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The Selected Letters of Charles Dickens (Hardcover)
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The Selected Letters of Charles Dickens (Hardcover)
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What was it like to be Charles Dickens? His letters are the nearest
we can get to a Dickens autobiography: vivid close-up snapshots of
a life lived at maximum intensity. This is the first selection to
be made from the magisterial twelve-volume British Academy Pilgrim
Edition of his letters. From over fourteen thousand, four hundred
and fifty have been cherry-picked to give readers the best essence
of 'the Sparkler of Albion'. Dickens was a man with ten times the
energy of ordinary mortals. There seem to have been twice the
number of hours in his day, and he threw himself into
letter-writing as he did into everything else. This eagerly awaited
selection takes us straight to the heart of his life, to show us
Dickens at first hand. Here he is writing out of the heat of the
moment: as a novelist, journalist, and magazine editor; as a social
campaigner and traveller in Europe and America, and as friend,
lover, husband, and father. Reading and writing letters punctuated
the rhythms of Dickens's day. 'I walk about brimful of letters', he
told a friend. He claimed to write 'at the least, a dozen a day'.
Sometimes it was a chore but more often a pleasure: an outlet for
high spirits, sparkling wit, and caustic commentary - always as
seen through his highly individual and acutely observing eye.
Whether you dip in or read straight through, this selection of his
letters creates afresh the brilliance of being Dickens, and the
sheer pleasure of being in his company.
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