The Selected Letters of Charles Dickens

by Charles Dickens and Dupee. F.W. (Editor)

Book Overview

Charles Dickens's letters provide vivid close-up snapshots of a life lived at maximum intensity. This volume offers the first selection to be made from the magisterial twelve-volume British Academy Pilgrim Edition of his letters. From over fourteen thousand, editor Jenny Hartley has cherrypicked four hundred and fifty to give readers the essence of "the Sparkler of Albion." This eagerly awaited selection takes us straight to the heart of his life,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199591415
• ISBN13: 9780199591411
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 584 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.1" x 9.4"