{"product_id":"the-life-of-charles-dickens-paperback-9781108039369","title":"The Life of Charles Dickens (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108039369","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\"\u003e9781108039369, 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\"\u003e492 pages, 3 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2.8 cm, 0.62 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 2 reissued here is the 'tenth thousand' of 1873.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. 1842. American Notes\u003cbr\u003e 2. 1843. First year of Martin Chuzzlewit\u003cbr\u003e 3. 1843–4. Chuzzlewit disapointments and Christmas Carol\u003cbr\u003e 4. Year of departure for Italy\u003cbr\u003e 5. 1844. Idleness at Albaro: Villa Bagnerello\u003cbr\u003e 6. 1844. Work in Genoa: Palazzo Peschiere\u003cbr\u003e 7. 1844. Italian travel\u003cbr\u003e 8. 1845. Last months in Italy\u003cbr\u003e 9. 1845–6. Again in England\u003cbr\u003e 10. 1846. A home in Switzerland\u003cbr\u003e 11. 1846. Swiss people and scenery\u003cbr\u003e 12. 1846. Sketches chiefly personal\u003cbr\u003e 13. 1846. Literary labour at Lausanne\u003cbr\u003e 14. 1846. Revolution at Geneva, Christmas Book, and last days in Switzerland\u003cbr\u003e 15. 1846–7. Three months in Paris\u003cbr\u003e 16. 1846–8. Dombey and Son\u003cbr\u003e 17. 1847–52. Splendid strolling\u003cbr\u003e 18. 1848–51. Seaside holidays\u003cbr\u003e 19. 1848–50. Haunted Man and Household Words\u003cbr\u003e 20. 1848–51. Last years in Devonshire Terrace.\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":46266059850008,"sku":"9781108039369","price":36.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108039369i.jpg?v=1696746405","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-life-of-charles-dickens-paperback-9781108039369","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}