Becoming Dickens
- ISBN-10
- 0674072235
- ISBN-13
- 9780674072237
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 389
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Author
- Robert Douglas-Fairhurst
Description
This provocative biography tells the story of how an ambitious young Londoner became England’s greatest novelist. Focused on the 1830s, it portrays a restless, uncertain Dickens who could not decide on a career path. Through twists and turns, the author traces a double transformation: in reinventing himself Dickens reinvented the form of the novel.
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