The Life of Charles Dickens
Volume 1. 1812–1842
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- Author: John Forster
- Date Published: December 2011
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- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781108039352
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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 1 reissued here is the 'seventh edition' of 1872.
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- Date Published: December 2011
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781108039352
- length: 426 pages
- dimensions: 216 x 140 x 24 mm
- weight: 0.54kg
- contains: 2 b/w illus.
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
1. 1812–22. Childhood
2. 1822–4. Hard experiences in boyhood
3. 1824–30. School days and start in life
4. 1831–5. Reporters' gallery and newspaper literature
5. 1836. First book, and origin of Pickwick
6. 1837. Writing the Pickwick Papers
7. 1837 and 1838. Between Pickwick and Nickleby
8. 1838. Oliver Twist
9. 1838–9. Nicholas Nickleby
10. 1838–9. During and after Nickleby
11. 1839. New literary project
12. 1840–1. The Old Curiosity Shop
13. 1840. Devonshire Terrace and Broadstairs
14. 1841. Barnaby Rudge
15. 1841. Public dinner in Edinburgh
16. 1841. Adventures in the Highlands
17. 1841. Again at Broadstairs
18. 1841. Eve of the visit to America
19. 1842. First impressions of America
20. 1842. Second impressions of America
21. 1842. Philadelphia, Washington, and the South
22. 1842. Canal boat journeys: bound Far West
23. 1842. The Far West: to Niagara Falls
24. 1842. Niagara and Montreal.
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