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Dickens

By Peter Ackroyd

Dickens Contemporary literature

Dickens

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Dickens was a landmark biography when first published in 1990. This specially edited shorter edition takes the reader into the life of one of the world's greatest writers. Here, Ackroyd attempts to peel away the mask of a man whose life was outwardly a picture of Victorian rectitude, but whose love life was as complicated (and unconventional) as any modern writer's. Dickens had everything - fame, success and riches - but he died harbouring a deep sadness he had experienced all his life. He was a man of mercurial character, had enormous vitality and humour, but he also had a sense of loss and longing that would constantly appear in his work. Like many eminent Victorians, he led a double life: although he insisted that nothing in the newspapers he edited should upset his middle-class readers, he regularly indulged in dubious night-time escapades with fellow author Wilkie Collins, and, for the last 13 years of his life, kept a secret mistress.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
640
Release Date:
2002-03-07
Publication Date:
2002-03-07
Publisher:
Vintage Publishing
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0099437090
ISBN13:
9780099437093
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Minimum Reading Age:
0
Weight:
429 g
Height:
129 cm
Width:
198 cm
Thickness:
40 cm

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