Dickens: The Life and Times of This Great Novelist and His Masterpieces (Snapping Turtle Guides: Great Writers)

by NikkiBarber (Author)

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  Paperback
  2001

  $4.36

  Discover the life and works of the greatest novelist of his day, Charles Dickens -- a spokesman of his time with his graphic descriptions of Victorian England. He saw the squalor around him and illustrated this in his novels -- learn about what inspired such characters as Oliver Twist and Scrooge. He portrays all of society from the aristocracy to the poorest of working classes. Learn how his work has influenced literature today.

• Used

  Paperback
  2003

  $4.53

  Providing a fascinating introduction to the life and works of Charles Dickens and the historical, cultural and literary contexts in which he wrote. This book traces the important events in Dickens life and how this many have influenced his work, together with major social and historical developments of the time which may have effected the literature of the time.