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Charles Dickens: A Life Paperback - 2011
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With delectable wit and characteristic sensitivity, Smiley presents a fresh, illuminating take on the life of Charles Dickens. She offers interpretations of many of Dickens' major works, exploring his narrative techniques and his innovative voice and themes. "Charles Dickens" is at once a perceptive profile of the great master and a fascinating meditation on the writing life.
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For fans of the soon-to-be-released film about Charles Dickens starring Ralph Fiennes, a brilliantly insightful biography from Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jane Smiley
With delectable wit and characteristic sensitivity, Jane Smiley presents a fresh, illuminating take on the life of Charles Dickens. Smiley finds a kindred spirit in the author of such classics as Great Expectations and A Christmas Carol, who was not only a prolific writer but also one of the first modern "celebrities." She offers interpretations of many of Dickens's major works, exploring his narrative techniques and his innovative voice and themes. A perceptive profile of the great master and a fascinating meditation on the writing life, this biography is perfect for fans of The Invisible Woman, the Charles Dickens biopic starring Ralph Fiennes, Felicity Jones, and Kristin Scott Thomas, which hits theaters in February 2014.
With delectable wit and characteristic sensitivity, Jane Smiley presents a fresh, illuminating take on the life of Charles Dickens. Smiley finds a kindred spirit in the author of such classics as Great Expectations and A Christmas Carol, who was not only a prolific writer but also one of the first modern "celebrities." She offers interpretations of many of Dickens's major works, exploring his narrative techniques and his innovative voice and themes. A perceptive profile of the great master and a fascinating meditation on the writing life, this biography is perfect for fans of The Invisible Woman, the Charles Dickens biopic starring Ralph Fiennes, Felicity Jones, and Kristin Scott Thomas, which hits theaters in February 2014.
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- Title Charles Dickens: A Life
- Author Jane Smiley
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 224
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Adult Hc/Tr
- Date 2011-11-29
- Features Price on Product - Canadian
- ISBN 9780143119920 / 0143119923
- Weight 0.4 lbs (0.18 kg)
- Dimensions 7.1 x 5 x 0.7 in (18.03 x 12.70 x 1.78 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
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- Chronological Period: 19th Century
- Library of Congress subjects Novelists, English - 19th century - Biography, Dickens, Charles
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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- New York Times Book Review, 12/18/2011, Page 32
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