Student Companion to Charles Dickens

by Ruth Glancy

Book Overview

Charles Dickens was the most popular writer of his age and is still considered one of the world's greatest novelists. This well-written study surveys his unusual and prolific life, relating his fiction writings to his concerns and active involvement with social conditions of early Victorian England. Glancy skillfully takes the reader back in time to appreciate the historical settings that inspired works like Oliver Twist, Great Expectations,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313306117
• ISBN13: 9780313306112
• Release Date: November 1999
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"