Selected Short Fiction
$17.52
- Paperback
432 pages
- Release Date
25 March 1975
Summary
Dickens’ experimental and thrilling short stories
This witty and amusing collection of short pieces shows Dickens liberated from the more formal and sustained demands of the novel and experimenting with a diverse range of fictional techniques. In his tales of the supernatural, he creates frighteningly believable, spine-tingling stories of prophetic dreams and visions, as well as more fantastical adventures with goblins and apparitions. Impressionistic sketches combine imaginatively he…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140431032 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0140431039 |
| Author: | Charles Dickens, Deborah Thomas, George Cattermole, George Cruikshank, Hablot K. Browne |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 432 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 25 March 1975 |
| Weight: | 316g |
| Dimensions: | 27mm x 130mm x 198mm |
| Series: | Penguin English Library |
Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens is one of the greatest English writers of all time. Born in 1812, Dickens was sent to work at the age of twelve after his father was imprisoned for debt. He taught himself shorthand and became a reporter for the Morning Chronicle, quickly achieving success. The Pickwick Papers were published in 1836-7. He continued to write novels like Oliver Twist, Bleak House, and David Copperfield until his death in 1870.
Deborah A. Thomas is Professor of English at Villanova University, Pennsylvania. She is the author of Dickens and the Short Story, Thackeray and Slavery, and Hard Times: A Fable of Fragmentation and Wholeness.
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