Becoming Dickens [electronic resource] : the invention of a novelist / Robert Douglas-Fairhurst.
Douglas-Fairhurst, Robert.
2011
PR4582 .D68 2011eb
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Title Becoming Dickens [electronic resource] : the invention of a novelist / Robert Douglas-Fairhurst.
Author Douglas-Fairhurst, Robert.
ISBN 9780674062764 (electronic book)
9780674050037
Imprint Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2011.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (389 p.) : ill.
Call Number PR4582 .D68 2011eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 823/.8 B
Summary 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.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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