This volume collects for the first time all of Charles Dickens'
extant plans and notes for his novels. Dickens wrote his novels in
segments during the course of serial publication. Beginning with
Dombey and Son, the sixth novel, he wrote out plans for each
segment as he went along, sketching future developments, querying
himself about options, noting motifs, establishing recurrent
images, working out chronologies, experimenting with names, and, in
general, reminding himself of what he had done and what he should
do next. Some notes survive from before Dombey and those for a few
novels after that are incomplete or abbreviated, but for the most
part the plan from Dombey on are full and complete. Each sheet of
these notes is reproduced here in actual-size photographic
facsimile and is transcribed on the facing page in typographic
facsimile, a format that preserves Dickens' holographic nuances and
at the same time allows for the instant decipherment of his often
difficult hand. Included are his plans for The Old Curiosity Shop,
Martin Chuzzlewit, Dombey and Son, David Copperfield, Bleak House,
Hard Times, Little Dorrit, Great Expectations, Our Mutual Friend,
and Edwin Drood. The volume also contains thirty-three full-page
illustrations and a full-color frontispiece.
Harry Stone, an internationally recognized Dickens scholar,
provides the reader with a full account of Dickens' methods of
planning and working. In a comprehensive introduction and extensive
notes, he uses Dickens' written plans to illuminate the thought and
technique of the novels. He examines creative concerns, such as
Dickens' process of naming and visualization, and technical
matters, such as his use of various pen nibs, ink colors, and
papers.
By making fully available and comprehensible Dickens' own cache of
in-process plans, possibilities, and alternatives for shaping his
novels, Dickens' Working Notes offers unparalleled insights into
the novelist's art and into the nature of the creative imagination.
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