Who's Who in Dickens

by Donald Hawes

Overview

Who's Who in Dickens is an accessible guide to the many characters in Charles Dickens' fiction. Dickens' characters are strikingly portrayed and have become a vital part of our cultural heritage - Scrooge has become a by-word for stinginess, Uriah Heep for unctuousness. From the much loved Oliver Twist to the fact-grubbing Mr Gradgrind, the obstinate Martin Chuzzlewit to the embittered Miss Havisham, this book covers the famous and lesser known characters in Dickens.
The book contains a physical and psychological profile of each character, a critical look at his characters by past and present influential commentators and over forty illustrations of major characters drawn by Dickens' contemporaries.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781136413322
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	07/04/2013
Series:	Who's Who
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	304
File size:	47 MB
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About the Author

Donald Hawes is a visiting lecturer in English at the Open University, Birkbeck College, University of London, and the University of Westminster. He has edited works by Dickens and Thackeray for Penguin Classics, Oxford Worlds Classics and the Everyman Library.

Table of Contents

List of figures , Foreword by David Parker, Introduction to the 2002 edition, Acknowledgements, Note on texts and references, Abbreviations of Dickens’s works cited, List of characters by work, Introduction, who’s who in dickens, Bibliography

Editorial Reviews

'Not only informative but charming Hawes enthusiasm for Dickens' characters is contagious. - Dickens Quarterly

'A well-produced, useful and affordable reference book, in which all Dickens lovers will find something new and stimulating.' - The Dickensian

'One of those invaluable books which any reader will want to have beside him as he reads and re-reads his favourite author's works. This will become an essential volume ... it will not only give much pleasure but will help all those who love and cite Dickens' creations.' - Contemporary Review

'Not only informative but charming Hawes enthusiasm for Dickens' characters is contagious. - Dickens Quarterly

'A well-produced, useful and affordable reference book, in which all Dickens lovers will find something new and stimulating.' - The Dickensian

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