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Charles Dickens : a life by Claire Tomalin is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
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Charles Dickens Is The Acclaimed Definitive Biography By Bestselling Author Claire Tomalin Charles Dickens Was A Phenomenon: A Demonicly Hardworking Journalist, The Father Of Ten Children, A Tireless Walker And Traveller, A Supporter Of Liberal Social Causes, But Most Of All A Great Novelist - The Creator Of Characters Who Live Immortally In The English Imagination: The Artful Dodger, Mr Pickwick, Pip, David Copperfield, Little Nell, Lady Dedlock, And Many More. At The Age Of Twelve He Was Sent To Work In A Blacking Factory By His Affectionate But Feckless Parents. From These Unpromising Beginnings, He Rose To Scale All The Social And Literary Heights, Entirely Through His Own Efforts. 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. From 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 Geni
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Claire Tomalin
- Publisher
- Penguin UK
- Published
- 2011
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780141036939
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Historical Fiction, Memoir
- Rating
- 3.81 / 5 (30 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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