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Item Details
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CHARLES DICKENS
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| By: |
Professor Donald Hawes |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| List price:
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£24.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0826489648 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780826489647 |
| Publisher: |
BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC |
| Pub. date: |
13 March, 2007 |
| Series: |
Writers Lives S. |
| Pages: |
192 |
| Description: |
Part of a series, which provides concise introductions to major writers focusing equally on their life and works. Often seen as the quintessential Victorian novelist, Charles Dickens is without doubt a literary giant. This book provides a short introduction to Dickens's work and the personal and social context in which it was written. |
| Synopsis: |
This work provides concise, accessible introductions to major writers focusing equally on their life and works. Written in a lively style to appeal to both students and readers, books in the series are ideal guides to authors and their writing. Charles Dickens is without doubt a literary giant. The most widely read author of his own generation, his works remain incredibly popular and important today. Often seen as the quintessential Victorian novelist, his texts convey perhaps better than any others the drive for wealth and progress and the social contrasts that characterised the Victorian era. His works are widely studied throughout the world both as literary masterpieces and as classic examples of the nineteenth century novel. Donald Hawes book will provide a short, lively but sophisticated introduction to Dickens's work and the personal and social context in which it was written. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd. |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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