![]() If you loved Great Expectations, Oliver Twist and A Christmas Carol, this book is invaluable reading. When he died, the world mourned, and he was buried – against his wishes – in Westminster Abbey.Yet the brilliance concealed a divided character: a republican, he disliked America sentimental about the family in his writings, he took up passionately with a young actress usually generous, he cut off his impecunious children.įrom the award-winning author of Samuel Pepys, Charles Dickens: A Life paints an unforgettable portrait of Dickens, capturing brilliantly the complex character of this great genius. From these unpromising beginnings, he rose to scale all the social and literary heights, entirely through his own efforts. ![]() ![]()
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