Charles Dickens

Taking a unique look at one of the most acclaimed and best-loved English writers of the nineteenth century, Charles Dickens, A Very Peculiar History asks why, what, where, how and who the Dickens was Charles Dickens? Why did he keep a pet raven that pecked at his children's shins? Why did he have a tunnel built under the road in front of his country house? Was his dying corpse really carried from his mistress's house where he collapsed to his family home, so that he could die 'respectably'? Find out the answers to these questions and even more bizarre ones throughout the book, which features quirky stories and fascinating trivia about this singularly complex man and consummate artist. Fact boxes, a full glossary and index make the book both fun and informative to use. The text is enlivened with black-and-white line drawings and full-colour endpapers.

ISBN 1908177152   DEWEY edition DC22 ISBN13 9781908177155 (What's this?)   Pages 192 Publisher Salariya Book Company Ltd   Published in Brighton Imprint Book House   Series title Very Peculiar History Format Hardback   Height (mm) 152 Publication date 01 Oct 2011   Width (mm) 101 DEWEY 823.8   Academic level General

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