Author: DICKENS, CHARLES (1812-1870)
Title: The selected letters of Charles Dickens / edited by Jenny Hartley
Description: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press 2012. First Edition. An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dust wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new.; 8vo 8' - 9' tall; 458 pages; Physical description; xxxv. 458 p. ; 24 cm. 'What was it like to be Charles Dickens? His letters are the nearest we can get to a Dickens autobiography: vivid. close-up snapshots of a life lived at maximum intensity. This is the first selection to be made from the magisterial twelve-volume British Academy Pilgrim Edition. which contains over 14.000 of Dickens's letters. The 450 letters included here have been cherry-picked to give readers the best essence of the 'Sparkler of Albion''-- Dickens was a man with ten times the energy of ordinary mortals. There seem to have been twice the number of hours in his day. and he threw himself into letter-writing as he did into everything else. This eagerly awaited selection takes us straight to the heart of his life. to show us Dickens at first hand. Here he is writing out of the heat of the moment: as a novelist. journalist. and magazine editor; as a social campaigner and traveller in Europe and America. and as friend. lover. husband. and father. Reading and writing letters punctuated the rhythms of Dickens's day. 'I walk about brimful of letters'. he told a friend. He claimed to write 'at the least. a dozen a day'. Sometimes it was a chore but more often a pleasure: an outlet for high spirits. sparkling wit. and caustic commentary - always as seen through his highly individual and acutely observing eye. Whether you dip in or read straight through. this selection of his letters creates afresh the brilliance of being Dickens. and the sheer pleasure of being in his company. Subjects; Dickens. Charles 1812-1870. - Correspondence. Novelists. English - 19th century - Correspondence. Authors. English - 19th century - Correspondence.Weight in Kg appr.:

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