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Charles Dickens: A Life by Claire Tomalin (Hardcover, 2011)
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Charles Dickens was a phenomenon: a demonicly hardworking journalist, the father of ten children, a tireless walker and traveller, a supporter of liberal social causes, but most of all a great novelist - the creator of characters who live immortally in the English imagination: the Artful Dodger, Mr Pickwick, Pip, David Copperfield, Little Nell, Lady Dedlock, and many more. At the age of twelve he was sent to work in a blacking factory by his affectionate but feckless parents. From these unpromising beginnings, he rose to scale all the social and literary heights, entirely through his own efforts. When he died, the world mourned, and he was buried - against his wishes - in Westminster Abbey. Yet the brilliance concealed a divided character: a republican, he disliked America; sentimental about the family in his writings, he took up passionately with a young actress; usually generous, he cut off his impecunious children. Claire Tomalin, author of Whitbread Book of the Year Samuel Pepys, paints an unforgettable portrait of Dickens, capturing brilliantly the complex character of this great genius. Charles Dickens: A Life is the examination of Dickens we deserve.Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Books LTD
ISBN-139780670917679
eBay Product ID (ePID)109174731
Product Key Features
Publication Year2011
TopicLiterature
Book TitleCharles Dickens: a Life
Number of Pages576 Pages
LanguageEnglish
GenreBiographies & True Stories
AuthorClaire Tomalin
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Weight1041 g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorClaire Tomalin
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- 12 Feb, 2020
Excellent biography
The best biography of Dickens I've read to date. Wonderful writing, lots of illustrations.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 25 Mar, 2020
Excellent biography
Excellent biography of one of our most famous and accomplished authorsVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 09 Apr, 2020
Read it
What a life, easy reading, Looks like a new unopened, hardcover editionVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 03 Apr, 2020
excellent
this is an excellent book thankyouVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 05 Dec, 2024
GOOD SERVICE.
Great book...........great price !!!!Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 22 May, 2018
Brilliant Book
Fantastic book by Claire Tomalin.Very well researched.Would recommend to anyone.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 04 Jan, 2020
Very attractive book
This was a gift and they were delighted with itVerified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 13 May, 2020
Life of Charles Dickens.
Claire Tomalin on Dickens is an extraordinary book. Amazing research and very readable.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 13 Jan, 2021
Spot on !
Excellent presentation and narritiveVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 12 Feb, 2024
as above
great itemVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
