The Charles Dickens Miscellany

Autorentext

Jeremy Clarke has worked in museums and historic buildings for 20 years, teaching all ages and abilities. In 1998 he joined the Guildhall Museum in Rochester. The life and work of local writer Charles Dickens is a solid feature of his school program.

Klappentext

Charles 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,

Zusammenfassung
This miscellany explores the staggeringly busy and diverse life of Charles Dickens, giving readers the chance to get to knowthe man through his work and its major themes.