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Phiz: The Man Who Drew Dickens by Valerie Lester (Hardcover, 2004)
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Phiz' - Hablot Knight Browne - was the great illustrator of Dickens' fiction. For over twenty-three years they worked together, and Phiz's drawings brought to life a galaxy of much-loved characters, from Mr Pickwick, Nicholas Nickelby and Mr Micawber, to Little Nell and David Copperfield. But, from the mystery of his birth onwards, Phiz himself led a life as rich as any novel. He came from an old Huguenot Spitalfields family, ostensibly the fourteenth child of debt-ridden parents- but his eldest sister Kate had been engaged to a Captain of Napoleon's Imperial Guard, who disappeared, presumed dead, at Waterloo- In late 1815, Phiz arrived. Soon his official father too vanished without trace. The Browne children struggled on. In this vivid, lively memoir - the first full biography, long-awaited by Victorian scholars - his great-great-granddaughter Valerie Browne Lester tracks Phiz's path to marriage and fame, his travels around England and Ireland and work with Dickens, Trollope and the Irish best-selling novelist Charles Lever, and his packed private life. He was hopeless with money and had far too many children yet remained an eternal, sunny optimist until his death in 1882 - markeProduct Identifiers
PublisherVintage Publishing
ISBN-139780701177423
eBay Product ID (ePID)88465133
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Book TitlePhiz: the Man Who Drew Dickens
AuthorValerie Lester
FormatHardcover
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2004
GenreBiographies & True Stories
Number of Pages288 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height241mm
Item Width162mm
Item Weight600 g
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorValerie Lester
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
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- 04 Nov, 2016
Phiz the Illustrator
For those interested in the man who illustrated most of Dickens' books, or with an interest in Dickens himself or Victorian illustrators in general, this is a fascinating book. It is written by one of Phiz's descendants, Valerie Browne Lester, and provides an insight into the man, Hablot Knight Browne, as well as throwing light on Dickens' character along the way. There was more to Phiz than being a mere illustrator of other people's works. When he had the time (not often by the sound of it, as the pressures of meeting deadlines and stepping in when others failed to, sounds horrendous) and inspiration, he could encapsulate and enhance the author's text like few others. Some of his illustrations of Dickens have become inseparable from the novels in a way no other of Dickens' illustrators have (with the exception of Cruikshank). One tends to forget that he also worked for numerous other popular authors and publications of the day which the book helps to put in perspective. What's more he comes across as a thoroughly nice, fun-loving person (apart from his poor wife having all those children!). Sadly, in his later years his work became unfashionable, with a greater emphasis on realism (a la Millais) at the expense of imagination and creativity.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 27 Jan, 2021
Nice supplementary reading
A very informative read, nicely produced and exactly what I was looking forVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
