| Charles Dickens Contributor(s): Hibbert, Christopher (Author) |
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ISBN: 0230614264 ISBN-13: 9780230614260 Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin OUR PRICE: $21.59 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 2009 Annotation: With passion and wit, Christopher Hibbert details the crucial years that formed Dickens the writer and Dickens the man. He explains how Dickens transferred the smallest fragments of his experience to his fiction, and how he interpreted his youth for both himself and his readers, throwing a clear light on the creative process and sources of literary imagination. An illuminating look at a complex and baffling person, fans of literary biography will relish Hibbert's acclaimed style as he delivers the fascinating tale of Dickens' development. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections - Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures |
| Dewey: 823.8 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.4" W x 8.2" (0.65 lbs) 336 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: With passion and wit, Christopher Hibbert details the crucial years that formed Dickens the writer and Dickens the man. He explains how Dickens transferred the smallest fragments of his experience to his fiction, and how he interpreted his youth for both himself and his readers, throwing a clear light on the creative process and sources of literary imagination. An illuminating look at a complex and baffling person, fans of literary biography will relish Hibbert's acclaimed style as he delivers the fascinating tale of Dickens' development. |
Contributor Bio(s): Hibbert, Christopher: - Christopher Hibbert (1924-2008), "a pearl of biographers" (New Statesman), is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and the author of Disraeli (St. Martin's Press), The Rise and Fall of the House of Medici, The English: A Social History, and Cavaliers and Roundheads. He lived in Oxfordshire, England. |