Charles Dickens
Hawes, Donald2007
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Written by Donald Hawkes, this is a short, readable introduction to Charles Dickens that focuses equally on his life and his works.
Main title:
Charles Dickens / Donald Hawkes.
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Imprint:
London : Continuum, 2007.
Collation:
192 p. ; 22 cm.
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Notes:
Includes index.
Contents:
1. Introduction: Why read Dickens?; 2. Dickens's life - a brief biography; A Guide to the Texts: Sketches by Boz, Pickwick Papers, Oliver Twist; 3. Society in fact and fiction; Nicholas Nickleby, Old Curiosity Shop, Barnaby Rudge; 4. Institutions in fact and fiction; Martin Chuzzlewit, A Christmas Carol, Dombey and Son; 5. Dickens's Illustrators; David Copperfield, Bleak House; 6. Families and relationships in fact and fiction; Hard Times, Little Dorrit; 7. Jokers and Knaves: Dickens's comic characters and villains Tale of Two Cities, Great Expectations; 8. Art and entertainment; Our Mutual Friend, The Mystery of Edwin Drood; 9. Adaptations; Index.
ISBN:
9780826489647 (pbk)
Language:
English
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BRN:
2216263
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