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Charles Dickens: The Making of a Literary Giant
The Making of a Literary Giant
Author: Christopher Hibbert
Charles Dickens: The Making of a Literary Giant
$23.99
About This Book
Book Details
With passion and wit, Christopher Hibbert details the crucial years that formed Dickens the writer and Dickens the man. He explains how Dickens transferred the smallest fragments of his experience to his fiction, and how he interpreted his youth for both himself and his readers, throwing a clear light on the creative process and sources of literary imagination. An illuminating look at a complex and baffling person, fans of literary biography will relish Hibbert's acclaimed style as he delivers the fascinating tale of Dickens' development.
Imprint Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
ISBN
9780230614260
In The News
“Hibbert is a remarkably prolific popular historian, who can take on almost anything, from Dickens to General Wolfe, from Agincourt to Garibaldi.” —The Observer
“[Hibbert] is a superbly skillful historical writer.” —The Spectator