Literature

David Copperfield is the first novel of Charles Dickens. It is considered by many as one of the finest literary works ever produced. It narrates the story of its hero from his birth, unfolding his moral, emotional and intellectual growth. It was said to be the favorite novel of the world-famous psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud.

Robinson Crusoe, set ashore on an island after a terrible storm at sea, is forced to make do with only a knife, some tobacco, and a pipe. He learns how to build a canoe, make bread, and endure endless solitude. That is, until, twenty-four years later, when he confronts another human being.

Heidi – The story of the little Swiss girl who lived in the mountains.

One of Dickens’ most enduringly popular stories is Oliver Twist. Its central theme is the hardship faced by the dispossessed and those of the outside of ‘polite’ society.

The sole survivor of a shipwreck, Robinson Crusoe is stranded on an uninhabited island far away from any shipping routes. With patience and ingenuity, he transforms his island into a tropical paradise. For twenty-four years he has no human company, until one Friday, he rescues a prisoner from a boat of cannibals.

Gulliver’s Travels is the tale of Lemuel Gulliver as he voyages to the strange lands of Lilliput, Brobdingnag, the kingdom of Laputa and the land of the Houyhnhnms.