A Companion to Charles Dickens

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A Companion to Charles Dickens is written by David Paroissien and published by John Wiley & Sons. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0470691220 (ISBN 10) and 9780470691229 (ISBN 13).

A Companion to Charles Dickens concentrates on the historical, ideological, and social forces that defined Dickens’s world. Puts Dickens’s work into its literary, historical, and social contexts Traces the development of Dickens’s career as a journalist and novelist Includes original essays by leading Dickensian scholars on each of Dickens’s fifteen novels Explores a broad range of topics, including criticisms of his novels, the use of history and law in his fiction, language, and the effect of political and social reform Examines Dickens's legacy and surveys the mass of secondary materials that has been generated in response and reverence to his writing