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100 1 _aHawes, Donald.
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245 1 0 _aCharles Dickens /
_cDonald Hawkes.
260 _aLondon ;
_aNew York :
_bContinuum,
_cc2007.
300 _avi, 167 p. ;
_c21 cm.
490 1 _aWriters' lives
500 _aOnline version: Hawes, Donald. Charles Dickens. London ; New York : Continuum, c2007 (OCoLC)608448937
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 159-164) and index.
505 _tTOC
_a1. Introduction: Why read Dickens?; 2. Dickens's life - a brief biography; A Guide to the Texts: Sketches by Boz, Pickwick Papers, Oliver Twist; 3. Society in fact and fiction; Nicholas Nickleby, Old Curiosity Shop, Barnaby Rudge; 4. Institutions in fact and fiction; Martin Chuzzlewit, A Christmas Carol, Dombey and Son; 5. Dickens's Illustrators; David Copperfield, Bleak House; 6. Families and relationships in fact and fiction; Hard Times, Little Dorrit; 7. Jokers and Knaves: Dickens's comic characters and villains Tale of Two Cities, Great Expectations; 8. Art and entertainment; Our Mutual Friend, The Mystery of Edwin Drood; 9. Adaptations; Index.
520 _aSummary: Charles Dickens is without doubt a literary giant. The most widely read author of his own generation, his works remain incredibly popular today. Often seen as the quintessential Victorian novelist, his texts convey perhaps better than any others the drive for wealth and progress and the social contrasts that characterized the Victorian era. His works are widely studied throughout the world both as literary masterpieces and as classic examples of the nineteenth century novel. Combining a biographical approach with close reading of the novels, Donald Hawes offers an illuminating portrait of Dickens as a writer and insight into his life and times. This book gives readers and students a short, lively but sophisticated introduction to Dickens's work and the personal and social context in which it was written.
526 _aEnglish
590 _aTahur Ahmed
650 0 _aNovelists, English
_y19th century
_vBiography.
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856 4 2 _3Contributor biographical information
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856 4 2 _3Publisher description
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856 4 2 _3WorldCat details
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