Author : Robert Douglas-Fairhurst
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674072235
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Becoming Dickens by : Robert Douglas-Fairhurst
Download or read book Becoming Dickens written by Robert Douglas-Fairhurst and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This provocative biography tells the story of how an ambitious young Londoner became England’s greatest novelist. Focused on the 1830s, it portrays a restless, uncertain Dickens who could not decide on a career path. Through twists and turns, the author traces a double transformation: in reinventing himself Dickens reinvented the form of the novel.