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PAUL
V I S
THE
IC KENS
I
ESSENTIAL
REFERENCE
TO HIS LIFE
AND WORK
"Gives readers an opportunity to discover the richness of Dickens'
literary achievements in the context of his life and times."
—Reference & Research Book News
"[A]
comprehensive and extremely valuable guide."
—Library Journal
CHARLES DICKENS
A TO Z
THE ESSENTIAL REFERENCE TO HIS LIFE AND WORK
A
superb storyteller, political and social reformer, and restless spirit, Charles
Dickens gave us such classic novels as A
Christmas Carol, Oliver Twist,
and
Great Expectations
—stories that still resonate in
the
public imagination a
century and a half after they were written. The characters Dickens created are more diverse and
memorable than those of any writer in English since Shakespeare.
Charles Dickens
A to Z is a guide to Dickens's life, works, characters, the Victorian context
in which he wrote, and the critics and scholars who have commented on his novels. Ideal for
Dickens fans and scholars alike, it includes more than 2,500 cross-referenced entries:
•
synopses of every Dickens novel, with details on criticism and adaptations
•
Dickens's journalistic essays, sketches, poems, and plays
•
descriptions of all characters, both fictional and factual, and all settings in his work
•
Dickens's family, friends, acquaintances, contemporaries, and critics
•
social issues in Victorian England
•
literary themes associated with his work, such as children, Christmas, and crime
•
and much more
Charles Dickens A to Z
also features 50 illustrations, many of them by Dickens's contemporaries,
as well as a chronology, selected bibliography, and index.
Paul Davis
is professor emeritus of English from the University of New Mexico, where he taught
Dickens, the English novel, and Victorian and world literature. His previous books include
The
Life and Times of Ebenezer Scrooge
(Yale University Press, 1990), a study of the many versions of
A
Christmas Carol.
He lives in Corrales, New Mexico.
Cover design by Nora Wertz
Cover image courtesy Archive Photos
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CHARLES DICKENS
A to Z
CHARLES DICKENS
A to Z
The Essential Reference to
His Life and Work
Paul Davis
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