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Letters of Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens
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1833-1870
出版Cambridge University Press, 2011-11-08
主題Biography & Autobiography / GeneralHistory / GeneralLiterary Collections / European / English, Irish, Scottish, WelshLiterary Collections / LettersLiterary Criticism / GeneralLiterary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, WelshLiterary Criticism / Ancient & Classical
ISBN11080400479781108040044
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=INkAes9Y5AYC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋This selection from the letters of Charles Dickens (1812-70) was edited (as it says on the title page) 'by his sister-in-law and his eldest daughter'. The former was Georgina Hogarth (1827-1917), who stayed in Dickens' household and cared for the family when the author separated from his wife, her sister, in 1858; the latter was Mary (1838-96), known in the family as Mamie, his favourite child. They had published a three-volume edition in 1880, and a 'New Edition' in 1882; this reissue is of the single-volume third edition of 1893. The collection was seen as a 'supplement' to Forster's life of Dickens (also reissued in this series). Inevitably, it focuses on the positive and dynamic sides of Dickens' complex character, and gives a vivid portrait of a man juggling family life, writing, editing, travelling, amateur theatricals and public readings from his works with tremendous energy and verve.