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Dickens, Charles, (1812-1870.)

Becoming Dickens the invention of a novelist /

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Becoming Dickens Robert Douglas-Fairhurst.
Reminder of title:	the invention of a novelist /
Author:	Douglas-Fairhurst, Robert.
Published:	Cambridge, Mass. :Belknap Press of Harvard University Press,2011.
Description:	1 online resource (389 p., [16] p. of plates) :ill.
Subject:	Novelists, EnglishBiography 19th century
Online resource:	http://dx.doi.org/10.4159/Harvard.9780674062764
ISBN:	9780674062764 (ebook)

Becoming Dickens the invention of a novelist /
Douglas-Fairhurst, Robert.

Becoming Dickens the invention of a novelist /[electronic resource]:Robert Douglas-Fairhurst. - Cambridge, Mass. :Belknap Press of Harvard University Press,2011. - 1 online resource (389 p., [16] p. of plates) :ill.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 339-370) and index.

Prologue : Somebody and nobody -- Lost and found -- The clerk's tale -- Up in the gallery -- Mr. Dickin -- "Here we are!" -- Becoming Boz -- The moving age -- "Pickwick, triumphant" -- [Novelist] Writer -- Dickens at home -- Is she his wife? -- Being Dickens -- Postscript : Signing off.

Becoming Dickens tells the story of how an ambitious young Londoner became England's greatest novelist. In following the twists and turns of Charles Dickens's early career, Robert Douglas-Fairhurst examines a remarkable double transformation: in reinventing himself Dickens reinvented the form of the novel. It was a high-stakes gamble, and Dickens never forgot how differently things could have turned out. From his traumatized childhood to the suicide of his first collaborator and the sudden death of the woman who had a good claim to being the love of his life, Dickens faced powerful obstacles. Douglas-Fairhurst's provocative new biography, focused on the 1830s, portrays a restless and uncertain Dickens who could not decide on the career path he should take and would never feel secure in his considerable achievements--From publisher description.

ISBN: 9780674062764 (ebook)

LCCN: 2011004219Subjects--Personal Names:

176044
Dickens, Charles,
1812-1870.Subjects--Topical Terms:

435877
Novelists, English
--19th century--Biography

LC Class. No.: PR4582 / .D68 2011

Dewey Class. No.: 823/.8

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