{"product_id":"the-life-of-charles-dickens-paperback-9781108039376","title":"The Life of Charles Dickens (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108039376","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\"\u003e9781108039376, 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\"\u003e576 pages, 2 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 3.3 cm, 0.72 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 3 reissued here is the first edition.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. 1850–3. David Copperfield and Bleak House\u003cbr\u003e 2. 1853–5. Home incidents and Hard Times\u003cbr\u003e 3. 1853. Switzerland and Italy revisited\u003cbr\u003e 4. 1853, 1854, and 1856. Three summers at Boulogne\u003cbr\u003e 5. 1855, 1856. Residence in Paris\u003cbr\u003e 6. 1855–7. Little Dorrit, and a lazy tour\u003cbr\u003e 7. 1857–8. What happened at this time\u003cbr\u003e 8. 1856–70. Gadshill Place\u003cbr\u003e 9. 1858–9. First paid readings\u003cbr\u003e 10. 1859–61. All the Year Round and the Uncommercial Traveller\u003cbr\u003e 11. 1861–3. Second series of readings\u003cbr\u003e 12. 1855–65. Hints for books written and unwritten\u003cbr\u003e 13. 1864–7. Third series of readings\u003cbr\u003e 14. 1836–70. Dickens as a novelist\u003cbr\u003e 15. 1867. America revisited. November and December, 1867\u003cbr\u003e 16. 1868. America revisited. January to April, 1868\u003cbr\u003e 17. 1868–70. Last readings\u003cbr\u003e 18. 1869–70. Last book\u003cbr\u003e 19. 1836–70. Personal characteristics\u003cbr\u003e 20. 1869–70. The end\u003cbr\u003e Appendix\u003cbr\u003e Index.\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":46266059424024,"sku":"9781108039376","price":43.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108039376i.jpg?v=1696746399","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-life-of-charles-dickens-paperback-9781108039376","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}