Charles Dickens is the acclaimed definitive biography by bestselling
author Claire Tomalin Charles Dickens was a phenomenon: a demonicly
hardworking journalist, the father of ten children, a tireless walker
and traveller, a supporter of liberal social causes, but most of all a
great novelist - the creator of characters who live immortally in the
English imagination: the Artful Dodger, Mr Pickwick, Pip, David
Copperfield, Little Nell, Lady Dedlock, and many more. At the age of
twelve he was sent to work in a blacking factory by his affectionate but
feckless parents. From these unpromising beginnings, he rose to scale
all the social and literary heights, entirely through his own efforts.
When he died, the world mourned, and he was buried - against his wishes
- in Westminster Abbey.Yet the brilliance concealed a divided
character: a republican, he disliked America; sentimental about the
family in his writings, he took up passionately with a young actress;
usually generous, he cut off his impecunious children. From the
award-winning author of Samuel Pepys, Charles Dickens: A Life paints an
unforgettable portrait of Dickens, capturing brilliantly the complex
character of this great genius. If you loved Great Expectations, Oliver
Twist and A Christmas Carol, this book is invaluable reading.
Charles Dickens : A Life - Claire Tomalin
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