Charles Dickens

by Michael Slater

Book Overview

This long-awaited biography, twenty years after the last major account, uncovers Dickens the man through the profession in which he excelled. Drawing on a lifetime s study of this prodigiously brilliant figure, Michael Slater explores the personal and emotional life, the high-profile public activities, the relentless travel, the charitable works, the amateur theatricals and the astonishing productivity. But the core focus is Dickens career as a writer...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300112076
• ISBN13: 9780300112078
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 696 Pages
• Weight: 2.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 6.5" x 9.6"