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Dickens first novel, pickwick papers, written when he was only 24, was a publishing sensation then the serialized parts of the old curiosity shop attracted sales of over 100,000 copies a week huge crowds gathered to glimpse him when he toured the usa when he died there was public mourning, and his admirers felt they had lost a personal friend dickens created young characters who led exemplary lives in the face of suffering - oliver twist, nicholas nickleby, david copperfield his career serves as a model of the victorian self-help ideal, which elevated hard work as the way to lift the individual from raw beginnings to graceful sophistication, comfort and enlightenment but what was dickens really like this book imagines his private and public lives in a series of enlightening and engaging conversations - on topics such as the novel, actors, the fair sex, literary inspiration, illustrations, journalism, publishing, copyright, religion, america, social change - and, of course, christmas
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Paul Schlicke Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Aberdeen, has served as President of the Dickens Society of America and the International Dickens Fellowship. He is currently chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Charles Dickens Museum in London. Peter Ackroyd Renowned novelist, critic and biographer. He has written 13 novels including Hawksmoor, The Fall of Troy and Chatterton, which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1987. His biographies include works on Dickens,
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- PublisherPaul Watkins
- Publication date2011
- ISBN 10 1907486968
- ISBN 13 9781907486968
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