Charles Dickens

8 best books like Charles Dickens (Michael Slater): The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Danse Macabre, The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt, The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper, The Invisible Woman, Charles Dickens, Dialectic of Enlightenment: Philosophical Fragments, L'amico ritrovato

The Mystery of Edwin Drood

Author	Charles Dickens
ISBN	0140439269

Charles Dickens's final, unfinished novel, and one that has puzzled readers and inspired writers since its publication, The Mystery of Edwin Drood is edited with an introduction by David Paroissien in Penguin Classics.

Edwin Drood is contracted to marry orphan Rosa Bud when he comes of age,...

Danse Macabre

Author

Stephen King

Before he gave us the “one of a kind classic” (The Wall Street Journal) memoir On Writing, Stephen King wrote a nonfiction masterpiece in Danse Macabre, “one of the best books on American popular culture” (Philadelphia Inquirer).

From the author of dozens of #1 New York Times bestsellers...

The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt

Author	Edmund Morris
ISBN	0375756787

'Colonel Roosevelt,' which takes its title from Roosevelt's favourite way of being addressed during his emeritus years, follows the African Journey with Mr. Morris's characteristic care. He uses primary sources, sometimes even rough drafts of letters and documents, and goes well beyond Roosevelt's...

The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper

Author

Hallie Rubenhold

Five devastating human stories and a dark and moving portrait of Victorian London—the untold lives of the women killed by Jack the Ripper.

Polly, Annie, Elizabeth, Catherine and Mary-Jane are famous for the same thing, though they never met. They came from Fleet Street, Knightsbridge,...

The Invisible Woman

Author	Claire Tomalin
ISBN	0804172129

Now a major motion picture directed by Ralph Fiennes, co-starring Fiennes and Felicity Jones with Michelle Fairley, Kristin Scott Thomas, and Tom Hollander: the unforgettable story of Charles Dickens's mistress Nelly Ternan, and of the secret relationship that linked them.

When Charles...

Charles Dickens

Author	Jane Smiley
ISBN	0670030775

With the delectable wit, unforgettable characters, and challenging themes that have won her a Pulitzer Prize and national bestseller status, Jane Smiley naturally finds a kindred spirit in the author of classics such as Great Expectations and A Christmas Carol. As "his novels shaped his life as much...

Dialectic of Enlightenment: Philosophical Fragments

Author	Theodor W. Adorno
ISBN	0804736332

Dialectic of Enlightenment is undoubtedly the most influential publication of the Frankfurt School of Critical Theory. Written during the Second World War and circulated privately, it appeared in a printed edition in Amsterdam in 1947. "What we had set out to do," the authors write in the Preface,...

L'amico ritrovato

Author	Fred Uhlman
ISBN	8807810549

An alternate cover edition can be found here.

Due ragazzi sedicenni frequentano la stessa scuola esclusiva. L'uno è figlio di un medico ebreo, l'altro è di ricca famiglia aristocratica. Tra loro nasce un'amicizia del cuore, un'intesa perfetta e magica. Un anno dopo, il loro legame è spezzato....