Charles Dickens by Jane Smiley - ISBN: 9781474619806
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Dickens’ life: poverty to literary giant, shaped by his own stories.

Charles Dickens

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  • Paperback

    240 pages

  • Release Date

    25 May 2021

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Summary

Superb, highly accessible biography of one of the giants of English literature by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of A THOUSAND ACRES

‘Engaging and stimulating’ Simon Callow

‘Jane Smiley, in her admirable contribution to Weidenfeld’s series of short biographies, deals briskly with Dickens’s career and works, and treats with sympathy and sense his relations with the women in his life’ LITERARY REVIEW

From a bitter and poverty-stricken childhood to a career as the most…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781474619806
ISBN-10:1474619800
Author:Jane Smiley
Publisher:Orion Publishing Co
Imprint:Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:240
Release Date:25 May 2021
Weight:220g
Dimensions:196mm x 130mm x 22mm
Series:LIVES
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Critics Review

Engaging and stimulating – Simon Callow
Jane Smiley, in her admirable contribution to Weidenfeld’s series of short biographies, deals briskly with Dickens’s career and works, and treats with sympathy and sense his relations with the women in his life * LITERARY REVIEW *

About The Author

Jane Smiley

Jane Smiley is the author of many novels including Moo, The Age of Grief, Horse Heaven and A Thousand Acres (which won the Pulitzer Prize). She lives in Northern California.

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