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PublisherBodleian Library

ISBN-101851243844

ISBN-139781851243846

eBay Product ID (ePID)144020247

Product Key Features

Number of Pages108 Pages

Publication NameCurious World of Dickens

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2013

SubjectEurope / Great Britain / General, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh

TypeTextbook

AuthorClive Hurst, Violet Moller

Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, Literary Collections, History

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight17 Oz

Item Length7.5 in

Item Width7.5 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

ReviewsDickens had an uncanny way of writing everyday life into his novels, and Hurst and Moller's beautifully illustrated book . . . shows how integral Dickens's everyday world was to the creation of his texts. . . . An interesting and tactile look at the intersections between Dickens's literary world and the everyday world in which he lived.

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Edition23

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal823.8

Table Of ContentForeword Introduction 1. Dickens and Education 2. London 3. The Diversions of London 4. Domestic Entertainment 5. Performing Dickens 6. Crime and Punishment 7. Prisons and Workhouses 8. The Coming of the Railways 9. Food 10. Publishing Dickens 11. The Christmas Books Sources and Further Reading Index

SynopsisPublished to mark the 200th anniversary of Dickens's birth, this book celebrates the greatest of English novelists by illustrating some of his abiding preoccupations.Prompted by quotations from the novels and other writings, each themed chapter explores contemporary images relating to salient topics of the Victorian age such as the public entertainments of London and the domestic pastimes of its inhabitants; the coming of the railways (which were to transform Victorian England in fiction and in fact); school life for children, and conditions in the workhouses and prisons which loom so large in many of the novels and which blighted Dickens's own childhood. Dickens was an incorrigible showman, and this book also explores his role as actor-manager of theatrical productions, as originator of the myriad stage adaptations of his books, and as supreme interpreter of them himself in the public readings which came to dominate his later years.Reproducing key extracts from the novels alongside a selection of the original covers as they appeared weekly and monthly in the bookshops, their crucial illustrations and all the paraphernalia of nineteenth-century advertising, is a unique approach which breathes life into the vibrant world of Dickens and his characters., Charles Dickens is among the greatest English novelists, and the power of his prose can be found in his portrayals of the harsh social realities of his time, from the depiction of poverty-stricken orphan Oliver Twist to the squalor of the slums and skewering of the justice system in Bleak House . Published to celebrate the twohundredth anniversary of Dickens's birth, this book brings together quotations from Dickens's novels and letters with photographs of their original covers and Victorian-era images--among them, prints, posters, and newspaper pieces--that shed light on the topics about which Dickens writes. Ordered by theme, the book covers such topics as schools in Victorian England, domestic entertainment, the introduction of the railroad, and the poor conditions in prisons and workhouses, which loom large in Dickens's novels--and, indeed, his own childhood. Dickens was also an avid theater enthusiast who arranged productions and public readings of many of his works, and this book explores his role throughout his later years in adroitly adapting his novels for the stage. The Curious World of Dickens breathes new life on this momentous occasion into the vibrant world inhabited by Dickens and his characters., This book celebrates the greatest of English novelists by illustrating his abiding preoccupations. It reproduces extracts from the novels alongside a selection of the original covers, their illustrations and all the paraphernalia of nineteenth-century advertising, breathing life into the vibrant world of Dickens and his characters., Published to mark the 200th anniversary of Dickens's birth, this book celebrates the greatest of English novelists by illustrating some of his abiding preoccupations. Prompted by quotations from the novels and other writings, each themed chapter explores contemporary images relating to salient topics of the Victorian age such as the public entertainments of London and the domestic pastimes of its inhabitants; the coming of the railways (which were to transform Victorian England in fiction and in fact); school life for children, and conditions in the workhouses and prisons which loom so large in many of the novels and which blighted Dickens's own childhood. Dickens was an incorrigible showman, and this book also explores his role as actor-manager of theatrical productions, as originator of the myriad stage adaptations of his books, and as supreme interpreter of them himself in the public readings which came to dominate his later years. Reproducing key extracts from the novels alongside a selection of the original covers as they appeared weekly and monthly in the bookshops, their crucial illustrations and all the paraphernalia of nineteenth-century advertising, is a unique approach which breathes life into the vibrant world of Dickens and his characters.