The Selected Letters of Charles Dickens

Zusatztext The 450 [letters] included in The Selected Letters of Charles Dickens! edited by Jenny Hartley! are more revealing and more intimate than any biography. Informationen zum Autor Jenny Hartley is Professor of English Literature at Roehampton University. She is the author of two books on British women's writing from the Second World War, and The Reading Groups Book, a pioneering survey of reading groups. Her most recent book, Charles Dickens and the House of Fallen Women, published by Methuen in 2008, was picked Guardian 'Book of the Week' and described as 'brilliant' by Claire Tomalin. For the last ten years she has been aleading member of the Prison Reading Groups project. Klappentext The nearest we can get to a Dickens autobiography, these letters give us unique insights into his life, and are essential reading for Dickens fans everywhere. Whether you dip in or read straight through, this selection of his letters creates afresh the brilliance of being Dickens, and the sheer pleasure of being in his company. Zusammenfassung The nearest we can get to a Dickens autobiography, these letters give us unique insights into his life, and are essential reading for Dickens fans everywhere. Whether you dip in or read straight through, this selection of his letters creates afresh the brilliance of being Dickens, and the sheer pleasure of being in his company. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements; Introduction; Note on the Text; Select Bibliography; A Chronology of Charles Dickens; Abbreviations and Symbols; SELECTED LETTERS; Index

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Jenny Hartley
• Con la collaborazione di: Jenny Hartley (Editore), Hartley Jenny (Editore)
• Editore: Oxford University Press Trade
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 01.02.2012
• EAN: 9780199591411
• ISBN: 978-0-19-959141-1
• Dimensioni: 160 mm x 242 mm x 41 mm
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Biografie, autobiografie; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura / linguistica inglese; Diaries, letters & journals, English, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Diaries & Journals, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Letters, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Diaries, letters and journals, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form