The Great Novels of Charles Dickens Oliver Twist A Christmas Carol A Tale of Two Cities Hard Times Four incomparable novels by the greatest popular writer of all tme These classic novels have been much loved by generations of readers — they show Dickens at the height of his powers, combining a remarkable gift for story-telling withr-a relentless pursuit of society's injustices. In Oliver Twist we follow an orphan child with a mysterious past on an enthralling journey from the horrors of the workhouse, through the Victorian underworld, and finally to wealth and true happiness. A Christmas Carol, featuring the unforgettable character of Scrooge, is one of the world's favourite Christmas stories. A Tale of Two Cities is a violent romance which pitches an English family, a brilliant but drunken lawyer and the descendent of a sadistic aristocrat into the turmoil of the French Revolution. Finally Hard Times, one of the great writer's last works, is a heart-rending attack on the crushing effect on the human spirit of a grim, unfeeling industrial society.