Dickens at Christmas
by Charles Dickens
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- as new
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As New/As New
- ISBN 10
- 009957313X
- ISBN 13
- 9780099573135
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CHARLES DICKENS was born in Hampshire on February 7, 1812. His father was a clerk in the navy pay office, who was well paid but often ended up in financial troubles. When Dickens was twelve years old he was sent to work in a shoe polish factory because his family were taken to the debtors' prison. Fagin is named after a boy Dickens disliked at the factory. His career as a writer of fiction started in 1833 when his short stories and essays began to appear in periodicals. The Pickwick Papers , his first commercial success, was published in 1836. In the same year he married the daughter of his friend George Hogarth, Catherine Hogarth. The serialisation of Oliver Twist began in 1837 while The Pickwick Papers was still running. Many other novels followed and The Old Curiosity Shop brought Dickens international fame and he became a celebrity in America as well as Britain. He separated from his wife in 1858. Charles Dickens died on June 9, 1870, leaving his last novel, The Mystery of Edwin Drood , unfinished. He is buried in Westminster Abbey.
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- Strawberry Hill Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 030554
- Title
- Dickens at Christmas
- Author
- Charles Dickens
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 009957313X
- ISBN 13
- 9780099573135
- Publisher
- Vintage Books
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2012
- Size
- Octavo
- X weight
- 0 oz
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