My Father as I Recall Him (Cambridge Library Collection - Literary Studies) - Softcover

Dickens, Mamie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1108074553 ISBN 13: 9781108074551

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2014

Synopsis

The official biography of Charles Dickens (1812–70) was published in 1872–4 by his close friend and literary executor John Forster, and has been reissued in this series. Of the many other memoirs and reminiscences of the great novelist, this book by his favourite daughter Mary (1838–96), known as Mamie, is perhaps the least familiar. Published in 1896, shortly after her death, it gives a loving picture, based on her own memories, of the person whom she held 'in my heart of hearts as a man apart from all other men, as one apart from all other beings'. Mamie, who had taken Dickens's side during the separation from his wife, and acted effectively as his housekeeper at Gad's Hill, had compiled an edition of her father's letters with her aunt Georgina Hogarth, and this second act of piety gives an idyllic - perhaps too idyllic - account of daily life with Dickens.

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Book Description

This loving account of Charles Dickens (1812-70) as a father, written by his favourite daughter Mamie, was published shortly after her own death in 1896. It gives an idyllic - perhaps too idyllic - account of daily life with the great novelist, both before and after his separation from his wife.

From the Publisher

This title is cited and recommended by Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1108074553
• ISBN 13: 9781108074551
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 154