{"product_id":"the-life-of-charles-dickens-paperback-9781108039352","title":"The Life of Charles Dickens (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108039352","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Life of Charles Dickens\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA three-volume biography of Dickens, published in 1872–4 by one of his closest friends and advisors.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJohn Forster (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108039352, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 15 December 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e426 pages, 2 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2.4 cm, 0.54 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eJohn Forster (1812–76), an exact contemporary of Charles Dickens, was one of his closest friends, and acted for him (as for many other authors) as advisor, editor, proofreader, agent and marketing manager: according to Thackeray, 'whenever anyone is in a scrape we all fly to him for refuge. He is omniscient and works miracles.' Forster was Dickens' literary executor, and was left the manuscripts of many of the novels, which he in turn left (along with the rest of his magnificent library) to the South Kensington Museum (later the Victoria and Albert Museum). He was ideally placed to write a biography of Dickens, having known him since the 1830s, and having been involved in deeply private matters such as Dickens' separation from his wife. This three-volume account was first published between 1872 and 1874; the version of Volume 1 reissued here is the 'seventh edition' of 1872.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. 1812–22. Childhood\u003cbr\u003e 2. 1822–4. Hard experiences in boyhood\u003cbr\u003e 3. 1824–30. School days and start in life\u003cbr\u003e 4. 1831–5. Reporters' gallery and newspaper literature\u003cbr\u003e 5. 1836. First book, and origin of Pickwick\u003cbr\u003e 6. 1837. Writing the Pickwick Papers\u003cbr\u003e 7. 1837 and 1838. Between Pickwick and Nickleby\u003cbr\u003e 8. 1838. Oliver Twist\u003cbr\u003e 9. 1838–9. Nicholas Nickleby\u003cbr\u003e 10. 1838–9. During and after Nickleby\u003cbr\u003e 11. 1839. New literary project\u003cbr\u003e 12. 1840–1. The Old Curiosity Shop\u003cbr\u003e 13. 1840. Devonshire Terrace and Broadstairs\u003cbr\u003e 14. 1841. Barnaby Rudge\u003cbr\u003e 15. 1841. Public dinner in Edinburgh\u003cbr\u003e 16. 1841. Adventures in the Highlands\u003cbr\u003e 17. 1841. Again at Broadstairs\u003cbr\u003e 18. 1841. Eve of the visit to America\u003cbr\u003e 19. 1842. First impressions of America\u003cbr\u003e 20. 1842. Second impressions of America\u003cbr\u003e 21. 1842. Philadelphia, Washington, and the South\u003cbr\u003e 22. 1842. Canal boat journeys: bound Far West\u003cbr\u003e 23. 1842. The Far West: to Niagara Falls\u003cbr\u003e 24. 1842. Niagara and Montreal.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20c%201800%20to%20c%201900%20%20%5BDSBF%5D%22\"\u003eDSBF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46004872020248,"sku":"9781108039352","price":37.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108039352i_9d0bfec7-ad58-42f4-9835-c93f2e20b46e.jpg?v=1696746411","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-life-of-charles-dickens-paperback-9781108039352","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}