Becoming Dickens The Invention of a Novelist |
|
| Author:
| Douglas-Fairhurst, Robert |
| ISBN: | 978-0-674-05003-7 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2011 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press
|
| Imprint: | Belknap Press |
| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $29.95 |
Book Description:
|
This provocative biography tells the story of how an ambitious young Londoner became Englandâe(tm)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.
This provocative biography tells the story of how an ambitious young Londoner became Englandâe(tm)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.