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Item specifics
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- Publication Date
- 2021-08-31
- Pages
- 368
- ISBN
- 0062954954
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0062954954
ISBN-13
9780062954954
eBay Product ID (ePID)
28050028544
Product Key Features
Book Title
Mystery of Charles Dickens
Number of Pages
368 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Editors, Journalists, Publishers, Literary, History, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Publication Year
2021
Genre
Literary Criticism, Photography, Biography & Autobiography
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
10.3 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5.3 in
Additional Product Features
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Trade
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Wilson's admiration and understanding of the novelist makes this a book to debate and savor... His own alluring analysis on the mystery of Dickens could not be bettered., Wilson has taken a...near-fictive approach to Dickens' life -- posing and investigating several 'mysteries' about Dickens... The solutions to these 'mysteries' may never be found, Wilson argues; but they divulge fascinating contradictions in a man whose work has entertained more generations of readers than any writer could ever dream of., His knowledge is wide, his writing fluent... Wilson has a number of persuasive ideas about Dickens, whom he sees as not only a conflicted personality but a tragic one, despite his genius for comedy., Wilson brings dazzling, far-reaching erudition to this study, drawing on unexpected, sometimes arcane sources to paint a portrait with impressive depth and nuance., A sprightly work of reinterpretation... Mr. Wilson is a novelist, and he brings to the task of biography a shrewd sense of how creative writers operate, along with a large stock of intuitions about human nature. The results are frequently perceptive., "Wilson has taken a...near-fictive approach to Dickens' life -- posing and investigating several 'mysteries' about Dickens... The solutions to these 'mysteries' may never be found, Wilson argues; but they divulge fascinating contradictions in a man whose work has entertained more generations of readers than any writer could ever dream of." -- Los Angeles Times "A sprightly work of reinterpretation... Mr. Wilson is a novelist, and he brings to the task of biography a shrewd sense of how creative writers operate, along with a large stock of intuitions about human nature. The results are frequently perceptive." -- Wall Street Journal "His knowledge is wide, his writing fluent... Wilson has a number of persuasive ideas about Dickens, whom he sees as not only a conflicted personality but a tragic one, despite his genius for comedy." -- New York Times Book Review "[An] utterly satisfying investigative narrative... A marvelous exploration by an author steeped in the craft of his subject's elastic, elusive work." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "[Wilson] blend[s] perceptive analysis of the novels with parallel experiences in Dickens' life... Beyond the eye-opening analysis, Wilson also offers a moving personal account of why Dickens has meant so much to him." -- Booklist (starred review) "[Wilson's] intriguing study will deliver some startling insights." -- Publishers Weekly "Wilson brings dazzling, far-reaching erudition to this study, drawing on unexpected, sometimes arcane sources to paint a portrait with impressive depth and nuance." -- BookPage "Wilson's admiration and understanding of the novelist makes this a book to debate and savor... His own alluring analysis on the mystery of Dickens could not be bettered." -- Seattle Book Review, [Wilson] blend[s] perceptive analysis of the novels with parallel experiences in Dickens' life... Beyond the eye-opening analysis, Wilson also offers a moving personal account of why Dickens has meant so much to him., [An] utterly satisfying investigative narrative... A marvelous exploration by an author steeped in the craft of his subject's elastic, elusive work.
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Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
823/.8
Synopsis
Winner of the Plutarch Award for Best Biography A lively and insightful biographical celebration of the imaginative genius of Charles Dickens, published in commemoration of the 150th anniversary of his death. Charles Dickens was a superb public performer, a great orator and one of the most famous of the Eminent Victorians. Slight of build, with a frenzied, hyper-energetic personality, Dickens looked much older than his fifty-eight years when he died--an occasion marked by a crowded funeral at Westminster Abbey, despite his waking wishes for a small affair. Experiencing the worst and best of life during the Victorian Age, Dickens was not merely the conduit through whom some of the most beloved characters in literature came into the world. He was one of them. Filled with the twists, pathos, and unusual characters that sprang from this novelist's extraordinary imagination, The Mystery of Charles Dickens looks back from the legendary writer's death to recall the key events in his life. In doing so, he seeks to understand Dickens' creative genius and enduring popularity. Following his life from cradle to grave, it becomes clear that Dickens's fiction drew from his life--a fact he acknowledged. Like Oliver Twist, Dickens suffered a wretched childhood, then grew up to become not only a respectable gentleman but an artist of prodigious popularity. Dickens knew firsthand the poverty and pain his characters endured, including the scandal of a failed marriage. Going beyond standard narrative biography, A. N. Wilson brilliantly revisits the wellspring of Dickens's vast and wild imagination, to reveal at long last why his novels captured the hearts of nineteenth century readers--and why they continue to resonate today. The Mystery of Charles Dickens is illustrated with 30 black-and-white images.
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