Author: Charles DickensPublisher:
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Category : Novelists, English
Languages : en
Pages :
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The Letters of Charles Dickens: 1847-1849
Author: Charles DickensPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Novelists, English
Languages : en
Pages :
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The Letters of Charles Dickens: 1842-1843
Author: Charles DickensPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN:
Category : Authors, English
Languages : en
Pages : 732
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Letters of Charles Dickens
Author: The Pilgrim Edition of the Letters of Charles Dickens: Volume 5. 1847-1849
Author: Charles DickensPublisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 9780198125143
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 782
Book Description
The Pilgrim Edition of the Letters of Charles Dickens Volume 5. 1847-1849
The Letters of Charles Dickens
Author: Charles DickensThe Letters of Charles Dickens: 1847-1857
Author: Charles DickensPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Novelists, English
Languages : en
Pages : 924
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The Letters of Charles Dickens
Author: Charles DickensThe Letters of Charles Dickens. Edited by Walter Dexter
Author: Charles DickensThe Life of the Author: Charles Dickens
Author: Pete OrfordPublisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 111969745X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
An accessible and reliable introduction to the life and works of Charles Dickens, offering a unique combination of academic biography and literary analysis The Life of the Author: Charles Dickens explores the relationship between Dickens’ lived experience and his works, discussing themes within and key influences on literary classics such as Oliver Twist, A Tale of Two Cities, David Copperfield, Bleak House, Nicholas Nickleby, and Great Expectations. An excellent introduction to the world of Dickens scholarship, this easily accessible volume provides the necessary background about the author’s life while encouraging readers to critically analyze Dickens’ works. Organized thematically by chapter, the book opens with a brief overview of Dickens’ life and a chronology of major works. Subsequent chapters focus on key aspects of Dickens’ life, concluding with case studies of selected texts that demonstrate the similarities between events in Dickens’ own life and the literature he was writing at the time. Throughout the book, readers are provided with an informative portrait of Dickens’ early family life, personal relationships, professional networks, social circles, travels abroad, charitable works, financial issues, dealings with publishers, and much more. Incorporates the latest discussions in Dickens research alongside documents and materials from Dickens’ time Discusses the afterlife of Dickens in film, theater, and television, including A Christmas Carol, Dickens’ most adapted story Features archival material from the Charles Dickens Museum and discussion of Dickens’ roles as a journalist, editor, and professional reader Includes short case studies at the end of each chapter to demonstrate the ways Dickens’ life informed his work The Life of the Author: Charles Dickens is an ideal introductory textbook for advanced undergraduate and graduate students in English Literature and Victorian Literature courses, as well as a valuable resource for Dickens scholars and enthusiasts.
Author: Charles Dickens