Conversations with Dickens

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A Fictional Dialogue Based on Biographical Facts

By Paul Schlicke

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Conversations with Dickens by Paul Schlicke offers an engaging and accessible exploration of Charles Dickens's life and work. The book presents imagined interviews with in-depth insights into the author’s personality, creative processes, and the social contexts of his time. It’s both informative and entertaining, bringing Dickens and his world to life for modern readers.
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You might enjoy this book if you have a keen interest in the life and works of Charles Dickens. It offers a unique perspective by presenting imagined dialogues with Dickens, providing insights into his thoughts, inspirations, and literary world. This book may appeal to you if you love exploring the intersection of biography and literary commentary to gain a deeper understanding of a celebrated author's legacy.

Conversations with Dickens

Imagined by one of the world's foremost Dickens scholars, this fictionalised conversation presents the essential biography of Britain's most beloved novelist.

Imagined by one of the world's foremost Dickens scholars, this fictionalised conversation presents the essential biography of Britain's most beloved novelist.

Description

Sheltering from a summer downpour, you encounter the ghost of Charles Dickens. Join him for a chat in the inn beloved by Mr Pickwick and be swept away by his vigour, warmth and humanity. You'll feel as if you've known him all your life.

The great novelist Charles Dickens attracted international adulation on an unprecedented scale. He cultivated a genial intimacy with his readers, and after he died, many of his admirers felt that they had lost a personal friend. Sit back and listen to this master conversationalist talk about everything from work in a boot-polish factory to lecture tours in America.

Who could possibly ask for more?

Conversations with Dickens, imagined by one of the world's foremost Dickens scholars, presents the essential biography of Britain's most beloved novelist. Sheltering from a summer downpour, you encounter the ghost of Charles Dickens. Join him for a chat in the inn beloved by Mr Pickwick and be swept away by his vigour, warmth and humanity. You'll feel as if you've known him all your life.

Who could possibly ask for more?

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781786782489

Publisher: Watkins Media Limited

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 12 November 2019

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Watkins Publishing

Edition: New edition

Contributors:

Foreword by Peter Ackroyd

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 106.0mm

Height: 175.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 128

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Biography & Memoir European History History & Military Musicians, Movie Stars & Creative Biographies Non-Fiction Paul Schlicke Penguin Books

About the Author

Paul Schlicke, Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Aberdeen, has served as President of the Dickens Society of America and the International Dickens Fellowship. He is currently chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Charles Dickens Museum in London. Peter Ackroyd is a renowned novelist, critic and biographer. He has written 13 novels, including Hawksmoor, The Fall of Troy and Chatterton, which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1987. His biographies include works on Dickens, William Blake and Shakespeare.