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Selected Journalism 1850-1870

By Charles Dickens
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Selected Journalism 1850-1870 gathers Charles Dickens's compelling later writings, chosen by David Pascoe. The collection includes vivid portrayals of London’s slums, prisons, and theatres, as well as personal reflections on his childhood and travels. These essays, such as 'Night Walks' and 'On Strike', reveal Dickens's unique blend of reportage and storytelling during a time of intense social change.
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This volume will appeal to readers interested in Victorian literature, social history, and Dickens’s journalism beyond his novels. It suits those who appreciate insightful cultural commentary and richly descriptive prose.

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Aims to catch the imagination of a public besieged by hack journalism. This title includes writings that are a blend of public and private, news and recollection, reality and description. It traces the development of the author's career as a journalist and examines his fusion of real events with flights of fancy.

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David Pascoe has selected from the pieces Dickens wrote after he founded Household Words in 1850, until his death in 1870.

Throughout his writing career Charles Dickens was a hugely prolific journalist. This volume of his later work is selected from pieces that he wrote after he founded the journal Household Words in 1850 up until his death in 1870. Here subjects as varied as his nocturnal walks around London slums, prisons, theatres and Inns of Court, journeys to the continent and his childhood in Kent and London are captured in remarkable pieces such as 'Night Walks', 'On Strike', 'New Year's Day' and 'Lying Awake'.

Aiming to catch the imagination of a public besieged by hack journalism, these writings are an extraordinary blend of public and private, news and recollection, reality and fantastic description.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780140435801

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 31 July 1997

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Classics

Contributors:

  • Edited by David Pascoe
  • Introduction by David Pascoe
  • Notes by David Pascoe

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 29.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 468g

Pages: 688

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Arts & Culture Biography & Memoir Charles Dickens Journals Non-Fiction Penguin Books Penguin Classics Stationery

About the Author

DAVID PASCOE is Lecturer in English Literature at the University of Glasgow. He has also edited Thackeray's The Newcomers for Penguin Classics.

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