Author: John Robert Reed
Publisher: Ardent Media
ISBN:
Category : Didactic fiction, English
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Dickens and Thackeray
Author: John Robert Reed
Publisher: Ardent Media
ISBN:
Category : Didactic fiction, English
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Publisher: Ardent Media
ISBN:
Category : Didactic fiction, English
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
London, Radical Culture, and the Making of the Dickensian Aesthetic
Author: Sambudha Sen
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780814256855
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780814256855
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
Catherine
Author: William Makepeace Thackeray
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Detective and mystery stories
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Detective and mystery stories
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Corrupt Relations
Author: Richard Barickman
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780231907644
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780231907644
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
Mr. Dickens and His Carol
Author: Samantha Silva
Publisher: Flatiron Books
ISBN: 1250154030
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 285
Book Description
"CHARMING...I READ IT IN A COUPLE OF EBULLIENT, CHRISTMASSY GULPS." —Anthony Doerr, #1 New York Times bestselling author of All The Light We Cannot See "GRACED BY THE GHOSTLY PRESENCE OF MR. DICKENS HIMSELF...PROMISES TO PUT YOU IN THE HOLIDAY SPIRIT." —USA Today A beloved, irresistible novel that reimagines the story behind Charles Dickens' Christmas classic Charles Dickens is not feeling the Christmas spirit. His newest book is an utter flop, the critics have turned against him, relatives near and far hound him for money. While his wife plans a lavish holiday party for their ever-expanding family and circle of friends, Dickens has visions of the poor house. But when his publishers try to blackmail him into writing a Christmas book to save them all from financial ruin, he refuses. And a serious bout of writer’s block sets in. Frazzled and filled with self-doubt, Dickens seeks solace in his great palace of thinking, the city of London itself. On one of his long night walks, in a once-beloved square, he meets the mysterious Eleanor Lovejoy, who might be just the muse he needs. As Dickens’ deadlines close in, Eleanor propels him on a Scrooge-like journey that tests everything he believes about generosity, friendship, ambition, and love. The story he writes will change Christmas forever.
Publisher: Flatiron Books
ISBN: 1250154030
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 285
Book Description
"CHARMING...I READ IT IN A COUPLE OF EBULLIENT, CHRISTMASSY GULPS." —Anthony Doerr, #1 New York Times bestselling author of All The Light We Cannot See "GRACED BY THE GHOSTLY PRESENCE OF MR. DICKENS HIMSELF...PROMISES TO PUT YOU IN THE HOLIDAY SPIRIT." —USA Today A beloved, irresistible novel that reimagines the story behind Charles Dickens' Christmas classic Charles Dickens is not feeling the Christmas spirit. His newest book is an utter flop, the critics have turned against him, relatives near and far hound him for money. While his wife plans a lavish holiday party for their ever-expanding family and circle of friends, Dickens has visions of the poor house. But when his publishers try to blackmail him into writing a Christmas book to save them all from financial ruin, he refuses. And a serious bout of writer’s block sets in. Frazzled and filled with self-doubt, Dickens seeks solace in his great palace of thinking, the city of London itself. On one of his long night walks, in a once-beloved square, he meets the mysterious Eleanor Lovejoy, who might be just the muse he needs. As Dickens’ deadlines close in, Eleanor propels him on a Scrooge-like journey that tests everything he believes about generosity, friendship, ambition, and love. The story he writes will change Christmas forever.
Works
Author: William Makepeace Thackeray
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 658
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 658
Book Description
Anecdote Biographies of Thackeray and Dickens
Author: Anonymous
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 338250328X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1874. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 338250328X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1874. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.
vanity fair
Author: william makepeace thackeray
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 836
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 836
Book Description
Murder by the Book
Author: Claire Harman
Publisher: Knopf
ISBN: 0525520392
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
"From the prize-winning biographer--the fascinating, little-known story of a Victorian-era murder that rocked literary London, leading Charles Dickens, William Thackeray, and Queen Victoria herself to wonder: can a novel kill? In May 1840, Lord William Russell, well known in London's highest social circles, was found with his throat cut. The brutal murder had the whole city talking. The police suspected Russell's valet, Courvoisier, but the evidence was weak. And the missing clue lay in the unlikeliest place: what Courvoisier had been reading. In the years just before the murder, new printing methods had made books cheap and abundant, the novel form was on the rise, and suddenly everyone was reading. The best-selling titles were the most sensational true-crime stories. Even Dickens and Thackeray, both at the beginning of their careers, fell under the spell of these tales--Dickens publicly admiring them, Thackeray rejecting them. One such phenomenon was William Harrison Ainsworth's Jack Sheppard, the story of an unrepentant criminal who escaped the gallows time and again. When Courvoisier finally confessed his guilt, he would cite this novel in his defense. Murder By the Book combines the thrilling true-crime story with a illuminating account of the rise of the novel form and the battle for its early soul between the most famous writers of the time. It is a superbly researched, vividly written, fascinating read from first to last"--
Publisher: Knopf
ISBN: 0525520392
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
"From the prize-winning biographer--the fascinating, little-known story of a Victorian-era murder that rocked literary London, leading Charles Dickens, William Thackeray, and Queen Victoria herself to wonder: can a novel kill? In May 1840, Lord William Russell, well known in London's highest social circles, was found with his throat cut. The brutal murder had the whole city talking. The police suspected Russell's valet, Courvoisier, but the evidence was weak. And the missing clue lay in the unlikeliest place: what Courvoisier had been reading. In the years just before the murder, new printing methods had made books cheap and abundant, the novel form was on the rise, and suddenly everyone was reading. The best-selling titles were the most sensational true-crime stories. Even Dickens and Thackeray, both at the beginning of their careers, fell under the spell of these tales--Dickens publicly admiring them, Thackeray rejecting them. One such phenomenon was William Harrison Ainsworth's Jack Sheppard, the story of an unrepentant criminal who escaped the gallows time and again. When Courvoisier finally confessed his guilt, he would cite this novel in his defense. Murder By the Book combines the thrilling true-crime story with a illuminating account of the rise of the novel form and the battle for its early soul between the most famous writers of the time. It is a superbly researched, vividly written, fascinating read from first to last"--
The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray
Author: William Makepeace Thackeray
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description