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Informationen zum Autor Brian Murray is the author of H.G Wells and Charles Dickens: Literature and Life , and a contributor and adviser to the Encyclopedia of World Literature in the 20th Century and The Continuum Encyclopedia of British Literature . His essays, articles, and reviews have appeared in a variety of scholarly and popular publications, including First Things , The Weekly Standard , and The Baltimore Sun . Klappentext A fun, modern guide to Britain's most famous novelist. Vorwort A fun, modern guide to Britain's most famous novelist. Zusammenfassung Charles Dickens belongs to an exclusive literary club: he was immensely popular when he was alive, and his work has never fallen out of fashion. His books have been in print for over 140 years, and are widely read and admired every day, the world over. This book features facts and photos, stills, and cartoons of this writer. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part 1 - The Inimitable Icon "Life with Father" What Gets Blacked in a Blacking Factory? Dickens's Bookshelf Sidebar: Dickens's Favourite Books From the Gallery - Dickens's work as a Parliamentary reporter Sidebar: A Short Look at Shorthand "I'll Never Stop Saying Maria"--rejection by Maria Beadnell Capsule: Sketches by Boz (1836) The Boz Style Capsule: The Pickwick Papers (1836) Men with Pens: Dickens's Illustrators Part 2 continues a Virtual Walking Tour to places associated with Dickens's life and work Includes Capsules on Life and Adventures of Nichloas Nickleby (1830), The Old Curiosity Shop (1840), Barnaby Rudge (1841) "Who Was Gordon and Why Did He Riot?" anti-Catholicism in Dickens's Day Capsule: Martin Chuzzlewit (1844) Sidebar: A Dickens's Crossword Puzzle Part 3 continues the Walking Tour adn includes Capsules of David Copperfield, Bleak House, Hard Times, Great Expectations, A Tale of Two Cities, et al. Sidebar: Dickens and W. C. Fields Sidebar: Dickens in Nighttown Was Dickens a Liberal or a Conservative? Sidebar: Dickens on Film "Diagnosis Exhaustion" A look at the medical reasons for Dickens's death at the relatively early age of 58 Dickens's Literary Descendents (This is a truncated description, leaving much out, but providing a good sense of this book.) ...
