The Mystery of Charles Dickens

A brilliant and insightful celebration of the imaginative genius of Charles Dickens, published to commemorate the 150th anniversary of his death.

About the author

A. N. Wilson

Summary

A brilliant and insightful celebration of the imaginative genius of Charles Dickens, published to commemorate the 150th anniversary of his death.

Foreword

A brilliant and insightful celebration of the imaginative genius of Charles Dickens, published to commemorate the 150th anniversary of his death.

Additional text

Charles Dickens was a superb public performer, a great orator and one of the most famous of the Eminent Victorians. Although he specified an unpretentious funeral, it was inevitable that crowds flocked to his open grave in Westminster Abbey. But it was not chiefly as an orator, performer or public man that they revered him. He lived as a novelist. A. N. Wilson follows Dickens through the last days of his life, and in doing so, recalls its key events - the wretched childhood, the prodigious popularity, the scandal of the failed marriage. This is a book which revisits the wellspring of Dickens' imagination, revealing why his novels have such instantaneous appeal and why they endure. It also uncovers the double standards of both the man and his times.

Product details

• Authors: A.N. Wilson, A. N. Wilson
• Publisher: Atlantic Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2020
• EAN: 9781786497918
• ISBN: 978-1-78649-791-8
• Dimensions: 166 mm x 242 mm x 32 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary Figures, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Biography: writers