World of Dickens

World of Dickens

by Michael St. John Parker
Publisher: Pitkin
3rd, ©1999, ISBN: 9780853729426
Saddle-stitched, 36 pages
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Charles Dickens' novels are read and loved throughout the world, written at a time of struggle with the French emperor Napoleon and in an England at the peak of its power and prosperity through commerce, industry and the vigour of a fervently respectable middle class. The novels bear the stamp of the turbulent period in which Dickens' life was lived, conveying a strong sense of progress and reform. This colourful and well-written guide conducts the reader through Dickens' world via his life, both personal and professional. It includes a list of important dates in Dickens' life and work, and a gazetteer of places to visit for a glimpse into the man himself and what inspired his novels.

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