John Forster (1812-76), an exact contemporary of Charles Dickens,
was one of his closest friends, and acted for him (as for many
other authors) as advisor, editor, proofreader, agent and marketing
manager: according to Thackeray, 'whenever anyone is in a scrape we
all fly to him for refuge. He is omniscient and works miracles.'
Forster was Dickens' literary executor, and was left the
manuscripts of many of the novels, which he in turn left (along
with the rest of his magnificent library) to the South Kensington
Museum (later the Victoria and Albert Museum). He was ideally
placed to write a biography of Dickens, having known him since the
1830s, and having been involved in deeply private matters such as
Dickens' separation from his wife. This three-volume account was
first published between 1872 and 1874; the version of Volume 2
reissued here is the 'tenth thousand' of 1873.
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