One of the great writer's most popular works is not only the story of an orphaned boy, but a novel of social protest, a morality tale, and a detective story. This revised edition includes a new Introduction by Frederick Busch and an Afterword by Edward Le Comte. Reissue.
One of the great writer's most popular works is not only the story of an orphaned boy, but a novel of social protest, a morality tale, and a detective story. This revised edition includes a new Introduction by Frederick Busch and an Afterword by Edward Le Comte. Reissue.
Named a "national institution" by George Orwell, Dickens offers his most popular tale, of the orphan who is reared in a workhouse and runs away to London-a novel of social protest, a morality tale, and a detective story.
“"The power of [Dickens] is so amazing, that the reader at once becomes his captive, and must follow him whithersoever he leads." --William Makepeace Thackeray”
"The greatest writer of his time."--Edmund Wilson "One of the great poets of the novel, a genius of his art."--Edgar Johnson
"All of his characters are my personal friends--I am constantly comparing them with living persons and living persons with them, and what a spirit there was in all he wrote."--Leo Tolstoy
Charles Dickens (1812-1870) is one of the most acclaimed and popular writers of all time. His many works include the classics The Old Curiosity Shop, Oliver Twist, Nicholas Nickleby, Barnaby Rudge, A Christmas Carol, A Tale of Two Cities, David Copperfield, Great Expectations, Bleak House, Hard Times, Our Mutual Friend, The Pickwick Papers and many more.
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