Charles Dickens

This work provides concise accessible introductions to major writers focusingequally on their life and works. Written in a lively style to appeal to bothstudent... » 

This work provides concise accessible introductions to major writers focusingequally on their life and works. Written in a lively style to appeal to bothstudents and readers books in the series are ideal guides to authors and theirwriting. Charles Dickens is without doubt a literary giant. The most widelyread author of his own generation his works remain incredibly popular andimportant today. Often seen as the quintessential Victorian novelist his textsconvey perhaps better than any others the drive for wealth and progress and thesocial contrasts that characterised the Victorian era. His works are widelystudied throughout the world both as literary masterpieces and as classicexamples of the nineteenth century novel. Donald Hawes book will provide ashort lively but sophisticated introduction to Dickenss work and the personaland social context in which it was written. «