The Life of Charles Dickens, Volume II
The Life of Charles Dickens, Volume II

Author: John Forster

Publisher:

Published: 1874

Total Pages: 582

ISBN-13: 9781646794102

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"This cheap edition of my books is dedicated to the English people, in whose approval, if the books be true in spirit, they will live, and out of whose memory, if they be false, they will very soon die." -Charles Dickens, The Life of Charles Dickens, Volume II (1874) The Life of Charles Dickens, Volume II (1874) focuses on the English author's life from 1842-1851 and documents his worldwide travels, including extended time spent in Paris, Italy, and Switzerland. Written by Dickens' close friend and advisor John Forster, the biography provides intimate details on the development of some of the greatest fictional characters in literary history, such as David Copperfield, Nicholas Nickleby, and Oliver Twist, as well as insights into Dickens' personal life. This biography of the classic novelist is a must-read for fans of Dickens' characters and stories, English literature, and 18th century history.

Rebellion as Genre in the Novels of Scott, Dickens and Stevenson
Rebellion as Genre in the Novels of Scott, Dickens and Stevenson

Author: Anna Faktorovich

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2013-02-28

Total Pages: 263

ISBN-13: 147660147X

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When three of Britain's best-loved and best-selling authors each publish at least two novels with a historical rebellion theme, there might be an interesting pattern worth examining. This is a long overdue study of the previously overlooked rebellion novel genre, with a close look at the works of Sir Walter Scott (Waverly and Rob Roy), Charles Dickens (A Tale of Two Cities and Barnaby Rudge), and Robert Louis Stevenson (Kidnapped and The Young Chevalier). The linguistic and structural formulas that these novels share are presented, along with a comparative study of how these authors individualized the genre to adjust it to their needs. Scott, Dickens and Stevenson were led to the rebellion genre by direct radical interests. They used the tools of political literary propaganda to assist the poor, disenfranchised and peripheral people, with whom they identified and hoped to see free from oppression and poverty.