Coffee with Dickens
- ISBN-10
- 1844835731
- ISBN-13
- 9781844835737
- Category
- Novelists, English
- Pages
- 144
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008-01-01
- Publisher
- Duncan Baird Publishers
- Authors
- Paul Schlicke, Senior Lecturer in English Paul Schlicke
Description
This quiet talk with Dickens' ghost conveys all the 19th-century author's vigor, warmth, and humanity--and provides a scintillating tour through his life, career, eccentricities, and trenchant opinions.
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