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The life of Charles Dickens / John Forster ; with a foreword by Jane Smiley ; general editor, Holly Furneaux.

by Forster, John, 1812-1876.

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Sterling Signature, c2011.

Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.

Novelists, English -- 19th century -- Biography.

9781402772856 (hbk.)

The illustrated ed.

512 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 27 cm.

"This is an abridged version of the original The Life of Charles Dickens by John Forster."--T.p. verso.

Includes index.

1812-1822. Childhood -- 1822-1824. Hard experiences in boyhood -- 1824-1830. School days and start in life -- 1831-1935. Reporters' gallery and newspaper literature -- 1836. First book, and Origin of Pickwick -- 1837. Writing the Pickwick papers -- 1837-1838. Between Pickwick and Nickleby -- 1838. Oliver Twist -- 1838-1839. Nicholas Nickleby -- 1838-1839. During and after Nickleby -- 1839. New literary project -- 1840-1841. The Old curiosity shop -- 1840. Devonshire Terrace and Broadstairs -- 1841. Barnaby Rudge -- 1841. Public dinner in Edinburgh -- 1841. Adventures in the Highlands -- 1841. Again at Broadstairs -- 1841. Eve of the visit to America -- 1842. First impressions of America -- 1842. Second impressions of America -- 1842. Philadelphia, Washington, and the south -- 1842. Canal-boat journeys: bound far west -- 1842. The far west: to Niagara Falls -- 1842. Niagara and Montreal

1842. American notes -- 1843. First year of Martin Chuzzlewit -- 1843-1844. Chuzzlewit disappointments and Christmas Carol -- 1844. Year of departure for Italy -- 1844. Idleness at Albaro: Villa Bagnerello -- 1844. Work in Genoa: Palazzo Peschiere -- 1844. Italian travel -- 1845. Last months in Italy -- 1845-1846. Again in England -- 1846. A home in Switzerland -- 1846. Swiss people and scenery -- 1846. Sketches chiefly personal -- 1846. Literary labour at Lausanne -- 1846. Revolution at Geneva, Christmas book and last days in Switzerland -- 1846-1847. Three months in Paris -- 1846-1848. Dombey and son -- 1847-1852. Splendid strolling -- 1848-1851. Seaside holidays -- 1848-1850. Haunted man and household words -- 1848-1851. Last year in Devonshire Terrace

1850-1853. David Copperfield and Bleak House -- 1853-1855. Home incidents and Hard Times -- 1853. Switzerland and Italy revisited -- 1853, 1854, and 1856. Three summers at Boulogne -- 1855-1856. Residence in Paris -- 1855-1857. Little Dorrit, and a lazy tour -- 1857-1858. What happened at this time -- 1856-1870. Gadshill Place -- 1858-1859. First paid readings -- 1859-1861. All the year round and the uncommercial traveller -- 1861-1863. Second series of readings -- 1855-1865. Hints for books written and unwritten -- 1864-1867. Third series of readings -- 1836-1870. Dickens as a novelist -- 1867. America revisited: November and December, 1867 -- 1868. American revisited: January to April, 1868 -- 1868-1870. Last readings -- 1869-1870. Last book -- 1836-1870. Personal Characteristics -- 1869-1870. The end.

Furneaux, Holly.

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