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Language
English
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Description
Experiencing the worst and best of life during the Victorian Age, Dickens was not merely the conduit through whom some of the most beloved characters in literature came into the world-- he was one of them. Wilson looks back from the legendary writer's death to recall the key events in his life. In doing so, he seeks to understand Dickens' creative genius and enduring popularity. Following his life from cradle to grave, it becomes clear that Dickens's...
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
239 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Charles Dickens, famous for the indelible child characters he created--from Little Nell to Oliver Twist and David Copperfield--was also the father of ten children (and a possible eleventh). What happened to those children is the fascinating subject of Robert Gottlieb's Great Expectations. With sympathy and understanding he narrates the highly various and surprising stories of each of Dickens's sons and daughters, from Kate, who became a successful...
27) Charles Dickens
Author
Series
Twayne's English authors volume TEAS 314
Publisher
Twayne Publishers
Pub. Date
1981.
Physical Desc
266 pages : portraits ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Twayne's English authors volume TEAS 558
Publisher
Twayne Publishers
Pub. Date
[2000]
Physical Desc
xix, 218 pages : portraits ; 23 cm.
Language
English
38) Drood: a novel
Author
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
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Description
Based on the historical details of Charles Dickens' life, "Drood" explores the still-unsolved mysteries of the famous author's last years and may provide the key to his final, unfinished work: "The Mystery of Edwin Drood".
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