Oliver Twist, or The Parish Boy's Progress, is the second novel written by Charles Dickens. The story is about the life of an orphan boy named Oliver Twist. His mother dies giving birth to him and his father is unknown so Oliver lives a miserable...
A series of papers of a humorous character dealing with life and scenes, chiefly in London, at the time of publication and the earlier part of the nineteenth century
First published as a 20 part monthly serial, Dombey and Son is the tale of Paul Dombey, a wealthy shipping merchant who desires a son. His wife dies giving birth to this son, Paul the Younger, who Dombey focuses all his affection on at the expense...
Indian chief. Typescripts of editorials (1878-1891) on Burney's governorship of the Chickasaw Nation from 1878-1880, and of his messages to the Chickasaw Nation legislature which originally appeared in the Star Vindicator, the Cherokee Advocate,...
Indian chief. Correspondence (1879-1897); annual messages (1879-1882); speeches (1879-1887); an autobiography (1880); proclamations (1879-1885); and other papers (1879-1922) relating to political matters in which Bushyhead was involved as principal...
Little Dorrit was originally published in 20 parts in 19 monthly installments, with the last two parts published in a double installment. William Dorrit, father of the title character, Amy, has been sent to Marshalsea debtor's prison in London,...
Indian chief. Typescripts of Byrd's messages (1889-1892) to the Chickasaw Nation legislature along with editorials (1888-1891), interviews (1891), and articles (1891-1906) concerning Byrd as governor of the Chickasaw Nation from 1888-1894 and,...
Professor. Personal correspondence (1897-1957); correspondence with Campbell's relatives (1822-1896); correspondence with publishers and literary agents (1920-1958); literary manuscripts (ca. 1914-1957); diaries, notebooks, and journals...
First published as a 20 part monthly serial, Dombey and Son is the tale of Paul Dombey, a wealthy shipping merchant who desires a son. His wife dies giving birth to this son, Paul the Younger, who Dombey focuses all his affection on at the expense...
Physician. A news clipping (1896) announcing Carlock's commencement from the Missouri Medical College in St. Louis, Missouri; a letter (1897) from a former classmate regarding the alumni of the class of 1896 and the destruction of the college by...
Historian. A manuscript (1883) containing instructions to the Cherokee National Council's Washington, D.C., delegation as approved by D. W. Bushyhead, principal chief; a typescript concerning a flowing oil well brought in during 1859 in the...
First published as a 20 part monthly serial, Dombey and Son is the tale of Paul Dombey, a wealthy shipping merchant who desires a son. His wife dies giving birth to this son, Paul the Younger, who Dombey focuses all his affection on at the expense...
A Tale of Two Cities is a historical novel written by Charles Dickens in 1859. Through the fate of several main characters, the story tells about the life of people living in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution.
In 1775, Dr....
Little Dorrit was originally published in 20 parts in 19 monthly installments, with the last two parts published in a double installment. William Dorrit, father of the title character, Amy, has been sent to Marshalsea debtor's prison in London,...
Indian attorney. Diaries (1939-1949) kept by Cate; manuscripts (1876-1924) in the Creek language; copies of correspondence (1838-1937) in English, signed by officials connected with Indian affairs, including Maj. Gen. Thomas S. Jessup,...
Little Dorrit was originally published in 20 parts in 19 monthly installments, with the last two parts published in a double installment. William Dorrit, father of the title character, Amy, has been sent to Marshalsea debtor's prison in London,...
Bleak House was the ninth novel written by Charles Dickens. He worked on it from November 1851 to August 1853. It was originally published in 20 monthly installments between March 1852 and September 1853 and is considered to be one of his best...
Bleak House was the ninth novel written by Charles Dickens. He worked on it from November 1851 to August 1853. It was originally published in 20 monthly installments between March 1852 and September 1853 and is considered to be one of his best...
Government employee. Correspondence (1904-1908); recollections (1955); allotment records (1908); Civil War papers (1864); and published materials (1932-1954) relating to Indian Territory events of the early twentieth century and reflecting Chaney's...
Physician. A typewritten account of the first meeting of the Indian Territory Medical Association in 1899; certificates (ca. 1900); copies of magazines (ca. 1910-1930); three letters (1904) of condolence on the death of Chapman's son; and seven...
Indian tribe. Official correspondence, letter press books, reports, chiefs' messages, speeches of delegates, proceedings, laws, court decisions, acts, leases, election returns, registers of removal claims, and clippings related to the affairs of...
Our Mutual Friend, Dickens' last novel, addresses the issues of money, social class, and human values. John Harmon, heir to his father's fortune made as a dust collector, pretends to be dead in order to find out what people thought about him. He...
Barnaby Rudge is the fifth novel which was begun in 1839 and finished in 1841. It is also the first of Dickens's two historical novels. This novel is based on the anti-Catholic riots - the Gordon Riots - instigated by Lord George Gordon in 1780,...
A satire on Utilitarianism set in a provincial industrial town, portraying the dreariness of life for industrial workers, the hopelessness of decent people trapped in a failed marriage, and the fallacy of mechanical theories of human nature
Oliver Twist, or The Parish Boy's Progress, is the second novel written by Charles Dickens. The story is about the life of an orphan boy named Oliver Twist. His mother dies giving birth to him and his father is unknown so Oliver lives a miserable...