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Catalogue of Printed Books in the Library of the British Museum
Author | : British Museum. Department of Printed Books |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 810 |
Release | : 1885 |
Genre | : English literature |
ISBN | : |
The Childhood and Youth of Charles Dickens. With Retrospective Notes, and Elucidations, from His Nooks and Letters
Author | : Robert Langton |
Publisher | : BoD – Books on Demand |
Total Pages | : 246 |
Release | : 2024-02-01 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 3385332230 |
Reprint of the original, first published in 1883.
The childhood and youth of Charles Dickens. Subscribers' ed
Author | : Robert Langton |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 298 |
Release | : 1891 |
Genre | : Novelists, English |
ISBN | : |
The Childhood and Youth of Charles Dickens
Author | : Robert Langton |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 294 |
Release | : 1883 |
Genre | : Authors, English |
ISBN | : |
Lives of Victorian Literary Figures, Part I, Volume 2
Author | : Ralph Pite |
Publisher | : Taylor & Francis |
Total Pages | : 361 |
Release | : 2024-05-17 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1040129250 |
Collected here are the biographies which revealed aspects of their subjects that the more favourable "official" accounts tended to hide. The life of the author of each text is described, and their relation to the writers they portray is sketched in.
Becoming Dickens
Author | : Robert Douglas-Fairhurst |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 400 |
Release | : 2013-05-13 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0674253736 |
Becoming Dickens tells the story of how an ambitious young Londoner became England’s greatest novelist. In following the twists and turns of Charles Dickens’s early career, Robert Douglas-Fairhurst examines a remarkable double transformation: in reinventing himself Dickens reinvented the form of the novel. It was a high-stakes gamble, and Dickens never forgot how differently things could have turned out. Like the hero of Dombey and Son, he remained haunted by “what might have been, and what was not.” In his own lifetime, Dickens was without rivals. He styled himself simply “The Inimitable.” But he was not always confident about his standing in the world. From his traumatized childhood to the suicide of his first collaborator and the sudden death of the woman who had a good claim to being the love of his life, Dickens faced powerful obstacles. Before settling on the profession of novelist, he tried his hand at the law and journalism, considered a career in acting, and even contemplated emigrating to the West Indies. Yet with The Pickwick Papers, Oliver Twist, and a groundbreaking series of plays, sketches, and articles, he succeeded in turning every potential breakdown into a breakthrough. Douglas-Fairhurst’s provocative new biography, focused on the 1830s, portrays a restless and uncertain Dickens who could not decide on the career path he should take and would never feel secure in his considerable achievements.