The Letters of Charles Dickens: The Pilgrim EditionVolume 9: 1859-1861

by Charles Dickens, Graham Storey (Editor), Margaret Brown (Editor), Kathleen Tillotson (Editor)

Overview

This ninth volume presents about 1,100 letters, many unpublished, from the years 1859 to 1861. It records the writing of two major novels, A Tale of Two Cities and Great Expectations; the planning and writing of a substantial amount of the three Christmas numbers of this period, ‘A Haunted House', ‘A Message from the Sea', and ‘Tom Tiddler's Ground'; and the establishment of All the Year Round as a new journal to succeed Household Words. It also shows Dickens's delight with his new Kentish home, Gad's Hill.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198122937
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	06/04/1998
Series:	Dickens: Letters Pilgrim Edition , #9
Pages:	636
Product dimensions:	9.20(w) x 6.50(h) x 2.10(d)

About the Author

Charles Dickens (1812-1870) is probably the greatest novelist England has ever produced, the author of such famous books as A Christmas Carol, Hard Times, Great Expectations, David Copperfield, and Oliver Twist. His innate comic genius and shrewd depictions of Victorian life — along with his indelible characters — have made his books beloved by readers the world over. Dickens was born in Landport, Portsea, England and died in Kent after suffering a stroke. The second of eight children of a family continually plagued by debt, the young Dickens came to know hunger, privation, and the horrors of the infamous debtors' prison and the evils of child labor. These unfortunate early life experiences helped shape many of his greatest works.

Date of Birth:

February 7, 1812

Date of Death:

June 18, 1870

Place of Birth:

Portsmouth, England

Place of Death:

Gad's Hill, Kent, England

Education:

Home-schooling; attended Dame School at Chatham briefly and Wellington

Table of Contents

List of IllustrationsPrefaceAcknowledgementsBiographical TableAbbreviations and SymbolsThe Letters 1859-1861AppendixesCorrigendaIndex of CorrespondentsIndex of Names and Places