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Item Details
| Title:
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GREAT EXPECTATIONS
THE SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF CHARLES DICKENS |
| By: |
Robert Gottlieb |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| List price:
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£16.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0374298807 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780374298807 |
| Publisher: |
FARRAR, STRAUS & GIROUX INC |
| Pub. date: |
27 November, 2012 |
| Pages: |
176 |
| Description: |
Charles Dickens, famous for the indelible child characters he created - from Little Nell to Oliver Twist and David Copperfield - was also the father of ten children (and a possible eleventh). The author narrates the stories of each of Dicken's sons and daughters, from Kate, who became a successful artist, to Frank, who died in Moline, Illinois. |
| Synopsis: |
Charles Dickens, famous for the indelible child characters he created - from Little Nell to Oliver Twist and David Copperfield - was also the father of ten children (and a possible eleventh). What happened to those children is the fascinating subject of Robert Gottlieb's "Great Expectations". With sympathy and understanding he narrates the highly various and surprising stories of each of Dicken's sons and daughters, from Kate, who became a successful artist, to Frank, who died in Moline, Illinois, after serving a grim stretch in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Each of these lives is fascinating on its own. Together they comprise a unique window on Victorian England as well as a moving and disturbing study of Dickens as a father and as a man. |
| Illustrations: |
black & white illustrations |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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