Letters of Charles Dickens

Erscheinungsjahr 2011
ISBN: 978-1-108-04004-4
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 777 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 1078 g

Reihe: Cambridge Library Collection - Literary Studies

This selection from the letters of Charles Dickens (1812-70) was edited (as it says on the title page) 'by his sister-in-law and his eldest daughter'. The former was Georgina Hogarth (1827-1917), who stayed in Dickens' household and cared for the family when the author separated from his wife, her sister, in 1858; the latter was Mary (1838-96), known in the family as Mamie, his favourite child. They had published a three-volume edition in 1880, and a 'New Edition' in 1882; this reissue is of the single-volume third edition of 1893. The collection was seen as a 'supplement' to Forster's life of Dickens (also reissued in this series). Inevitably, it focuses on the positive and dynamic sides of Dickens' complex character, and gives a vivid portrait of a man juggling family life, writing, editing, travelling, amateur theatricals and public readings from his works with tremendous energy and verve.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Dickens, Charles

Hogarth, Georgina

Dickens, Mary

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Einzelne Autoren: Monographien & Biographien
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Englische Literatur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface; 1. Book I: 1833 to 1842; 2. Book II: 1843 to 1857; 3. Book III: 1858 to 1870; Index.