The Hoydens and Mr. Dickens: The Strange Affair of the Feminist Phantom: A Secret Victorian Journal

by William J. Palmer

Book Overview

"Atmospheric and cunningly plotted." --BOOKLIST It was the best of times, it was the worst of crimes in this dizzying Dickensian romp, as the canonical author risks ruining his reputation--and losing... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312151454
• ISBN13: 9780312151454
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Length: 241 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Palmer "captures" Victorian England much the way Dickens did

Palmer's third book in this "series" continues to capture Victorian England; he is able to evoke the landscape and atmosphere of the time, of the place, and of the characters. Most don't. Aside from Anne Perry and Michael Crichton's "Great Train Robbery," I have not read such convincing Victoriana and the accompanying hypocrisy. Palmer is able to sustain the reader's interest throughout, particularly with his use of other "real" characters such as Florence Nightingale. He is able to make Dickens quite the human character!