Charles Dickens
Richly and precisely illustrated with many rare images, this masterly work on the complete Dickens, man and writer, offers an indispensable and comprehensive look at one of the greatest novelists of all time.
Read More ↓Title Statements
- Full title :Charles Dickens / Michael Slater.
Summary
Richly and precisely illustrated with many rare images, this masterly work on the complete Dickens, man and writer, offers an indispensable and comprehensive look at one of the greatest novelists of all time.
Read More ↓Edition Statements
- Publication Date:©2009.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Yale University Press
- Place of Publication:New Haven
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2009.
The Physical Object
- Description:xvii, 696 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : : illustrations, portraits ; : 25 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780300112078, 0300112076
- oclc:ocn754887536
- LC Classification:PR4581
- Dewey Decimal:823/.8
Table of Contents
1. Early years : from Portsmouth to Chatham, 1812-1822 -- 2. Early years : London, 1822-1827 -- 3. "The Copperfield days", 1828-1835 -- 4. Break-through year, 1836 -- 5. Editing Bentley's Magazine, 1836-1837 -- 6. Periodicals into novels, 1837-1839 -- 7. The Master Humphrey experiment, 1840-1841 -- 8. America brought to book, 1842 -- 9. "The turning-point of his career" : England, Italy, England, 1842-1845 -- 10. An interlude : "daily nooses" and the noose itself, 1846 -- 11. Dombey and other dealings, 1846-1848 -- 12. From Dombey to Copperfield, 1848-1849 -- 13. Interweaving and conducting : writing David Copperfield and beginning Household words, 1849-1850 -- 14. The year of the guild, 1850-1851 -- 15. Writing Bleak house, 1852-1853 -- 16. Writing "For these times", 1853-1854 -- 17. Writing Little Dorrit-among other things, 1855-1857 -- 18. Drama and denouement : performing The Frozen deep and finishing Little Dorrit, 1857 -- 19. Writing off a marriage, 1857-1858 -- 20. Stories into scripts : the public readings, 1858 -- 21. Serials, series and stories : writing for All the year round, 1859-1861 -- 22. Christmas numbers, public readings, and "uncommercial" travels, 1861-1863 -- …
Read More ↓Subjects
Writers
No reviews yet. Be the first to rate this work.
Related Works
more →
Files & Downloads
-
Charles Dickens: A Life Defined by Writing -- (.p…
PDF · 5.7 MB · updated -
Charles Dickens: A Life Defined by Writing -- (.e…
EPUB · 3.6 MB · updated -
Charles Dickens -- (.mobi)
MOBI · 2.0 MB · updated
Rate & Review