An evocative historical novel that explores the rising influence of
Dickens's work in mid-19th century London through the journey of a
young woman's struggle against poverty and injustice.In the winter
of 1836, a young journalist named Charles Dickens held an infant in
his arms. Only eight months of age, Ruby Spriggs was living under
the most deplorable conditions that existed in London. Crushing
poverty seemed her only future.Through the intervention of kind
patrons, the child blossoms into a young woman instilled with a
love of learning and books. But the forces that Dickens fought
against for most of his life threaten to destroy her.At the heart
of The Baker's Tale is Ruby Spriggs; Edwin Chatfield, the young man
who would be her lover; Alexander Murd, the scheming coal baron who
would destroy them; Abraham Hart, a dwarf who befriends Ruby in a
faraway land; and Octavius Joy, a 19th-century philanthropist cut
from unique cloth.Meticulously researched and masterfully told, The
Baker's Tale recreates the voice of beloved author Charles Dickens
in gorgeous prose brimming with the atmosphere of historical
London. It's a gripping tale of obsession, corruption, hope, and
love instilled with the unequaled passion of Dickens's social
conscience.
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