The Friendly Dickens

The Friendly Dickens
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Publisher : Viking Adult
Total Pages : 456
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ISBN-10 : STANFORD:36105023102630
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Book Synopsis The Friendly Dickens by : Norrie Epstein

Download or read book The Friendly Dickens written by Norrie Epstein and published by Viking Adult. This book was released on 1998 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You might have read him in class, but the Victorians read Charles Dickens like we watch Melrose Place, and The Friendly Dickens will show you why. It is the ultimate pop reference to the Dickensian world of shrouded sex and ostentatious death, a book that will have you running in delight to dust off your Dickens.Norrie Epstein--whose The Friendly Shakespeare was called by The New York Times "spirited, informative and provocative"--opens up Dickens's life and times in all its squalor and glory, including his rise to greatness and occasional lapses from grace. She considers his works, major and minor, in decided lively fashion, not just reading, but reading between the lines:* Was Oliver Twist's Fagin a pederast?* What made A Christmas Carol's Tiny Tim so darn tiny?* How many of Dickens's child characters met an untimely end? (Hint: plenty.)Full of humor, skepticism, and expert opinions, with eye- catching illustrations, plenty of quotes, and sidebars on nearly every page, you will quickly become a Dickens authority--even if you've never read a word.


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