num_pages: 48
description: Five lively retellings of classic Charles Dickens' novels in lively comic-strip format.Marcia Williams presents this note to readers before the tales begin:'When I was a child, I liked short books with lots of pictures. So, I don't think I would ever have read Dickens, if it hadn't been for one teacher: Miss Duncan. She was very strict, taught English and did not like fidgets! I was always a fidget - except when she read Dickens aloud. My desk would fade from sight and I would be in Victorian England, sharing the trials of little Oliver Twist, or shaking in my boots with Pip, I have reread the stories many times since. The characters feel like friends to me now - just as they did to Dickens. The tales that I have chosen to re-imagine for you here are my five favourites. I hope that you will enjoy reading them as much as I have enjoyed bringing them to life.'
language: English
title: Charles Dickens and Friends: Five Lively Retellings
titlecomplete: Charles Dickens and Friends: Five Lively Retellings
genres: Classics, History, Historical, Childrens, Picture Books, Graphic Novels
ratings_count: 84
places: United Kingdom, London, England
publisher: Candlewick