Dickens

Dickens
ISBN-10
0060166029
ISBN-13
9780060166021
Series
Dickens
Category
Biography & Autobiography / Editors, Journalists, Publishers
Pages
1195
Language
English
Published
1990
Publisher
HarperCollins
Author
Peter Ackroyd

Description

From one of England's literary masters, a monumental biography of Dickens worthy of standing beside Painter's Marcel Proust and Ellman's James Joyce. Ackroyd constructs a stunning life and times work of Dickens, depicting 19th century London as one of Dickens' own novels. 32 pages of illustrations.

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