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Charles Dickens, Donald Hawkes

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Charles Dickens is without doubt a literary giant. The most widely read author of his own generation, his works remain incredibly popular today. Often seen as the quintessential Victorian novelist, his texts convey perhaps better than any others the drive for wealth and progress and the social contrasts that characterized the Victorian era. His works are widely studied throughout the world both as literary masterpieces and as classic examples of the nineteenth century novel. Combining a biographical approach with close reading of the novels, Donald Hawes offers an illuminating portrait of Dickens as a writer and insight into his life and times. This book gives readers and students a short, lively but sophisticated introduction to Dickens's work and the personal and social context in which it was written
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
1 online resource (vi, 167 pages)
Contents
  • Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Abbreviations and References; Introduction; 1. Why We Read Dickens; 2. Life of Dickens; 3. Sketches by Boz, Pickwick Papers, Oliver Twist; 4. Dickens s London; 5. Social Class in Victorian England; 6. Nicholas Nickleby, The Old Curiosity Shop, Barnaby Rudge; 7. Prison and Crime; 8. Dickens and Education; 9. Medicine, Doctors, Nurses and Hospitals; 10. Martin Chuzzlewit, A Christmas Carol, Dombey and Son; 11. Women and Children; 12. Dickens and Animals; 13. David Copperfield, Bleak House; 14. Dickens's Comic Characters and Villains
  • 15. Hard Times, Little Dorrit, A Tale of Two Cities16. Theatre and Entertainment; 17. Dickens and Christmas; 18. Dickens's Public Readings; 19. Dickens's Friends and Contemporaries; 20. Great Expectations, Our Mutual Friend, The Mystery of Edwin Drood; 21. Adaptations and Versions of Dickens's Writings; Further Reading; Bibliography; Index
Isbn
9781441168856
Instance
Label
Charles Dickens
Title
Charles Dickens
Statement of responsibility
Donald Hawkes
Creator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
Charles Dickens is without doubt a literary giant. The most widely read author of his own generation, his works remain incredibly popular today. Often seen as the quintessential Victorian novelist, his texts convey perhaps better than any others the drive for wealth and progress and the social contrasts that characterized the Victorian era. His works are widely studied throughout the world both as literary masterpieces and as classic examples of the nineteenth century novel. Combining a biographical approach with close reading of the novels, Donald Hawes offers an illuminating portrait of Dickens as a writer and insight into his life and times. This book gives readers and students a short, lively but sophisticated introduction to Dickens's work and the personal and social context in which it was written
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digitized
Biography type
individual biography
Cataloging source
N$T
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Hawes, Donald
Dewey number
823.8
Index
index present
Language note
English
LC call number
PR4581
LC item number
.H39 2007eb
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
  • dictionaries
  • bibliography
Series statement
Writers' lives
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Dickens, Charles
  • Novelists, English
  • Dickens, Charles
  • Dickens, Charles
  • Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900
  • Biography: literary
  • LITERARY CRITICISM
  • BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
  • Novelists, English
Label
Charles Dickens, Donald Hawkes
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Publication
Antecedent source
unknown
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-164) and index
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Abbreviations and References; Introduction; 1. Why We Read Dickens; 2. Life of Dickens; 3. Sketches by Boz, Pickwick Papers, Oliver Twist; 4. Dickens s London; 5. Social Class in Victorian England; 6. Nicholas Nickleby, The Old Curiosity Shop, Barnaby Rudge; 7. Prison and Crime; 8. Dickens and Education; 9. Medicine, Doctors, Nurses and Hospitals; 10. Martin Chuzzlewit, A Christmas Carol, Dombey and Son; 11. Women and Children; 12. Dickens and Animals; 13. David Copperfield, Bleak House; 14. Dickens's Comic Characters and Villains
  • 15. Hard Times, Little Dorrit, A Tale of Two Cities16. Theatre and Entertainment; 17. Dickens and Christmas; 18. Dickens's Public Readings; 19. Dickens's Friends and Contemporaries; 20. Great Expectations, Our Mutual Friend, The Mystery of Edwin Drood; 21. Adaptations and Versions of Dickens's Writings; Further Reading; Bibliography; Index
Control code
738479001
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (vi, 167 pages)
File format
unknown
Form of item
online
Isbn
9781441168856
Level of compression
unknown
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
9781441168856
Quality assurance targets
not applicable
Reformatting quality
unknown
Reproduction note
Electronic reproduction.
Sound
unknown sound
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)738479001
System details
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Label
Charles Dickens, Donald Hawkes
Publication
Antecedent source
unknown
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-164) and index
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Abbreviations and References; Introduction; 1. Why We Read Dickens; 2. Life of Dickens; 3. Sketches by Boz, Pickwick Papers, Oliver Twist; 4. Dickens s London; 5. Social Class in Victorian England; 6. Nicholas Nickleby, The Old Curiosity Shop, Barnaby Rudge; 7. Prison and Crime; 8. Dickens and Education; 9. Medicine, Doctors, Nurses and Hospitals; 10. Martin Chuzzlewit, A Christmas Carol, Dombey and Son; 11. Women and Children; 12. Dickens and Animals; 13. David Copperfield, Bleak House; 14. Dickens's Comic Characters and Villains
  • 15. Hard Times, Little Dorrit, A Tale of Two Cities16. Theatre and Entertainment; 17. Dickens and Christmas; 18. Dickens's Public Readings; 19. Dickens's Friends and Contemporaries; 20. Great Expectations, Our Mutual Friend, The Mystery of Edwin Drood; 21. Adaptations and Versions of Dickens's Writings; Further Reading; Bibliography; Index
Control code
738479001
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource (vi, 167 pages)
File format
unknown
Form of item
online
Isbn
9781441168856
Level of compression
unknown
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
9781441168856
Quality assurance targets
not applicable
Reformatting quality
unknown
Reproduction note
Electronic reproduction.
Sound
unknown sound
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)738479001
System details
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.

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