Becoming Dickens: The Invention of a Novelist

by Robert Douglas-Fairhurst

Book Overview

Becoming Dickens tells the story of how an ambitious young Londoner became England's greatest novelist. In following the twists and turns of Charles Dickens's early career, Robert Douglas-Fairhurst examines a remarkable double transformation: in reinventing himself Dickens reinvented the form of the novel. It was a high-stakes gamble, and Dickens never forgot how differently things could have turned out. Like the hero of Dombey and Son,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674072235
• ISBN13: 9780674072237
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: Belknap Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 9.0"