| Author: | Jeremy Clarke | ISBN: | 9780750957052 |
| Publisher: | The History Press | Publication: | February 3, 2014 |
| Imprint: | The History Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Jeremy Clarke |
| ISBN: | 9780750957052 |
| Publisher: | The History Press |
| Publication: | February 3, 2014 |
| Imprint: | The History Press |
| Language: | English |
The life and works of one of England's very best writers is explored in this miscellanyCharles Dickens' life was staggeringly busy and various. This new miscellany will give readers a chance to get to know the man and his work through his work and its major themes. With carefully chosen quotations from the novels but also from his sketches and journalism, discover what Dickens had to say about the big issues like crime, the family, education, and money. Meet here, too, those wonderful characters that have been handed down to us like the real figures of history—Mr. Micawber, Fagin, Miss Havisham, David Copperfield, and many more. Concentrated in these pages is a selection of all the mad humor, passionate indignation, moral conviction, plain good sense, and sheer unstoppable energy that made up one of the very greatest of English writers.
The life and works of one of England's very best writers is explored in this miscellanyCharles Dickens' life was staggeringly busy and various. This new miscellany will give readers a chance to get to know the man and his work through his work and its major themes. With carefully chosen quotations from the novels but also from his sketches and journalism, discover what Dickens had to say about the big issues like crime, the family, education, and money. Meet here, too, those wonderful characters that have been handed down to us like the real figures of history—Mr. Micawber, Fagin, Miss Havisham, David Copperfield, and many more. Concentrated in these pages is a selection of all the mad humor, passionate indignation, moral conviction, plain good sense, and sheer unstoppable energy that made up one of the very greatest of English writers.
