Letters of Charles Dickens
1833–1870

An 1893 selection from the letters of Dickens, giving a vivid portrait of a man of tremendous energy and verve.

Charles Dickens (Author), Georgina Hogarth (Edited by), Mary Dickens (Edited by)

9781108040044, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 8 November 2011

778 pages, 3 b/w illus.
21.6 x 14 x 4.4 cm, 0.97 kg

This selection from the letters of Charles Dickens (1812–70) was edited (as it says on the title page) 'by his sister-in-law and his eldest daughter'. The former was Georgina Hogarth (1827–1917), who stayed in Dickens' household and cared for the family when the author separated from his wife, her sister, in 1858; the latter was Mary (1838–96), known in the family as Mamie, his favourite child. They had published a three-volume edition in 1880, and a 'New Edition' in 1882; this reissue is of the single-volume third edition of 1893. The collection was seen as a 'supplement' to Forster's life of Dickens (also reissued in this series). Inevitably, it focuses on the positive and dynamic sides of Dickens' complex character, and gives a vivid portrait of a man juggling family life, writing, editing, travelling, amateur theatricals and public readings from his works with tremendous energy and verve.

Preface
1. Book I: 1833 to 1842
2. Book II: 1843 to 1857
3. Book III: 1858 to 1870
Index.

Subject Areas: Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 [DSBF]