The life and lies of Charles Dickens
(2023)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
BIOGRAPHY/DICKENS,C
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York : Pegasus Books, 2023
DESCRIPTION
272 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781639365333, 1639365338 :, 1639365338, 9781639365333
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Acknowledgements -- Prologue: the conjurer and the conjurer's assistant (1843) -- Mud (1812-22) -- Boot-polish (1824) -- Watch where he settles (1827-35) -- The summerhouse (1836-41) -- Running away (1842-3) -- Breathing space (1844-7) -- Home truths (1848-54) -- Enter rumour (1855-62) -- Greatest hits (1863-9) -- Final days (1870) -- Epilogue: In memoriam -- Bibliography -- Index
"A radical reassessment of the Victorian author and the true story behind the creator of literature's best-known works of fiction" -- Book jacket