Letters of Charles Dickens: 1833-1870

by Charles Dickens

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108040047
• ISBN13: 9781108040044
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 778 Pages
• Weight: 2.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"