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Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Book - A Fictional Story, Charles Dickens, The Old Curiosity Shop, (1897-1899)

... The Old Curiosity Shop ......The Old Curiosity Shop...The Old Curiosity Shop Author: Charles Dickens Publisher: Chapman & Hall Ltd Date: Gadshill Edition (1897-1899)...Flyleaf has a stamp from Warrnambool Mechanics Institute and Free Library. The Old Curiosity Shop Author: Charles Dickens Publisher: Chapman & Hall Ltd Date: Gadshill Edition (1897-1899) The Old Curiosity Shop Book A Fictional Story Charles Dickens Chapman & Hall Ltd ...
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 Village
Book - A Fictional story, Charles Dickens, The Old Curiosity Shop, 1997

... The Old Curiosity Shop......the old curiosity shop...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. The Old Curiosity Shop Book A Fictional story Charles Dickens Oxford University Press ...
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
Federation University Historical Collection
Pamphlet, Jeff Zilles, Old Curiosity Shop, c1980s

... Old Curiosity Shop...Old Curiosity Shop...The Old Curiosity Shop was q house was built by bricklayer James Warwick, and his wife Caroline, with construction beginning around 1863. ...Brochures on the Old Curiosity Shop...(Vitorian Heritage Database) Old Curiosity Shop Warwick Ballarat East James Warwick Caroline Warwick Brochures on the Old Curiosity Shop Old Curiosity Shop Pamphlet Jeff Zilles ...

The Old Curiosity Shop was q house was built by bricklayer James Warwick, and his wife Caroline, with construction beginning around 1863. It was opened to the public in 1895. What is significant? Construction of the house later known as the Old Curiosity Shop commenced about 1863, the year bricklayer, James Warwick obtained a miner's right for a residential block on the edge of the exhausted Eureka diggings in the newly proclaimed municipality of Ballarat East. James built a modest 4-roomed timber and brick house for his expanding family and continued in the bricklaying trade until retiring around the early 1880s. By then he was pursuing his gardening interests in the local Horticultural Society and was supervising the gardens of many East Ballarat residents. It was during these years that his gardening and building interests converged to find expression in the marvellous permutations of decoration that extend over the house and garden. Using cast-off crockery, glass, ceramic figurine and mirror shards, shells, wallpaper samples, architectural ornament and slag, a place was found for all manner of things, large and small. Children would bring broken china dolls and bits of crockery, and the patient mosaic work preoccupied James and his wife Caroline for the rest of their lives. The work has its origins in the grottoes and shellhouses that ornamented the gardens of large English estates from the 1730s. In the few years before James' death in 1898, the house had become known as the 'Old Curiosity Shop', inspiring associations with the Charles Dickens novel of the same name. By then professional photographs had also been taken and thousands of tourists were visiting it yearly. Caroline obtained copyright for 2 of the photos and began issuing her own postcards before she died in 1903. The Shop passed to their son Charles and then to a succession of owners who added their own mythology to the story of the Warwicks and their work. After attracting tourists for more than 100 years, the Shop closed to the public in 1999. (Vitorian Heritage Database)Brochures on the Old Curiosity Shopold curiosity shop, warwick, ballarat east, james warwick, caroline warwick
Ballarat Heritage Services
Pamphlet - Architecture, Old Curiosity Shop, Ballarat

... Old Curiosity Shop, Ballarat...old curiosity shop...Back and white photograph of Ballarat's Old Curiosity Shop. ...A building in Ballarat East old curiosity shop ballarat mosaic architecture Ballarat East Back and white photograph of Ballarat's Old Curiosity Shop. ...

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Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Book - Unfinished Fictional story, Charles Dickens, Miscellaneous Papers with (The Mystery of Edwin Drood), 1935

... ...the old curiosity shop...(For more information on the Pattison Collection see item 3678 Flagstaff Hill collections) https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/5580c7e72162f114d8b758db 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 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. ...
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 subject novel “Miscellaneous Papers” with excerpts from “The Mystery of Edwin Drood” collects mid 19th century essays on topics like agriculture, crime, education, capital punishment, and includes tributes to figures such as W.M. Thackeray and Adelaide Anne Procter. Appended to the novel is “The Mystery of Edwin Drood,” Dickens's 1870 unfinished novel about Edwin Drood's disappearance amid opium addiction, obsession, and intrigue in Cloisterham, involving various suspects like John Jasper.
Miscellaneous Papers and (The Mystery of Edwin Drood) Author: Charles Dickens Publisher: Hazell Watson and Viney Limited Date: 1935 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 subject novel “Miscellaneous Papers” with excerpts from “The Mystery of Edwin Drood” collects mid 19th century essays on topics like agriculture, crime, education, capital punishment, and includes tributes to figures such as W.M. Thackeray and Adelaide Anne Procter. Appended to the novel is “The Mystery of Edwin Drood,” Dickens's 1870 unfinished novel about Edwin Drood's disappearance amid opium addiction, obsession, and intrigue in Cloisterham, involving various suspects like John 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
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Book - A Fictional Story, Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities, 1920s -1930s

... ...the old curiosity shop...(For more information on the Pattison Collection see item 3678 Flagstaff Hill collections) https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/5580c7e72162f114d8b758db 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 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. ...
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 Village
Book - A Fictional Story, Charles Dickens, Barnaby Rudge, Prior to 1911

... ...the old curiosity shop...(For more information on the Pattison Collection see item 3678 Flagstaff Hill collections) https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/5580c7e72162f114d8b758db 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 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. ...
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 Village
Book - A Fictional Story, Charles Dickens et al, Sketches by Boz. (Illustrative of Ever day Life and Every day People), 1892

... ...the old curiosity shop...(For more information on the Pattison Collection see item 3678 Flagstaff Hill collections) https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/5580c7e72162f114d8b758db 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 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. ...
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. Sketches by Boz is Charles Dickens' first published book, a collection of fifty six short sketches originally appearing in periodicals from 1833 to 1836 under his pseudonym "Boz." It captures everyday London life through vivid observations of ordinary people and scenes. The book is divided into four sections, "Our Parish," "Scenes," "Characters," and "Tales." The first three offer non narrative portraits of urban life, while "Tales" includes fictional stories. Illustrated by George Cruikshank with forty plates, it blends humor, social commentary, and realism. Published by Chapman & Hall, London, the specified full title matches the "New Edition, Complete" or first one-volume combined edition from 1839, compiling two earlier 1836 series. Earlier parts issues ran 1837-1839; Chapman & Hall took over rights in 1837. "Ltd" likely indicates a later reprint by Chapman & Hall Ltd., but core content remains unchanged.
Sketches by Boz. (Illustrative of Ever day Life and Every day People) .Author: Charles Dickens. Publisher: Chapman & Hall Ltd, London. Date: 1892. (See note section this document for more information on Edition). Blue leather hardcover with title on spine 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. Sketches by Boz is Charles Dickens' first published book, a collection of fifty six short sketches originally appearing in periodicals from 1833 to 1836 under his pseudonym "Boz." It captures everyday London life through vivid observations of ordinary people and scenes. The book is divided into four sections, "Our Parish," "Scenes," "Characters," and "Tales." The first three offer non narrative portraits of urban life, while "Tales" includes fictional stories. Illustrated by George Cruikshank with forty plates, it blends humor, social commentary, and realism. Published by Chapman & Hall, London, the specified full title matches the "New Edition, Complete" or first one-volume combined edition from 1839, compiling two earlier 1836 series. Earlier parts issues ran 1837-1839; Chapman & Hall took over rights in 1837. "Ltd" likely indicates a later reprint by Chapman & Hall Ltd., but core content remains unchanged.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 Village
Book - A Fictional Story, Charles Dickens, Bleak House, 1873-1900

... ...the old curiosity shop...(For more information on the Pattison Collection see item 3678 Flagstaff Hill collections) https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/5580c7e72162f114d8b758db 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 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. ...
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. Bleak House is one of Charles Dickens’s major novels, a sprawling, multi plot story built around the endless Court of Chancery lawsuit known as “Jarndyce and Jarndyce” and its ruinous effect on several families. It is widely regarded as among his finest and most complex works, central to any serious study of his fiction.
Bleak House. Author: Charles Dickens. Publisher: Chapman & Hall Ltd, London. Date: 1873-1900. (See note section this document for more information on Edition). Blue 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.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. Bleak House is one of Charles Dickens’s major novels, a sprawling, multi plot story built around the endless Court of Chancery lawsuit known as “Jarndyce and Jarndyce” and its ruinous effect on several families. It is widely regarded as among his finest and most complex works, central to any serious study of his fiction.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 Village
Book - A Fictional Story, Charles Dickens, A Childs History of England, 1900

... ...the old curiosity shop...(For more information on the Pattison Collection see item 3678 Flagstaff Hill collections) https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/5580c7e72162f114d8b758db 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 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. ...
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 Village
Book - A Fictional Story, Charles Dickens, Our Mutual Friend, 1900

... ...the old curiosity shop...(For more information on the Pattison Collection see item 3678 Flagstaff Hill collections) https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/5580c7e72162f114d8b758db 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 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. ...
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. “Our Mutual Friend” is Charles Dickens’s final completed novel, and it’s a dark social satire about money, greed, inheritance, identity, and moral redemption in Victorian London. The plot begins with an apparent drowning, a dust heap fortune, and a marriage condition in a will. It then expands into a tangled set of stories involving the river Thames, corrupt social climbers, and several characters who are tested and changed by wealth.
Our Mutual Friend. Author: Charles Dickens. Publisher: Nelson & Sons, London. Date: 1900. (See note section this document for more information on Edition). Red cloth hardcover with green 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. “Our Mutual Friend” is Charles Dickens’s final completed novel, and it’s a dark social satire about money, greed, inheritance, identity, and moral redemption in Victorian London. The plot begins with an apparent drowning, a dust heap fortune, and a marriage condition in a will. It then expands into a tangled set of stories involving the river Thames, corrupt social climbers, and several characters who are tested and changed by wealth.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
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Book - A Fictional Story, Charles Dickens, Christmas Books, 1940's to 1959

... ...the old curiosity shop...(For more information on the Pattison Collection see item 3678 Flagstaff Hill collections) https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/5580c7e72162f114d8b758db 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 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. ...
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
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Book - A Fictional Story, Charles Dickens et al, A Childs History of England, 1910

... ...the old curiosity shop...(For more information on the Pattison Collection see item 3678 Flagstaff Hill collections) https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/5580c7e72162f114d8b758db 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 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. ...
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. Illustrator. Harry Furniss. Publisher: Collins Clear Type Press, London. Date: 1910. (See note section this document for more information on Edition). red cloth 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. “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
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Book - A Fictional Story, Charles Dickens, Martin Chuzzlewit, 1910

... ...the old curiosity shop...(For more information on the Pattison Collection see item 3678 Flagstaff Hill collections) https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/5580c7e72162f114d8b758db 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 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. ...
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
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Book - A Fictional Story, Charles Dickens et al, Our Mutual Friend, 1987

... ...the old curiosity shop...(For more information on the Pattison Collection see item 3678 Flagstaff Hill collections) https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/5580c7e72162f114d8b758db 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 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. ...
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. “Our Mutual Friend” is Charles Dickens’s final completed novel, and it’s a dark social satire about money, greed, inheritance, identity, and moral redemption in Victorian London. The plot begins with an apparent drowning, a dust heap fortune, and a marriage condition in a will. It then expands into a tangled set of stories involving the river Thames, corrupt social climbers, and several characters who are tested and changed by wealth.
Our Mutual Friend. Author: Charles Dickens. Publisher: Oxford University Press, London. Date: 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 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. “Our Mutual Friend” is Charles Dickens’s final completed novel, and it’s a dark social satire about money, greed, inheritance, identity, and moral redemption in Victorian London. The plot begins with an apparent drowning, a dust heap fortune, and a marriage condition in a will. It then expands into a tangled set of stories involving the river Thames, corrupt social climbers, and several characters who are tested and changed by wealth.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
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Book - A Fictional Story, Charles Dickens et al, Christmas Stories, 1956

... ...the old curiosity shop...(For more information on the Pattison Collection see item 3678 Flagstaff Hill collections) https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/5580c7e72162f114d8b758db 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 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. ...
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 Oxford University Press 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 1840s publication; the Oxford publication is a later reprint from 1956.
Our Mutual Friend. Author: Charles Dickens. Publisher: Oxford University Press, London. Date: 1956 (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. 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 Oxford University Press 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 1840s publication; the Oxford publication is a later reprint from 1956.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
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Book - A Political Critique, Charles Dickens et al, Hard Times for These Times, 1955

... ...the old curiosity shop...(For more information on the Pattison Collection see item 3678 Flagstaff Hill collections) https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/5580c7e72162f114d8b758db 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 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. ...
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. “Hard Times For These Times” is a short but fiercely satirical novel by Charles Dickens, first published in 1854. It is set in the grim industrial town of Coketown and attacks the worship of utilitarianism, the dehumanising effects of factory labour, and the wider social divide between the wealthy owners and the impoverished workers of the Victorian industrial era in Britain.
Hard Cover edition, Hard Times for These Times Author: Charles Dickens. Publisher: Oxford University Press, London. Date: 1955 first published in book form 1854 (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. “Hard Times For These Times” is a short but fiercely satirical novel by Charles Dickens, first published in 1854. It is set in the grim industrial town of Coketown and attacks the worship of utilitarianism, the dehumanising effects of factory labour, and the wider social divide between the wealthy owners and the impoverished workers of the Victorian industrial era in Britain.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
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Book - A Fictional Story, Charles Dickens et al, Dombey and Son, 1930s to 1950

... ...the old curiosity shop...(For more information on the Pattison Collection see item 3678 Flagstaff Hill collections) https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/5580c7e72162f114d8b758db 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 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. ...
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
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Book - A Fictional Story, Charles Dickens et al, Nicholas Nickleby, 1966-1987

... ...the old curiosity shop...(For more information on the Pattison Collection see item 3678 Flagstaff Hill collections) https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/5580c7e72162f114d8b758db 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 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. ...
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
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Book - A Fictional Story, Charles Dickens et al, The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, 1844-1932

... ...the old curiosity shop...(For more information on the Pattison Collection see item 3678 Flagstaff Hill collections) https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/5580c7e72162f114d8b758db 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 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. ...
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
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Book - A Fictional Story, Charles Dickens, Nicholas Nickleby, 1940's

... ...the old curiosity shop...(For more information on the Pattison Collection see item 3678 Flagstaff Hill collections) https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/5580c7e72162f114d8b758db 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 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. ...
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
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Book - A Fictional Story, Charles Dickens, Christmas Books, 1894

... ...the old curiosity shop...(For more information on the Pattison Collection see item 3678 Flagstaff Hill collections) https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/5580c7e72162f114d8b758db 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 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. ...
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
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Book - A Fictional Story, Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit, 1890s

... ...the old curiosity shop...(For more information on the Pattison Collection see item 3678 Flagstaff Hill collections) https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/5580c7e72162f114d8b758db 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 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. ...
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
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Book - A Fictional Story, Charles Dickens et al, American Notes and Reprinted Pieces, 1913

... ...the old curiosity shop...(For more information on the Pattison Collection see item 3678 Flagstaff Hill collections) https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/5580c7e72162f114d8b758db 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 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. ...
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. Dickens wrote “American Notes” for general circulation, it is Dickens’s travel account of his 1842 trip through the United States and Canada, written as a sequence of observations on travel, cities, institutions, and society in general. It includes chapters on the voyage to America visiting Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Washington. The American railway and steamboat systems, Canada, and a concluding chapter on slavery. The “Reprinted Pieces” part of the book is a companion gathering of shorter Dickens items, so the subject volume is not just a travel book but a collected volume pairing it with miscellaneous prose.
American Notes and Reprinted Pieces. Author: Charles Dickens. Publisher: Chapman & Hall Ltd, London. Date: 1913. (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. Dickens wrote “American Notes” for general circulation, it is Dickens’s travel account of his 1842 trip through the United States and Canada, written as a sequence of observations on travel, cities, institutions, and society in general. It includes chapters on the voyage to America visiting Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Washington. The American railway and steamboat systems, Canada, and a concluding chapter on slavery. The “Reprinted Pieces” part of the book is a companion gathering of shorter Dickens items, so the subject volume is not just a travel book but a collected volume pairing it with miscellaneous 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
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Book - A Fictional Story, Charles Dickens, David Copperfield, 1940's

... ...the old curiosity shop...(For more information on the Pattison Collection see item 3678 Flagstaff Hill collections) https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/5580c7e72162f114d8b758db 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 David Copperfield 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. ...
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. David Copperfield is a “coming of age” novel telling the story of David Copperfield from his difficult childhood to his maturity as a successful novelist in early Victorian England. It traces David’s passage from an unhappy, impoverished boy abused by his stepfather, sent to a harsh boarding school, and forced to work in a London warehouse to self reliant manhood. This novel has a strong focus on Davids emotional growth, friendships, and romantic relationships.Central relationships in this story include his kindly housekeeper Peggotty, his eccentric but generous aunt Betsey Trotwood add his comic and perennially hopeful friend Mr Micawber along with the two main women in his life. The charming but impractical Dora Spenlow and the steady, devoted Agnes Wickfield.
David Copperfield. 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. David Copperfield is a “coming of age” novel telling the story of David Copperfield from his difficult childhood to his maturity as a successful novelist in early Victorian England. It traces David’s passage from an unhappy, impoverished boy abused by his stepfather, sent to a harsh boarding school, and forced to work in a London warehouse to self reliant manhood. This novel has a strong focus on Davids emotional growth, friendships, and romantic relationships.Central relationships in this story include his kindly housekeeper Peggotty, his eccentric but generous aunt Betsey Trotwood add his comic and perennially hopeful friend Mr Micawber along with the two main women in his life. The charming but impractical Dora Spenlow and the steady, devoted Agnes Wickfield.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, david copperfield
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Book - A Fictional Story, Charles Dickens, Bleak House, 1925

... ...the old curiosity shop...(For more information on the Pattison Collection see item 3678 Flagstaff Hill collections) https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/5580c7e72162f114d8b758db 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 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. ...
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. Bleak House is one of Charles Dickens’s major novels, a sprawling, multi plot story built around the endless Court of Chancery lawsuit known as “Jarndyce and Jarndyce” and its ruinous effect on several families. It is widely regarded as among his finest and most complex works, central to any serious study of his fiction.
Bleak House. Author: Charles Dickens. Publisher: Chapman & Hall Ltd, London. Date: 1925. (See note section this document for more information on Edition). Cloth hardcover with title on spine in gold lettering, Front cover has a paper stick on title. 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. Bleak House is one of Charles Dickens’s major novels, a sprawling, multi plot story built around the endless Court of Chancery lawsuit known as “Jarndyce and Jarndyce” and its ruinous effect on several families. It is widely regarded as among his finest and most complex works, central to any serious study of his fiction.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
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Book - A Travel & Political Critique, Charles Dickens, Hard Times and Pictures from Italy, 1866-1870’s

... ...the old curiosity shop...(For more information on the Pattison Collection see item 3678 Flagstaff Hill collections) https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/5580c7e72162f114d8b758db 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 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. ...
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. Pictures from Italy first published 1846 is a travelogue describing Dickens’s 1844 journey through Italy with his family that included Rome, Venice, Florence, and other cities. It mixes vivid descriptions of art, landscape, and carnival life with his characteristic observations on social inequality and political fragmentation in pre unification Italy. Together this combined volume offers both a major insight on Victorian industrial England and a lighter, more personal travel narrative showing Dickens from two sides, the social reformer and the acute observer tourist.
Hard Cover edition, Hard Times and Pictures for Italy. Author: Charles Dickens. Publisher: Chapman & Hall Ltd, London. Date: 1866-1870’s first published in book form 1846 (See note section this document for more information on Edition). Green cloth hardcover, Spine black has Author and Title in gold lettering. The spine has a Library label and no Volume information.non-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. Pictures from Italy first published 1846 is a travelogue describing Dickens’s 1844 journey through Italy with his family that included Rome, Venice, Florence, and other cities. It mixes vivid descriptions of art, landscape, and carnival life with his characteristic observations on social inequality and political fragmentation in pre unification Italy. Together this combined volume offers both a major insight on Victorian industrial England and a lighter, more personal travel narrative showing Dickens from two sides, the social reformer and the acute observer tourist.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
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Book - A Fictional Story, Charles Dickens, The Posthumous Papers of The Pickwick Club (Pickwick Papers), 1910-1912

... ...the old curiosity shop...(For more information on the Pattison Collection see item 3678 Flagstaff Hill collections) https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/5580c7e72162f114d8b758db 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 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. ...
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 “Pickwick Papers” is a comic novel about Samuel Pickwick and the members of his club as they travel around England, recording amusing adventures, misunderstandings, lawsuits, and mishaps.The theme gradually becomes a story about friendship, folly, and social life in early Victorian England. It is significant because it was Dickens’s first novel that helped establish his reputation, and is widely praised for its lively characters, satire, and its strong focus on the absurdities of the legal system.
The Posthumous Papers of The Pickwick Club. Author: Charles Dickens. Publisher: J M Dent & Sons Ltd, London. Date: 1910-1912. (See note section this document for more information on Edition). Brown leather hardcover with title and a design on spine in gold lettering, Front has round publishers logo in gold embossing. 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. The “Pickwick Papers” is a comic novel about Samuel Pickwick and the members of his club as they travel around England, recording amusing adventures, misunderstandings, lawsuits, and mishaps.The theme gradually becomes a story about friendship, folly, and social life in early Victorian England. It is significant because it was Dickens’s first novel that helped establish his reputation, and is widely praised for its lively characters, satire, and its strong focus on the absurdities of the legal system.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
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Book - A Fictional Story, Charles Dickens et al, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, 1966

... ...the old curiosity shop...(For more information on the Pattison Collection see item 3678 Flagstaff Hill collections) https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/5580c7e72162f114d8b758db 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 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. ...
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
Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Book - A Fictional Story, Charles Dickens, Great Expectations, 1900-1913

... ...the old curiosity shop...(For more information on the Pattison Collection see item 3678 Flagstaff Hill collections) https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/5580c7e72162f114d8b758db 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 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. ...
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, Great Expectations and David Copperfield. Great Expectations is another of Dickens coming of age novels and is about Pip, a young orphan who is shaped by guilt, ambition, class anxiety, and his love for Estella. The story follows his rise from a humble village boy to a London gentleman, and then his gradual moral education as he learns what really matters in life. Dickens published it in 1860–61 in serialised form and then in a book published by Chapman & Hall in 1861. The novel is even today widely regarded as one of his major and most successful works.
Great Expectations Author: Charles Dickens Publisher: Chapman & Hall Ltd Date: Subject Book 1900-1913.First Edition Published in 1860-1861 (See note section this document for more information on Edition). Green Faux 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, Great Expectations and David Copperfield. Great Expectations is another of Dickens coming of age novels and is about Pip, a young orphan who is shaped by guilt, ambition, class anxiety, and his love for Estella. The story follows his rise from a humble village boy to a London gentleman, and then his gradual moral education as he learns what really matters in life. Dickens published it in 1860–61 in serialised form and then in a book published by Chapman & Hall in 1861. The novel is even today widely regarded as one of his major and most successful works.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

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Book - A Fictional Story, Charles Dickens, The Old Curiosity Shop, (1897-1899)

Book - A Fictional story, Charles Dickens, The Old Curiosity Shop, 1997

Pamphlet, Jeff Zilles, Old Curiosity Shop, c1980s

Pamphlet - Architecture, Old Curiosity Shop, Ballarat

Book - Unfinished Fictional story, Charles Dickens, Miscellaneous Papers with (The Mystery of Edwin Drood), 1935

Book - A Fictional Story, Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities, 1920s -1930s

Book - A Fictional Story, Charles Dickens, Barnaby Rudge, Prior to 1911

Book - A Fictional Story, Charles Dickens et al, Sketches by Boz. (Illustrative of Ever day Life and Every day People), 1892

Book - A Fictional Story, Charles Dickens, Bleak House, 1873-1900

Book - A Fictional Story, Charles Dickens, A Childs History of England, 1900

Book - A Fictional Story, Charles Dickens, Our Mutual Friend, 1900

Book - A Fictional Story, Charles Dickens, Christmas Books, 1940's to 1959

Book - A Fictional Story, Charles Dickens et al, A Childs History of England, 1910

Book - A Fictional Story, Charles Dickens, Martin Chuzzlewit, 1910

Book - A Fictional Story, Charles Dickens et al, Our Mutual Friend, 1987

Book - A Fictional Story, Charles Dickens et al, Christmas Stories, 1956

Book - A Political Critique, Charles Dickens et al, Hard Times for These Times, 1955

Book - A Fictional Story, Charles Dickens et al, Dombey and Son, 1930s to 1950

Book - A Fictional Story, Charles Dickens et al, Nicholas Nickleby, 1966-1987

Book - A Fictional Story, Charles Dickens et al, The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, 1844-1932

Book - A Fictional Story, Charles Dickens, Nicholas Nickleby, 1940's

Book - A Fictional Story, Charles Dickens, Christmas Books, 1894

Book - A Fictional Story, Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit, 1890s

Book - A Fictional Story, Charles Dickens et al, American Notes and Reprinted Pieces, 1913

Book - A Fictional Story, Charles Dickens, David Copperfield, 1940's

Book - A Fictional Story, Charles Dickens, Bleak House, 1925

Book - A Travel & Political Critique, Charles Dickens, Hard Times and Pictures from Italy, 1866-1870’s

Book - A Fictional Story, Charles Dickens, The Posthumous Papers of The Pickwick Club (Pickwick Papers), 1910-1912

Book - A Fictional Story, Charles Dickens et al, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, 1966

Book - A Fictional Story, Charles Dickens, Great Expectations, 1900-1913