Charles Dickens: A Very Short Introduction

Name: Charles Dickens: A Very Short Introduction
SKU: 9780198714996
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By (author) Jenny Hartley,

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Jenny Hartley introduces Charles Dickens’s life and works, looking at the vitality of his characters and the energy which surges through his writing. Examining the themes running through his books, she considers the institutions which influenced his work (such as the workhouse) and looks at his critique of nineteenth century society.

SKU: 9780198714996

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ISBN: 9780198714996

Book Format: Paperback / softback

Pages: 160

Dimensions: 13.9 × 0.9 × 17.6 cm

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Format Paperback / softback | 160 pages
Dimensions 13.9 × 0.9 × 17.6 cm | 122
Publication Date 28 February 2019
Publisher Oxford University Press
Publication City/Country United Kingdom

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Jenny Hartley

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Jenny Hartley is Emeritus Professor at the University of Roehampton. She is the author of two books on British women's writing from the Second World War, and The Reading Groups Book (2001, 2002 OUP), a pioneering survey of reading groups. Her work on Dickens includes Charles Dickens and the House of Fallen Women (Methuen 2008) and editing The Selected Letters of Charles Dickens (OUP 2012). She is a founder member of the Prison Reading Groups project, and was President of the International Dickens Fellowship 2013-2015.

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