Dickens

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  So various is Dickens, so contradictory and disconcerting, that it is natural for anyone writing about him to seek a clue to his complex genius, something for ourselves and the critic to hold on to. G.K. Chesterton, in what is still one of the best i ... (read full critics)

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  Encompassing Introduction to Dickens

  I found this biography excellent with a huge amount of facile detail about the great Victorian author. Reading this book has made me a bit Dickens crazy and I'll be tackling some of the novels soon, an idea I never found that appealing until I read this bio. I would highly recommend it.

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• English Books
• Hardcover 607 Pages
• Edition: 1st ed
• ISBN-10: 0688043410
• ISBN-13: 9780688043414
• Publisher: William Morrow & Co
• Pub date: Sep 01, 1988
• Dimensions: 1548 mm x 1097 mm x 258 mm Just how big is that?
• Also available as: Paperback

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