stories, lydia chancellor, collection, short stories, stories, literature, magazines, entertainment, reading -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Book - LYDIA CHANCELLOR COLLECTION: 'CHRISTMAS COMES TO THE KITCHEN CLUB.'
... ... reading...History House 11 Mackenzie Street Bendigo goldfields BOOKS Novels christmas Lydia Chancellor Collection collection book books fiction fantasy literature reading Christmas Clifford Norman Button A small paperback titled, 'Christmas Comes to the Kitchen Club. ...A small paperback titled, 'Christmas Comes to the Kitchen Club. A fantasy by Clifford Norman Button.' Presbyterian Bookroom Melbourne. Spectator Publishing Co. Printers Melbourne. 1943. 23 ps.Clifford Norman Buttonbooks, novels, christmas, lydia chancellor collection, collection, book, books, fiction, fantasy, literature, reading, christmas -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Document - BUSH COLLECTION: BOOK (LOOSE-LEAF) - 'THE GUIDE LAW'
... ... literature...History House 11 Mackenzie Street Bendigo goldfields PERSON Individual bush collection - personal Bush Collection collection girl guides association clubs and associations recreation education literature general knowledge girl guides reading Book (loose-leaf) - 'The Guide Law' - Merle Bush. ...Book (loose-leaf) - 'The Guide Law' - Merle Bush. Numbered from p.20 to p. 43; each page has either a newspaper cutting adhered to page OR typed text. Frontispiece has heading 'The Guide Law' and lists p. 20 - p. 40 (with unknown 'number' notation) Attached to inside of back cover (paper clip) is another list of 'Guide Laws' - from 20 - 45.person, individual, bush collection - personal, bush collection, collection, girl guides association, clubs and associations, recreation, education, literature, general knowledge, girl guides, reading -
Mission to Seafarers VictoriaPostcard - Postcard, Black and white, KODAK, The Mission to Seamen, Melbourne - Central Hall, Celia Little Lounge, c. 1950
... ...literature...Visual record of the club area of Mission to Seafarers, 717 Flinders Street, Melbourne mid 20th C. club celia little room sailors literature armchairs flowers artworks magazines reading seamen mission to seamen mission to seafarers seamen's mission Printed on back: 'POST CARD/CORRESPONDENCE ADDRESS ONLY/' . ...One of a series of Mission to Seamen postcards produced in the immediate post-war and post WW2 period. The other reason for creation could be the 1956 MTS centenary celebrations. The photograph was take before 1957 as the bell from the SS Morton Bay is not on the wall yet.Visual record of the club area of Mission to Seafarers, 717 Flinders Street, Melbourne mid 20th C.Black and white gloss postcard depicts the Celia Little room furnished with several chairs, tables with flowers, and five seamen or club members sitting reading or writing.Printed on back: 'POST CARD/CORRESPONDENCE ADDRESS ONLY/' . Stamp location is top right and is indicated by the word 'KODAK' on four sidesclub, celia little room, sailors, literature, armchairs, flowers, artworks, magazines, reading, seamen, mission to seamen, mission to seafarers, seamen's mission -
Federation University Historical Collection
Notebook, Work Programme 1967, 1967
... They are "Infant Syllabus Grades 1 & 2" with the sections "Reading", "Word Study", "Number", "Spoken Expression", "Written Expression", "Writing", "Social Studies", "Nature Study", "Health", "Physical Education", "Literature", "Creative Activities", "Music", and "Character Training". ...They are "Infant Syllabus Grades 1 & 2" with the sections "Reading", "Word Study", "Number", "Spoken Expression", "Written Expression", "Writing", "Social Studies", "Nature Study", "Health", "Physical Education", "Literature", "Creative Activities", "Music", and "Character Training". ...This is a syllabus programme prepared for the education of students by a teacher for the year 1967, along with his comments regarding the itinerary for each week's classes. The first section is divided into the schedule for each term of the school year. They are "Term 1", "Term 2", "Term 3" and "Term 4". These terms are further divided into columns with the headings "Grade 1'", "Grade 2", "Grade 4", "Grade 5", and "Grade 6".The Rows are titled "Speech", "Reading", "English", "Poetry", "Spelling & Dictation", "Writing", "Maths", "Social Studies", "Nature", "Creative Activities", "Music", and "Health & Phys. Ed". along with comments regarding the events of the week's classes. What follows is the class plan for each grade level with an index detailing each aspect of that grades education for the 1967 school year. They are "Infant Syllabus Grades 1 & 2" with the sections "Reading", "Word Study", "Number", "Spoken Expression", "Written Expression", "Writing", "Social Studies", "Nature Study", "Health", "Physical Education", "Literature", "Creative Activities", "Music", and "Character Training". The "Primary Syllabus Grades 4, 5 & 6" features the section "Mathematics", "Grammar", "Reading", "Oral Expression", "Written Expression", "Spelling", "Speech", "Poetry", "Social Studies", "Health", "Physical Education", "Music", "Creative Activities", and "Nature Study". A inset has been included within the notebook titled "Psychological Research Group:Grade VI. Grouped Spelling List." which was kept in a homemade paper pocket.Included throughout the notebook are various images taken from various sources, cut out and stuck to the front page of each section. The registration no. "11932" is included on the front page in pencil.alex ball, 1967, work programme, syllabus, grade 1, grade 2, grade 4, grade 5, grade 6, mathematics, grammar, reading, oral expression, written expression, spelling, speech, poetry, social studies, health, physical education, music, creative activities, nature study, notebook, english, spelling & dictation, writing, nature, health & phys. ed -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Book - LYDIA CHANCELLOR COLLECTION: THE NEW SOUTH WALES SCHOOL MAGAZINE
... ... literature...History House 11 Mackenzie Street Bendigo goldfields EDUCATION Primary school magazine Lydia Chancellor Collection collection school magazine literature reader reading short stories drama education school music Five copies of 'The New South Wales School Magazine of Literature for Our Boys and Girls.' ...Five copies of 'The New South Wales School Magazine of Literature for Our Boys and Girls.' July, 1957 - November, 1960. One copy of 'School Magazine. Part 1.' March 1961. Include short stories, illustrations, information, plays, music and poetry. Published by The New South Wales Department of Education.education, primary, school magazine, lydia chancellor collection, collection, school magazine, literature, reader, reading, short stories, drama, education, school, music -
Bendigo Historical Society Inc.Magazine - LYDIA CHANCELLOR COLLECTION: THE SCHOOL PAPER
... ... literature...History House 11 Mackenzie Street Bendigo goldfields EDUCATION Primary school paper Lydia Chancellor Collection collection education literature school paper poetry short stories plays drama illustrations artwork information reading reader school Two copies of The School Paper Grades III & IV for the months of June,(2), and July,(1) 1964. ...Two copies of The School Paper Grades III & IV for the months of June,(2), and July,(1) 1964. Contain short stories, information, illustrations, poetry, plays and music. Published by the Victorian Education Department.education, primary, school paper, lydia chancellor collection, collection, education, literature, school paper, poetry, short stories, plays, drama, illustrations, artwork, information, reading, reader, school -
Federation University Historical CollectionArticle - Article - Women, Ballarat Teachers' College: Women of Note: Mary Egan (1922-1981)
... Mary is known throughout the state for her work in teacher-training, particularly for the teaching of reading and language. A collection of specialist teaching books in the E.J. ...Mary is known throughout the state for her work in teacher-training, particularly for the teaching of reading and language. A collection of specialist teaching books in the E.J. ...Mary Egan was one of Ballarat's best-loved and respected educators. Commencing her teaching career as a student-teacher at Bacchus Marsh, she undertook teacher training at Melbourne Teachers' College (1941-1942). She taught in the Mildura district before returning to Ballarat in 1953, teaching infant grades at Humffray Street State School. Mary Egan joined the Ballarat Teachers' College (BTC) staff in 1958, starting a 23 year career specialising in language curriculum (ie children's literacy and literature). She was still on staff when all teachers colleges became State Colleges during the early 1970s. Along with other members of the State College Victoria, Ballarat (SCVB) staff, Mary's lecturing career continued when SCVB merged with the tertiary section of SMB at Mt Helen, later known as the Ballarat College of Advanced Education (BCAE). Mary is known throughout the state for her work in teacher-training, particularly for the teaching of reading and language. A collection of specialist teaching books in the E.J. Barker Library is named as a memorial to Mary Egan,mary egan, melbourne teachers' college, humffray street state school, ballarat teachers' college, staff, ballarat college of advanced education, e j barker library, memorial, state college of victoria ballarat, scvb, literacy and literature, teacher-training, women of note -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and VillageBook - A Fictional Story, Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities, 1920s -1930s
... Dark was a founding member of the PEN Club in 1921 and wrote over 30 books on diverse subjects including literature, theatre, church history, and biography. ...Dark was a founding member of the PEN Club in 1921 and wrote over 30 books on diverse subjects including literature, theatre, church history, and biography. ...Charles Dickens (1812–1870) was one of the great English novelists of the Victorian era, famous for vivid characters, social criticism, and stories that were first published in serial form. He began as a journalist, rose to enormous popularity during his lifetime, and wrote major works such as Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, and Great Expectations. A Tale of Two Cities is Charles Dickens’s sweeping historical novel set against the French Revolution, focusing on London and Paris and the collision of private lives with mass upheaval. It is especially famous for its stark contrasts between order and chaos, and for one of the most moving acts of self sacrifice in Victorian fiction. The plot centres on Dr. Manette, imprisoned for eighteen years in the Bastille, his daughter Lucie, and the English lawyer Sydney Carton, whose life becomes entangled with that of the French aristocrat Charles Darnay. Set on the eve of and during the Revolution, the novel shows how old injustices fuel mob violence and terror, culminating in Carton’s substitution of himself for at the guillotine, in a Christ‑like gesture of redemption.A Tale of Two Cities. Author: Charles Dickens. (Introduction by Sydney Dark) Publisher: Collins, (London & Glasgow) Date: Mid 20th Century. (See note section this document for more information on Edition).fictionCharles Dickens (1812–1870) was one of the great English novelists of the Victorian era, famous for vivid characters, social criticism, and stories that were first published in serial form. He began as a journalist, rose to enormous popularity during his lifetime, and wrote major works such as Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, and Great Expectations. A Tale of Two Cities is Charles Dickens’s sweeping historical novel set against the French Revolution, focusing on London and Paris and the collision of private lives with mass upheaval. It is especially famous for its stark contrasts between order and chaos, and for one of the most moving acts of self sacrifice in Victorian fiction. The plot centres on Dr. Manette, imprisoned for eighteen years in the Bastille, his daughter Lucie, and the English lawyer Sydney Carton, whose life becomes entangled with that of the French aristocrat Charles Darnay. Set on the eve of and during the Revolution, the novel shows how old injustices fuel mob violence and terror, culminating in Carton’s substitution of himself for at the guillotine, in a Christ‑like gesture of redemption.book, the old curiosity shop, charles dickens, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, warrnambool, maritime-museum, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, pattison collection, warrnambool library, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, ralph eric pattison, corangamite regional library service, warrnambool city librarian, mechanics’ institute library, victorian library board, warrnambool books and records, warrnambool children’s library, great ocean road -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and VillageBook - A Fictional Story, Charles Dickens, Barnaby Rudge, Prior to 1911
... This book was a popular reprint made for durable, affordable reading rather than a first edition. In bibliographic terms, it makes this edition, not an original 1841 serial publication....This book was a popular reprint made for durable, affordable reading rather than a first edition. In bibliographic terms, it makes this edition, not an original 1841 serial publication. ...Charles Dickens (1812–1870) was one of the great English novelists of the Victorian era, famous for vivid characters, social criticism, and stories that were first published in serial form. He began as a journalist, rose to enormous popularity during his lifetime, and wrote major works such as Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, and Great Expectations. Barnaby Rudge is a historical Dickens novel set against the Gordon Riots of 1780, mixing mystery, political unrest, family secrets, and the story of a simple minded young man, Barnaby, and his pet raven Grip. It is considered Dickens’s first historical novel and one of his less widely read works, but it remains important for its treatment of mob violence and social disorder. The novel begins with a murder mystery linked to the Haredale and Rudge families, then broadens into the chaos of the anti Catholic Gordon Riots in London. Barnaby, an innocent and impressionable character, is drawn into the riotous crowd. Other threads involve love, family conflict, imprisonment, and eventual reckoning. Dickens uses the riot setting to show how crowd panic and prejudice can spread destructively through society.Barnaby Rudge. Author: Charles Dickens. Publisher: Collins, Clear Type Press (London & Glasgow) Date: Mid 20th Century. (See note section this document for more information on Edition). Red leather hardcover with title on front on paper with a dark red spine and lettering in gold. The spine has a Library label.fictionCharles Dickens (1812–1870) was one of the great English novelists of the Victorian era, famous for vivid characters, social criticism, and stories that were first published in serial form. He began as a journalist, rose to enormous popularity during his lifetime, and wrote major works such as Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, and Great Expectations. Barnaby Rudge is a historical Dickens novel set against the Gordon Riots of 1780, mixing mystery, political unrest, family secrets, and the story of a simple minded young man, Barnaby, and his pet raven Grip. It is considered Dickens’s first historical novel and one of his less widely read works, but it remains important for its treatment of mob violence and social disorder. The novel begins with a murder mystery linked to the Haredale and Rudge families, then broadens into the chaos of the anti Catholic Gordon Riots in London. Barnaby, an innocent and impressionable character, is drawn into the riotous crowd. Other threads involve love, family conflict, imprisonment, and eventual reckoning. Dickens uses the riot setting to show how crowd panic and prejudice can spread destructively through society.book, the old curiosity shop, charles dickens, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, warrnambool, maritime-museum, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, pattison collection, warrnambool library, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, ralph eric pattison, corangamite regional library service, warrnambool city librarian, mechanics’ institute library, victorian library board, warrnambool books and records, warrnambool children’s library, great ocean road -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and VillageBook - A Fictional Story, Charles Dickens, The Old Curiosity Shop, (1897-1899)
... Later, he edited magazines like “Household Words” and toured with dramatic readings. A train crash in 1865 worsened his health, leading to his death at age 58 while writing “The Mystery of Edwin Drood”. ...Later, he edited magazines like “Household Words” and toured with dramatic readings. A train crash in 1865 worsened his health, leading to his death at age 58 while writing “The Mystery of Edwin Drood”. ...Charles Dickens (1812–1870) was one of the great English novelists of the Victorian era, famous for vivid characters, social criticism, and stories that were first published in serial form. He began as a journalist, rose to enormous popularity during his lifetime, and wrote major works such as Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, and Great Expectations. The Old Curiosity Shop is about Nell Trent, a young girl, and her grandfather, who live in a London curiosity shop. After her grandfather’s gambling and debts bring danger from the moneylender Daniel Quilp, they flee and travel through hardship, poverty, and misfortune, the novel is best known for its emotional portrayal of Nell. It was written and published in serial form in “Master Humphrey’s Clock” magazine from 1840 to 1841, then issued as a book in 1841. The subject book published by the Oxford University Press. The subject book in hardback edition was published on 13th November 1997 by the same publisher.The Old Curiosity Shop Author: Charles Dickens Publisher: Chapman & Hall Ltd Date: Gadshill Edition (1897-1899)fictionCharles Dickens (1812–1870) was one of the great English novelists of the Victorian era, famous for vivid characters, social criticism, and stories that were first published in serial form. He began as a journalist, rose to enormous popularity during his lifetime, and wrote major works such as Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, and Great Expectations. The Old Curiosity Shop is about Nell Trent, a young girl, and her grandfather, who live in a London curiosity shop. After her grandfather’s gambling and debts bring danger from the moneylender Daniel Quilp, they flee and travel through hardship, poverty, and misfortune, the novel is best known for its emotional portrayal of Nell. It was written and published in serial form in “Master Humphrey’s Clock” magazine from 1840 to 1841, then issued as a book in 1841. The subject book published by the Oxford University Press. The subject book in hardback edition was published on 13th November 1997 by the same publisher.flagstaff hil, warrnambool, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, book, pattison collection, warrnambool library, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, ralph eric pattison, corangamite regional library service, warrnambool city librarian, mechanics’ institute library, victorian library board, warrnambool books and records, warrnambool children’s library, the old curiosity shop, charles dickens -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and VillageBook - A Fictional Story, Charles Dickens, Barnaby Rudge, (1871–1879)
... Later, he edited magazines like “Household Words” and toured with dramatic readings. A train crash in 1865 worsened his health, leading to his death at age 58 while writing “The Mystery of Edwin Drood”. ...Later, he edited magazines like “Household Words” and toured with dramatic readings. A train crash in 1865 worsened his health, leading to his death at age 58 while writing “The Mystery of Edwin Drood”. ...Charles Dickens (1812–1870) was one of the great English novelists of the Victorian era, famous for vivid characters, social criticism, and stories that were first published in serial form. He began as a journalist, rose to enormous popularity during his lifetime, and wrote major works such as Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, and Great Expectations. Barnaby Rudge is a historical Dickens novel set against the Gordon Riots of 1780, mixing mystery, political unrest, family secrets, and the story of a simple minded young man, Barnaby, and his pet raven Grip. It is considered Dickens’s first historical novel and one of his less widely read works, but it remains important for its treatment of mob violence and social disorder. The novel begins with a murder mystery linked to the Haredale and Rudge families, then broadens into the chaos of the anti Catholic Gordon Riots in London. Barnaby, an innocent and impressionable character, is drawn into the riotous crowd. Other threads involve love, family conflict, imprisonment, and eventual reckoning. Dickens uses the riot setting to show how crowd panic and prejudice can spread destructively through society.Barnaby Rudge Author: Charles Dickens Publisher: Chapman & Hall Ltd Date: Household Edition (1871–1879) (See note section this document for more information on Edition). Green cloth hardcover with a black spine with authors name signed on front cover, lettering in gold. The spine has a Library label. First Published as part of the weekly Master Humphrey's Clock series (1840-1841)fictionCharles Dickens (1812–1870) was one of the great English novelists of the Victorian era, famous for vivid characters, social criticism, and stories that were first published in serial form. He began as a journalist, rose to enormous popularity during his lifetime, and wrote major works such as Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, and Great Expectations. Barnaby Rudge is a historical Dickens novel set against the Gordon Riots of 1780, mixing mystery, political unrest, family secrets, and the story of a simple minded young man, Barnaby, and his pet raven Grip. It is considered Dickens’s first historical novel and one of his less widely read works, but it remains important for its treatment of mob violence and social disorder. The novel begins with a murder mystery linked to the Haredale and Rudge families, then broadens into the chaos of the anti Catholic Gordon Riots in London. Barnaby, an innocent and impressionable character, is drawn into the riotous crowd. Other threads involve love, family conflict, imprisonment, and eventual reckoning. Dickens uses the riot setting to show how crowd panic and prejudice can spread destructively through society.flagstaff hil, warrnambool, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, book, pattison collection, warrnambool library, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, ralph eric pattison, corangamite regional library service, warrnambool city librarian, mechanics’ institute library, victorian library board, warrnambool books and records, warrnambool children’s library, barnaby rudge, charles dickens -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and VillageBook - A Fictional story, Chapman & Hall Ltd, Little Dorrit, 1890s
... Later, he edited magazines like “Household Words” and toured with dramatic readings. A train crash in 1865 worsened his health, leading to his death at age 58 while writing “The Mystery of Edwin Drood”. ...Later, he edited magazines like “Household Words” and toured with dramatic readings. A train crash in 1865 worsened his health, leading to his death at age 58 while writing “The Mystery of Edwin Drood”. ...Charles Dickens (1812–1870) was one of the great English novelists of the Victorian era, famous for vivid characters, social criticism, and stories that were first published in serial form. He began as a journalist, rose to enormous popularity during his lifetime, and wrote major works such as Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, and Great Expectations. Little Dorrit is about Amy “Little” Dorrit, a gentle, selfless woman born and raised in the Marshalsea debtors’ prison where her father, William Dorrit, has been imprisoned for unpaid debts. The story follows her as she works as a seamstress outside the prison, gradually becoming entangled with Arthur Clennam, a businessman returning from abroad. Dickens interweaves a sharp critique of Victorian bureaucracy, finance, and class throughout the story. The theme centres around Amy Dorrit who lives her whole early life in Marshalsea, supporting her family with quiet dignity while her father clings to fragile genteel pretensions. Arthur Clennam, disillusioned after years in China, becomes involved with the Dorrits and uncovers a web of secrets involving his own mother, a hidden inheritance, and shady business dealings. William Dorrit suddenly inherits a fortune and is able to lift the family out of poverty and into fashion conscious society.The novel shows how money distorts their characters and relationships, while Amy remains the moral centre.Little Dorrit. Author: Charles Dickens. Publisher: Chapman & Hall Ltd, London. Date: 1890s. (See note section this document for more information on Edition). Green cloth hardcover with Authors name to front cover in gold. Spine has gold title lettering. The spine has a Library label.fictionCharles Dickens (1812–1870) was one of the great English novelists of the Victorian era, famous for vivid characters, social criticism, and stories that were first published in serial form. He began as a journalist, rose to enormous popularity during his lifetime, and wrote major works such as Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, and Great Expectations. Little Dorrit is about Amy “Little” Dorrit, a gentle, selfless woman born and raised in the Marshalsea debtors’ prison where her father, William Dorrit, has been imprisoned for unpaid debts. The story follows her as she works as a seamstress outside the prison, gradually becoming entangled with Arthur Clennam, a businessman returning from abroad. Dickens interweaves a sharp critique of Victorian bureaucracy, finance, and class throughout the story. The theme centres around Amy Dorrit who lives her whole early life in Marshalsea, supporting her family with quiet dignity while her father clings to fragile genteel pretensions. Arthur Clennam, disillusioned after years in China, becomes involved with the Dorrits and uncovers a web of secrets involving his own mother, a hidden inheritance, and shady business dealings. William Dorrit suddenly inherits a fortune and is able to lift the family out of poverty and into fashion conscious society.The novel shows how money distorts their characters and relationships, while Amy remains the moral centre. flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, book, pattison collection, warrnambool library, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, ralph eric pattison, corangamite regional library service, warrnambool city librarian, mechanics’ institute library, victorian library board, warrnambool books and records, warrnambool children’s library, little dorrit, charles dickens -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and VillageBook - A Fictional Story, Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit, 1968
... Later, he edited magazines like “Household Words” and toured with dramatic readings. A train crash in 1865 worsened his health, leading to his death at age 58 while writing “The Mystery of Edwin Drood”. ...Later, he edited magazines like “Household Words” and toured with dramatic readings. A train crash in 1865 worsened his health, leading to his death at age 58 while writing “The Mystery of Edwin Drood”. ...Charles Dickens (1812–1870) was one of the great English novelists of the Victorian era, famous for vivid characters, social criticism, and stories that were first published in serial form. He began as a journalist, rose to enormous popularity during his lifetime, and wrote major works such as Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, and Great Expectations. Little Dorrit is about Amy “Little” Dorrit, a gentle, selfless woman born and raised in the Marshalsea debtors’ prison where her father, William Dorrit, has been imprisoned for unpaid debts. The story follows her as she works as a seamstress outside the prison, gradually becoming entangled with Arthur Clennam, a businessman returning from abroad. Dickens interweaves a sharp critique of Victorian bureaucracy, finance, and class throughout the story. The theme centres around Amy Dorrit who lives her whole early life in Marshalsea, supporting her family with quiet dignity while her father clings to fragile genteel pretensions. Arthur Clennam, disillusioned after years in China, becomes involved with the Dorrits and uncovers a web of secrets involving his own mother, a hidden inheritance, and shady business dealings. William Dorrit suddenly inherits a fortune and is able to lift the family out of poverty and into fashion conscious society.The novel shows how money distorts their characters and relationships, while Amy remains the moral centre.Little Dorrit Author: Charles Dickens Publisher: Collins Further Information: We do have 2 more copies of this same book. All have been published by different companies. ( R.N. 8159 and R.N. 8344)fictionCharles Dickens (1812–1870) was one of the great English novelists of the Victorian era, famous for vivid characters, social criticism, and stories that were first published in serial form. He began as a journalist, rose to enormous popularity during his lifetime, and wrote major works such as Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, and Great Expectations. Little Dorrit is about Amy “Little” Dorrit, a gentle, selfless woman born and raised in the Marshalsea debtors’ prison where her father, William Dorrit, has been imprisoned for unpaid debts. The story follows her as she works as a seamstress outside the prison, gradually becoming entangled with Arthur Clennam, a businessman returning from abroad. Dickens interweaves a sharp critique of Victorian bureaucracy, finance, and class throughout the story. The theme centres around Amy Dorrit who lives her whole early life in Marshalsea, supporting her family with quiet dignity while her father clings to fragile genteel pretensions. Arthur Clennam, disillusioned after years in China, becomes involved with the Dorrits and uncovers a web of secrets involving his own mother, a hidden inheritance, and shady business dealings. William Dorrit suddenly inherits a fortune and is able to lift the family out of poverty and into fashion conscious society.The novel shows how money distorts their characters and relationships, while Amy remains the moral centre. flagstaff hil, warrnambool, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, book, pattison collection, warrnambool library, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, ralph eric pattison, corangamite regional library service, warrnambool city librarian, mechanics’ institute library, victorian library board, warrnambool books and records, warrnambool children’s library, little dorrit, charles dickens -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and VillageBook - A Fictional Story, Charles Dickens, Christmas Books, 1940's to 1959
... Later, he edited magazines like “Household Words” and toured with dramatic readings. A train crash in 1865 worsened his health, leading to his death at age 58 while writing “The Mystery of Edwin Drood”. ...Later, he edited magazines like “Household Words” and toured with dramatic readings. A train crash in 1865 worsened his health, leading to his death at age 58 while writing “The Mystery of Edwin Drood”. ...Charles Dickens (1812–1870) was one of the great English novelists of the Victorian era, famous for vivid characters, social criticism, and stories that were first published in serial form. He began as a journalist, rose to enormous popularity during his lifetime, and wrote major works such as Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, and Great Expectations. This volume gathers five separate Christmas stories rather than one continuous novel. The best known of them, “A Christmas Carol”, follows Ebenezer Scrooge’s moral transformation after visits from supernatural spirits, while the others mix ghostly, sentimental, and domestic themes around Christmas, memory, family, and social feeling. Together they show Dickens using Christmas as a setting for moral instruction, sympathy for the poor, and festive storytelling. This Nelson and Sons London Christmas Books volume is a collected edition of Dickens’s five Christmas novellas, “A Christmas Carol,” “The Chimes”, “The Cricket on the Hearth”, “The Battle of Life”, and “The Haunted Man”. It is not the original 1840's publication; the Nelson publication is a later reprint in the company’s “Nelson’s Classics series, with examples catalogued from 1941 to 1959.Christmas Books. Author: Charles Dickens. Publisher: Nelson & Sons, London. Date: 1940’s-1950’s. (See note section this document for more information on Edition). Red cloth hardcover with brown patterned paper stick on title to front cover. Spine has gold lettering. The spine has a Library label and no Volume information.fictionCharles Dickens (1812–1870) was one of the great English novelists of the Victorian era, famous for vivid characters, social criticism, and stories that were first published in serial form. He began as a journalist, rose to enormous popularity during his lifetime, and wrote major works such as Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, and Great Expectations. This volume gathers five separate Christmas stories rather than one continuous novel. The best known of them, “A Christmas Carol”, follows Ebenezer Scrooge’s moral transformation after visits from supernatural spirits, while the others mix ghostly, sentimental, and domestic themes around Christmas, memory, family, and social feeling. Together they show Dickens using Christmas as a setting for moral instruction, sympathy for the poor, and festive storytelling. This Nelson and Sons London Christmas Books volume is a collected edition of Dickens’s five Christmas novellas, “A Christmas Carol,” “The Chimes”, “The Cricket on the Hearth”, “The Battle of Life”, and “The Haunted Man”. It is not the original 1840's publication; the Nelson publication is a later reprint in the company’s “Nelson’s Classics series, with examples catalogued from 1941 to 1959.book, the old curiosity shop, charles dickens, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, warrnambool, maritime-museum, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, pattison collection, warrnambool library, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, ralph eric pattison, corangamite regional library service, warrnambool city librarian, mechanics’ institute library, victorian library board, warrnambool books and records, warrnambool children’s library, great ocean road -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and VillageBook - A Fictional Story, Charles Dickens et al, Nicholas Nickleby, 1966-1987
... Later, he edited magazines like “Household Words” and toured with dramatic readings. A train crash in 1865 worsened his health, leading to his death at age 58 while writing “The Mystery of Edwin Drood”. ...Later, he edited magazines like “Household Words” and toured with dramatic readings. A train crash in 1865 worsened his health, leading to his death at age 58 while writing “The Mystery of Edwin Drood”. ...Charles Dickens (1812–1870) was one of the great English novelists of the Victorian era, famous for vivid characters, social criticism, and stories that were first published in serial form. He began as a journalist, rose to enormous popularity during his lifetime, and wrote major works such as Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, and Great Expectations. “Nicholas Nickleby” starts out as a good hearted but vulnerable young man whose family is left poor after his father’s death. His uncle, Ralph Nickleby, is cold and exploitative, and Nicholas is sent to work at Dothe boys Hall, a school run by the abusive Wackford Squeers family. There Nicholas witnesses appalling treatment of the children, escapes, and takes the mistreated boy Smike with him. After that, the novel follows Nicholas through a series of adventures in London and beyond as he protects his sister Kate, resists his uncle’s schemes, and finds decent allies such as the Cheeryble brothers. The plot mixes melodrama, comedy, family loyalty, and moral struggle, ending with justice restored and the worthy characters rewarded.Nicholas Nickleby. Author: Charles Dickens. Publisher: Oxford University Press, London. Date: 1966-1987 (See note section this document for more information on Edition). Blue leather hardcover, Spine has Author and Title in gold lettering. The spine has a Library label.fictionCharles Dickens (1812–1870) was one of the great English novelists of the Victorian era, famous for vivid characters, social criticism, and stories that were first published in serial form. He began as a journalist, rose to enormous popularity during his lifetime, and wrote major works such as Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, and Great Expectations. “Nicholas Nickleby” starts out as a good hearted but vulnerable young man whose family is left poor after his father’s death. His uncle, Ralph Nickleby, is cold and exploitative, and Nicholas is sent to work at Dothe boys Hall, a school run by the abusive Wackford Squeers family. There Nicholas witnesses appalling treatment of the children, escapes, and takes the mistreated boy Smike with him. After that, the novel follows Nicholas through a series of adventures in London and beyond as he protects his sister Kate, resists his uncle’s schemes, and finds decent allies such as the Cheeryble brothers. The plot mixes melodrama, comedy, family loyalty, and moral struggle, ending with justice restored and the worthy characters rewarded.book, the old curiosity shop, charles dickens, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, warrnambool, maritime-museum, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, pattison collection, warrnambool library, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, ralph eric pattison, corangamite regional library service, warrnambool city librarian, mechanics’ institute library, victorian library board, warrnambool books and records, warrnambool children’s library, great ocean road -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and VillageBook - A Fictional Story, Charles Dickens, Martin Chuzzlewit, 1910
... Later, he edited magazines like “Household Words” and toured with dramatic readings. A train crash in 1865 worsened his health, leading to his death at age 58 while writing “The Mystery of Edwin Drood”. ...Later, he edited magazines like “Household Words” and toured with dramatic readings. A train crash in 1865 worsened his health, leading to his death at age 58 while writing “The Mystery of Edwin Drood”. ...Charles Dickens (1812–1870) was one of the great English novelists of the Victorian era, famous for vivid characters, social criticism, and stories that were first published in serial form. He began as a journalist, rose to enormous popularity during his lifetime, and wrote major works such as Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, and Great Expectations. “Martin Chuzzlewit” is Charles Dickens’s sixth novel serialised 1843-1844, with a novel published in 1844 by Chapman and Hall. The themes are about selfishness, hypocrisy, and moral reform, its plot follows young Martin, his proud grandfather, the hypocritical architect Pecksniff, the loyal Tom Pinch, and the good humoured Mark Tapley. There is also a criminal subplot around Jonas Chuzzlewit. The core plot in short is where Martin becomes at odds with his miserly grandfather as he works for Pecksniff, becomes friends with Tom Pinch. He travels to America, is nearly ruined by a swindle, eventually returning to England. Several villains are ultimately exposed and punished while virtuous characters are rewarded.Martin Chuzzlewit. Author: Charles Dickens. Introduction by Kenneth Hayens. Publisher: Collins, London & Glasgow. Date: 1953. (See note section this document for more information on Edition). Blue leather hardcover with title on spine in gold lettering and pattern. The spine has a Library label and no Volume information only title and author.fictionCharles Dickens (1812–1870) was one of the great English novelists of the Victorian era, famous for vivid characters, social criticism, and stories that were first published in serial form. He began as a journalist, rose to enormous popularity during his lifetime, and wrote major works such as Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, and Great Expectations. “Martin Chuzzlewit” is Charles Dickens’s sixth novel serialised 1843-1844, with a novel published in 1844 by Chapman and Hall. The themes are about selfishness, hypocrisy, and moral reform, its plot follows young Martin, his proud grandfather, the hypocritical architect Pecksniff, the loyal Tom Pinch, and the good humoured Mark Tapley. There is also a criminal subplot around Jonas Chuzzlewit. The core plot in short is where Martin becomes at odds with his miserly grandfather as he works for Pecksniff, becomes friends with Tom Pinch. He travels to America, is nearly ruined by a swindle, eventually returning to England. Several villains are ultimately exposed and punished while virtuous characters are rewarded.book, the old curiosity shop, charles dickens, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, warrnambool, maritime-museum, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, pattison collection, warrnambool library, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, ralph eric pattison, corangamite regional library service, warrnambool city librarian, mechanics’ institute library, victorian library board, warrnambool books and records, warrnambool children’s library, great ocean road -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and VillageBook - A Fictional story, Charles Dickens, The Old Curiosity Shop, 1997
... Later, he edited magazines like “Household Words” and toured with dramatic readings. A train crash in 1865 worsened his health, leading to his death at age 58 while writing “The Mystery of Edwin Drood”. ...Later, he edited magazines like “Household Words” and toured with dramatic readings. A train crash in 1865 worsened his health, leading to his death at age 58 while writing “The Mystery of Edwin Drood”. ...Charles Dickens (1812–1870) was one of the great English novelists of the Victorian era, famous for vivid characters, social criticism, and stories that were first published in serial form. He began as a journalist, rose to enormous popularity during his lifetime, and wrote major works such as Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, and Great Expectations. The Old Curiosity Shop is about Nell Trent, a young girl, and her grandfather, who live in a London curiosity shop. After her grandfather’s gambling and debts bring danger from the moneylender Daniel Quilp, they flee and travel through hardship, poverty, and misfortune, the novel is best known for its emotional portrayal of Nell. It was written and published in serial form in “Master Humphrey’s Clock” magazine from 1840 to 1841, then issued as a book in 1841. The subject book published by the Oxford University Press. The subject book in hardback edition was published on 13th November 1997 by the same publisher.The Old Curiosity Shop Author: Charles Dickens Publisher: Oxford University Press Date: 1997 Light blue leather embossed hardcover with a blue spine and lettering in gold. The spine has a Library label.fictionCharles Dickens (1812–1870) was one of the great English novelists of the Victorian era, famous for vivid characters, social criticism, and stories that were first published in serial form. He began as a journalist, rose to enormous popularity during his lifetime, and wrote major works such as Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, and Great Expectations. The Old Curiosity Shop is about Nell Trent, a young girl, and her grandfather, who live in a London curiosity shop. After her grandfather’s gambling and debts bring danger from the moneylender Daniel Quilp, they flee and travel through hardship, poverty, and misfortune, the novel is best known for its emotional portrayal of Nell. It was written and published in serial form in “Master Humphrey’s Clock” magazine from 1840 to 1841, then issued as a book in 1841. The subject book published by the Oxford University Press. The subject book in hardback edition was published on 13th November 1997 by the same publisher.book, the old curiosity shop, charles dickens, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, warrnambool, maritime-museum, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, pattison collection, warrnambool library, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, ralph eric pattison, corangamite regional library service, warrnambool city librarian, mechanics’ institute library, victorian library board, warrnambool books and records, warrnambool children’s library, great ocean road -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and VillageBook - A Fictional Story, Charles Dickens, Nicholas Nickleby, 1940's
... Later, he edited magazines like “Household Words” and toured with dramatic readings. A train crash in 1865 worsened his health, leading to his death at age 58 while writing “The Mystery of Edwin Drood”. ...Later, he edited magazines like “Household Words” and toured with dramatic readings. A train crash in 1865 worsened his health, leading to his death at age 58 while writing “The Mystery of Edwin Drood”. ...Charles Dickens (1812–1870) was one of the great English novelists of the Victorian era, famous for vivid characters, social criticism, and stories that were first published in serial form. He began as a journalist, rose to enormous popularity during his lifetime, and wrote major works such as Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, and Great Expectations. “Nicholas Nickleby” starts out as a good hearted but vulnerable young man whose family is left poor after his father’s death. His uncle, Ralph Nickleby, is cold and exploitative, and Nicholas is sent to work at Dothe boys Hall, a school run by the abusive Wackford Squeers family. There Nicholas witnesses appalling treatment of the children, escapes, and takes the mistreated boy Smike with him. After that, the novel follows Nicholas through a series of adventures in London and beyond as he protects his sister Kate, resists his uncle’s schemes, and finds decent allies such as the Cheeryble brothers. The plot mixes melodrama, comedy, family loyalty, and moral struggle, ending with justice restored and the worthy characters rewarded.Nicholas Nickleby. Author: Charles Dickens. Publisher: Collins, London & Glasgow. Date: 1940's. (See note section this document for more information on Edition). Red cloth hardcover with title on spine in gold lettering and pattern, Front cover has stick on paper with title showing Collins logo. The spine has a Library label and no Volume information only title and author.fictionCharles Dickens (1812–1870) was one of the great English novelists of the Victorian era, famous for vivid characters, social criticism, and stories that were first published in serial form. He began as a journalist, rose to enormous popularity during his lifetime, and wrote major works such as Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, and Great Expectations. “Nicholas Nickleby” starts out as a good hearted but vulnerable young man whose family is left poor after his father’s death. His uncle, Ralph Nickleby, is cold and exploitative, and Nicholas is sent to work at Dothe boys Hall, a school run by the abusive Wackford Squeers family. There Nicholas witnesses appalling treatment of the children, escapes, and takes the mistreated boy Smike with him. After that, the novel follows Nicholas through a series of adventures in London and beyond as he protects his sister Kate, resists his uncle’s schemes, and finds decent allies such as the Cheeryble brothers. The plot mixes melodrama, comedy, family loyalty, and moral struggle, ending with justice restored and the worthy characters rewarded.book, the old curiosity shop, charles dickens, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, warrnambool, maritime-museum, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, pattison collection, warrnambool library, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, ralph eric pattison, corangamite regional library service, warrnambool city librarian, mechanics’ institute library, victorian library board, warrnambool books and records, warrnambool children’s library, great ocean road -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and VillageBook - A Fictional Story, Charles Dickens, A Childs History of England, 1900
... Later, he edited magazines like “Household Words” and toured with dramatic readings. A train crash in 1865 worsened his health, leading to his death at age 58 while writing “The Mystery of Edwin Drood”. ...It is not usually ranked with the great novels, but it matters for Dickens studies, Victorian reading culture, and the history of educational writing. ...Charles Dickens (1812–1870) was one of the great English novelists of the Victorian era, famous for vivid characters, social criticism, and stories that were first published in serial form. He began as a journalist, rose to enormous popularity during his lifetime, and wrote major works such as Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, and Great Expectations. “A Child’s History of England” is Dickens’s three volume, child directed history of England, originally serialised in Household Words from 1851 to 1853 and later issued in book form in 1853. It covers English history from ancient times through the fall of James II, with a brief closing summary up to Queen Victoria’s accession to the crown. Dickens wrote it as a readable, lively alternative to dry school history, aiming to interest his own children and young readers. The work is outspoken, often anti monarchical and anti aristocratic in tone, and it uses Dickens’s usual vivid style rather than detached academic prose.A Childs History of England. Author: Charles Dickens. Publisher: Chapman & Hall Ltd, London. Date: 1900. (See note section this document for more information on Edition). Green leather hardcover with title on spine in gold lettering, Charles Dickens signature on front cover written in gold lettering. The spine has a Library label and no Volume information.fictionCharles Dickens (1812–1870) was one of the great English novelists of the Victorian era, famous for vivid characters, social criticism, and stories that were first published in serial form. He began as a journalist, rose to enormous popularity during his lifetime, and wrote major works such as Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, and Great Expectations. “A Child’s History of England” is Dickens’s three volume, child directed history of England, originally serialised in Household Words from 1851 to 1853 and later issued in book form in 1853. It covers English history from ancient times through the fall of James II, with a brief closing summary up to Queen Victoria’s accession to the crown. Dickens wrote it as a readable, lively alternative to dry school history, aiming to interest his own children and young readers. The work is outspoken, often anti monarchical and anti aristocratic in tone, and it uses Dickens’s usual vivid style rather than detached academic prose.book, the old curiosity shop, charles dickens, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, warrnambool, maritime-museum, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, pattison collection, warrnambool library, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, ralph eric pattison, corangamite regional library service, warrnambool city librarian, mechanics’ institute library, victorian library board, warrnambool books and records, warrnambool children’s library, great ocean road -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and VillageBook - A Fictional Story, Charles Dickens et al, Dombey and Son, 1930s to 1950
... Later, he edited magazines like “Household Words” and toured with dramatic readings. A train crash in 1865 worsened his health, leading to his death at age 58 while writing “The Mystery of Edwin Drood”. ...Later, he edited magazines like “Household Words” and toured with dramatic readings. A train crash in 1865 worsened his health, leading to his death at age 58 while writing “The Mystery of Edwin Drood”. ...Charles Dickens (1812–1870) was one of the great English novelists of the Victorian era, famous for vivid characters, social criticism, and stories that were first published in serial form. He began as a journalist, rose to enormous popularity during his lifetime, and wrote major works such as Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, and Great Expectations. “Dombey and Son” is about Paul Dombey, a proud London businessman obsessed with having a son to inherit his firm. The story follows the emotional damage this causes to his neglected daughter Florence and to his family generally. It is one of Dickens’s major middle period novels and is often read as a critique of money, social ambition, industrial modernity, and damaged family life. The plot centres on Mr. Dombey, who values business and inheritance above affection, and on Florence, the daughter he cannot properly love because she is not the son he wanted. The novel shows the consequences of emotional blindness through illness, death, failed marriage, betrayal, and eventual partial reconciliation. In broad terms, it is a novel about pride, grief, commercial values, and the human cost of treating people like assets.Hard Cover edition, Dombey and Son. Author: Charles Dickens. Publisher: Oxford University Press, London. Date: 1930s-1950 reprinted Oxford literary edition. Original first published in 1848 (See note section this document for more information on Edition). Blue leather hardcover, Spine has Author and Title in gold lettering. The spine has a Library label and no Volume information.fictionCharles Dickens (1812–1870) was one of the great English novelists of the Victorian era, famous for vivid characters, social criticism, and stories that were first published in serial form. He began as a journalist, rose to enormous popularity during his lifetime, and wrote major works such as Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, and Great Expectations. “Dombey and Son” is about Paul Dombey, a proud London businessman obsessed with having a son to inherit his firm. The story follows the emotional damage this causes to his neglected daughter Florence and to his family generally. It is one of Dickens’s major middle period novels and is often read as a critique of money, social ambition, industrial modernity, and damaged family life. The plot centres on Mr. Dombey, who values business and inheritance above affection, and on Florence, the daughter he cannot properly love because she is not the son he wanted. The novel shows the consequences of emotional blindness through illness, death, failed marriage, betrayal, and eventual partial reconciliation. In broad terms, it is a novel about pride, grief, commercial values, and the human cost of treating people like assets.book, the old curiosity shop, charles dickens, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, warrnambool, maritime-museum, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, pattison collection, warrnambool library, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, ralph eric pattison, corangamite regional library service, warrnambool city librarian, mechanics’ institute library, victorian library board, warrnambool books and records, warrnambool children’s library, great ocean road, hard times for these times -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and VillageBook - A Fictional Story, Charles Dickens et al, The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, 1844-1932
... Later, he edited magazines like “Household Words” and toured with dramatic readings. A train crash in 1865 worsened his health, leading to his death at age 58 while writing “The Mystery of Edwin Drood”. ...Later, he edited magazines like “Household Words” and toured with dramatic readings. A train crash in 1865 worsened his health, leading to his death at age 58 while writing “The Mystery of Edwin Drood”. ...Charles Dickens (1812–1870) was one of the great English novelists of the Victorian era, famous for vivid characters, social criticism, and stories that were first published in serial form. He began as a journalist, rose to enormous popularity during his lifetime, and wrote major works such as Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, and Great Expectations. “Nicholas Nickleby” starts out as a good hearted but vulnerable young man whose family is left poor after his father’s death. His uncle, Ralph Nickleby, is cold and exploitative, and Nicholas is sent to work at Dothe boys Hall, a school run by the abusive Wackford Squeers family. There Nicholas witnesses appalling treatment of the children, escapes, and takes the mistreated boy Smike with him. After that, the novel follows Nicholas through a series of adventures in London and beyond as he protects his sister Kate, resists his uncle’s schemes, and finds decent allies such as the Cheeryble brothers. The plot mixes melodrama, comedy, family loyalty, and moral struggle, ending with justice restored and the worthy characters rewarded.The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. Author: Charles Dickens. Publisher: Chapman & Hall Ltd, London. Date: 1844-1932. (See note section this document for more information on Edition). Green leather hardcover with title on spine in gold lettering, Charles Dickens signature on front cover written in gold lettering. The spine has a Library label and no Volume information.fictionCharles Dickens (1812–1870) was one of the great English novelists of the Victorian era, famous for vivid characters, social criticism, and stories that were first published in serial form. He began as a journalist, rose to enormous popularity during his lifetime, and wrote major works such as Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, and Great Expectations. “Nicholas Nickleby” starts out as a good hearted but vulnerable young man whose family is left poor after his father’s death. His uncle, Ralph Nickleby, is cold and exploitative, and Nicholas is sent to work at Dothe boys Hall, a school run by the abusive Wackford Squeers family. There Nicholas witnesses appalling treatment of the children, escapes, and takes the mistreated boy Smike with him. After that, the novel follows Nicholas through a series of adventures in London and beyond as he protects his sister Kate, resists his uncle’s schemes, and finds decent allies such as the Cheeryble brothers. The plot mixes melodrama, comedy, family loyalty, and moral struggle, ending with justice restored and the worthy characters rewarded.book, the old curiosity shop, charles dickens, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, warrnambool, maritime-museum, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, pattison collection, warrnambool library, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, ralph eric pattison, corangamite regional library service, warrnambool city librarian, mechanics’ institute library, victorian library board, warrnambool books and records, warrnambool children’s library, great ocean road -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and VillageBook - A Fictional Story, Charles Dickens, Christmas Books, 1894
... Later, he edited magazines like “Household Words” and toured with dramatic readings. A train crash in 1865 worsened his health, leading to his death at age 58 while writing “The Mystery of Edwin Drood”. ...Later, he edited magazines like “Household Words” and toured with dramatic readings. A train crash in 1865 worsened his health, leading to his death at age 58 while writing “The Mystery of Edwin Drood”. ...Charles Dickens (1812–1870) was one of the great English novelists of the Victorian era, famous for vivid characters, social criticism, and stories that were first published in serial form. He began as a journalist, rose to enormous popularity during his lifetime, and wrote major works such as Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, and Great Expectations. This volume gathers five separate Christmas stories rather than one continuous novel. The best known of them, “A Christmas Carol”, follows Ebenezer Scrooge’s moral transformation after visits from supernatural spirits, while the others mix ghostly, sentimental, and domestic themes around Christmas, memory, family, and social feeling. Together they show Dickens using Christmas as a setting for moral instruction, sympathy for the poor, and festive storytelling. This Nelson and Sons London Christmas Books volume is a collected edition of Dickens’s five Christmas novellas, “A Christmas Carol,” “The Chimes”, “The Cricket on the Hearth”, “The Battle of Life”, and “The Haunted Man”. It is not the original 1840's publication; the Nelson publication is a later reprint in the company’s “Nelson’s Classics series, with examples catalogued from 1941 to 1959.Christmas Books. Author: Charles Dickens. Publisher: Chapman & Hall Ltd, London. Date: 1894. (See note section this document for more information on Edition). Green cloth hardcover with Authors name to front cover in gold. Spine has gold title lettering. The spine has a Library label.fictionCharles Dickens (1812–1870) was one of the great English novelists of the Victorian era, famous for vivid characters, social criticism, and stories that were first published in serial form. He began as a journalist, rose to enormous popularity during his lifetime, and wrote major works such as Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, and Great Expectations. This volume gathers five separate Christmas stories rather than one continuous novel. The best known of them, “A Christmas Carol”, follows Ebenezer Scrooge’s moral transformation after visits from supernatural spirits, while the others mix ghostly, sentimental, and domestic themes around Christmas, memory, family, and social feeling. Together they show Dickens using Christmas as a setting for moral instruction, sympathy for the poor, and festive storytelling. This Nelson and Sons London Christmas Books volume is a collected edition of Dickens’s five Christmas novellas, “A Christmas Carol,” “The Chimes”, “The Cricket on the Hearth”, “The Battle of Life”, and “The Haunted Man”. It is not the original 1840's publication; the Nelson publication is a later reprint in the company’s “Nelson’s Classics series, with examples catalogued from 1941 to 1959.book, the old curiosity shop, charles dickens, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, warrnambool, maritime-museum, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, pattison collection, warrnambool library, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, ralph eric pattison, corangamite regional library service, warrnambool city librarian, mechanics’ institute library, victorian library board, warrnambool books and records, warrnambool children’s library, great ocean road -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and VillageBook - A Fictional Story, Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit, 1890s
... Later, he edited magazines like “Household Words” and toured with dramatic readings. A train crash in 1865 worsened his health, leading to his death at age 58 while writing “The Mystery of Edwin Drood”. ...Later, he edited magazines like “Household Words” and toured with dramatic readings. A train crash in 1865 worsened his health, leading to his death at age 58 while writing “The Mystery of Edwin Drood”. ...Charles Dickens (1812–1870) was one of the great English novelists of the Victorian era, famous for vivid characters, social criticism, and stories that were first published in serial form. He began as a journalist, rose to enormous popularity during his lifetime, and wrote major works such as Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, and Great Expectations. Little Dorrit is about Amy “Little” Dorrit, a gentle, selfless woman born and raised in the Marshalsea debtors’ prison where her father, William Dorrit, has been imprisoned for unpaid debts. The story follows her as she works as a seamstress outside the prison, gradually becoming entangled with Arthur Clennam, a businessman returning from abroad. Dickens interweaves a sharp critique of Victorian bureaucracy, finance, and class throughout the story. The theme centers around Amy Dorrit who lives her whole early life in Marshalsea, supporting her family with quiet dignity while her father clings to fragile genteel pretensions. Arthur Clennam, disillusioned after years in China, becomes involved with the Dorrits and uncovers a web of secrets involving his own mother, a hidden inheritance, and shady business dealings. William Dorrit suddenly inherits a fortune and is able to lift the family out of poverty and into fashion conscious society.The novel shows how money distorts their characters and relationships, while Amy remains the moral centre.Little Dorrit. Author: Charles Dickens. Publisher: Chapman & Hall Ltd, London. Date: 1890s. (See note section this document for more information on Edition). Green cloth hardcover with Authors name to front cover in gold. Spine has gold title lettering. The spine has a Library label.fictionCharles Dickens (1812–1870) was one of the great English novelists of the Victorian era, famous for vivid characters, social criticism, and stories that were first published in serial form. He began as a journalist, rose to enormous popularity during his lifetime, and wrote major works such as Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, and Great Expectations. Little Dorrit is about Amy “Little” Dorrit, a gentle, selfless woman born and raised in the Marshalsea debtors’ prison where her father, William Dorrit, has been imprisoned for unpaid debts. The story follows her as she works as a seamstress outside the prison, gradually becoming entangled with Arthur Clennam, a businessman returning from abroad. Dickens interweaves a sharp critique of Victorian bureaucracy, finance, and class throughout the story. The theme centers around Amy Dorrit who lives her whole early life in Marshalsea, supporting her family with quiet dignity while her father clings to fragile genteel pretensions. Arthur Clennam, disillusioned after years in China, becomes involved with the Dorrits and uncovers a web of secrets involving his own mother, a hidden inheritance, and shady business dealings. William Dorrit suddenly inherits a fortune and is able to lift the family out of poverty and into fashion conscious society.The novel shows how money distorts their characters and relationships, while Amy remains the moral centre. book, the old curiosity shop, charles dickens, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, warrnambool, maritime-museum, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, pattison collection, warrnambool library, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, ralph eric pattison, corangamite regional library service, warrnambool city librarian, mechanics’ institute library, victorian library board, warrnambool books and records, warrnambool children’s library, great ocean road -
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and VillageBook - A Fictional Story, Charles Dickens et al, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, 1966
... Later, he edited magazines like “Household Words” and toured with dramatic readings. A train crash in 1865 worsened his health, leading to his death at age 58 while writing “The Mystery of Edwin Drood”. ...Later, he edited magazines like “Household Words” and toured with dramatic readings. A train crash in 1865 worsened his health, leading to his death at age 58 while writing “The Mystery of Edwin Drood”. ...Charles Dickens (1812–1870) was one of the great English novelists of the Victorian era, famous for vivid characters, social criticism, and stories that were first published in serial form. He began as a journalist, rose to enormous popularity during his lifetime, and wrote major works such as Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, and Great Expectations. The Mystery of Edwin Drood is Charles Dickens’s final, unfinished novel about the mysterious disappearance (likely murder) of a young man named Edwin Drood in the fictional cathedral town of Cloisterham, England. The theme centres around Edwin who is engaged to Rosa Bud in a marriage arranged by their fathers. Both are unhappy with the arrangement and decide to break it off. Edwin’s uncle John Jasper, is the cathedral’s choirmaster, and secretly obsesses over Rosa and is an opium addict. After a tense Christmas Eve dinner with Edwin and the hot tempered Neville Landless (who also likes Rosa), Edwin disappears. Neville is suspected because he was last seen with Edwin, but there’s no body and not enough evidence to charge him. There is also a mysterious figure named Datchery who arrives in Cloisterham to investigate, and an elderly woman from an opium den called Princess Puffer who begins shadowing Jasper.The Mystery of Edwin Drood Hard Cover, Blue. Author: Charles Dickens Publisher: Oxford University Press Date: 1966 Further Information: With twelve illustrations by Luke Fildes and two by Charles CollinsfictionCharles Dickens (1812–1870) was one of the great English novelists of the Victorian era, famous for vivid characters, social criticism, and stories that were first published in serial form. He began as a journalist, rose to enormous popularity during his lifetime, and wrote major works such as Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, and Great Expectations. The Mystery of Edwin Drood is Charles Dickens’s final, unfinished novel about the mysterious disappearance (likely murder) of a young man named Edwin Drood in the fictional cathedral town of Cloisterham, England. The theme centres around Edwin who is engaged to Rosa Bud in a marriage arranged by their fathers. Both are unhappy with the arrangement and decide to break it off. Edwin’s uncle John Jasper, is the cathedral’s choirmaster, and secretly obsesses over Rosa and is an opium addict. After a tense Christmas Eve dinner with Edwin and the hot tempered Neville Landless (who also likes Rosa), Edwin disappears. Neville is suspected because he was last seen with Edwin, but there’s no body and not enough evidence to charge him. There is also a mysterious figure named Datchery who arrives in Cloisterham to investigate, and an elderly woman from an opium den called Princess Puffer who begins shadowing Jasper.book, the old curiosity shop, charles dickens, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, warrnambool, maritime-museum, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, pattison collection, warrnambool library, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, ralph eric pattison, corangamite regional library service, warrnambool city librarian, mechanics’ institute library, victorian library board, warrnambool books and records, warrnambool children’s library, great ocean road
