The Resource Becoming Dickens : the invention of a novelist, Robert Douglas-Fairhurst
Becoming Dickens : the invention of a novelist, Robert Douglas-Fairhurst
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- Summary
- Becoming Dickens tells the story of how an ambitious young Londoner became England's greatest novelist. In following the twists and turns of Charles Dickens's early career, Robert Douglas-Fairhurst examines a remarkable double transformation: in reinventing himself Dickens reinvented the form of the novel. It was a high-stakes gamble, and Dickens never forgot how differently things could have turned out. From his traumatized childhood to the suicide of his first collaborator and the sudden death of the woman who had a good claim to being the love of his life, Dickens faced powerful obstacles. Douglas-Fairhurst's provocative new biography, focused on the 1830s, portrays a restless and uncertain Dickens who could not decide on the career path he should take and would never feel secure in his considerable achievements. -- from Publisher Description
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st Harvard University Press pbk ed.
- Extent
- 389 p., [16] p. of plates
- Contents
-
- Prologue : Somebody and nobody
- Lost and found
- The clerk's tale
- Up in the gallery
- Mr. Dickin
- "Here we are!"
- Becoming Boz
- The moving age
- "Pickwick, triumphant"
- [Novelist] Writer
- Dickens at home
- Is she his wife?
- Being Dickens
- Postscript : Signing off
- Isbn
- 9780674072237
- Label
- Becoming Dickens : the invention of a novelist
- Title
- Becoming Dickens
- Title remainder
- the invention of a novelist
- Statement of responsibility
- Robert Douglas-Fairhurst
- Subject
-
- true19th century -- 1801 -- 1900
- trueAuthors -- Biography
- trueAuthors, English -- 19th century -- Biography
- trueBiographies
- trueDickens, Charles, 1812-1870
- trueLife stories -- Arts and culture | Writing | Authors
- Novelists, English -- 19th century -- Biography
- trueWriting
- trueArts and Entertainment -- Writing and Publishing
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Becoming Dickens tells the story of how an ambitious young Londoner became England's greatest novelist. In following the twists and turns of Charles Dickens's early career, Robert Douglas-Fairhurst examines a remarkable double transformation: in reinventing himself Dickens reinvented the form of the novel. It was a high-stakes gamble, and Dickens never forgot how differently things could have turned out. From his traumatized childhood to the suicide of his first collaborator and the sudden death of the woman who had a good claim to being the love of his life, Dickens faced powerful obstacles. Douglas-Fairhurst's provocative new biography, focused on the 1830s, portrays a restless and uncertain Dickens who could not decide on the career path he should take and would never feel secure in his considerable achievements. -- from Publisher Description
- Summary
- Becoming Dickens tells the story of how an ambitious young Londoner became England's greatest novelist. In following the twists and turns of Charles Dickens's early career, Robert Douglas-Fairhurst examines a remarkable double transformation: in reinventing himself Dickens reinvented the form of the novel. It was a high-stakes gamble, and Dickens never forgot how differently things could have turned out. From his traumatized childhood to the suicide of his first collaborator and the sudden death of the woman who had a good claim to being the love of his life, Dickens faced powerful obstacles. Douglas-Fairhurst's provocative new biography, focused on the 1830s, portrays a restless and uncertain Dickens who could not decide on the career path he should take and would never feel secure in his considerable achievements--From publisher description
- Award
- Library Journal Best Books, 2011.
- Biography type
- individual biography
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10015913
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Douglas-Fairhurst, Robert
- Dewey number
-
- 823.8
- 920
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- plates
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Dickens, Charles
- Novelists, English
- Target audience
- adult
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- the invention of a novelist
- Label
- Becoming Dickens : the invention of a novelist, Robert Douglas-Fairhurst
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 339-370) and index
- Contents
- Prologue : Somebody and nobody -- Lost and found -- The clerk's tale -- Up in the gallery -- Mr. Dickin -- "Here we are!" -- Becoming Boz -- The moving age -- "Pickwick, triumphant" -- [Novelist] Writer -- Dickens at home -- Is she his wife? -- Being Dickens -- Postscript : Signing off
- Control code
- ocn855116463
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Edition
- 1st Harvard University Press pbk ed.
- Extent
- 389 p., [16] p. of plates
- Isbn
- 9780674072237
- Other physical details
- ill.
- Label
- Becoming Dickens : the invention of a novelist, Robert Douglas-Fairhurst
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 339-370) and index
- Contents
- Prologue : Somebody and nobody -- Lost and found -- The clerk's tale -- Up in the gallery -- Mr. Dickin -- "Here we are!" -- Becoming Boz -- The moving age -- "Pickwick, triumphant" -- [Novelist] Writer -- Dickens at home -- Is she his wife? -- Being Dickens -- Postscript : Signing off
- Control code
- ocn855116463
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Edition
- 1st Harvard University Press pbk ed.
- Extent
- 389 p., [16] p. of plates
- Isbn
- 9780674072237
- Other physical details
- ill.
Subject
- true19th century -- 1801 -- 1900
- trueAuthors -- Biography
- trueAuthors, English -- 19th century -- Biography
- trueBiographies
- trueDickens, Charles, 1812-1870
- trueLife stories -- Arts and culture | Writing | Authors
- Novelists, English -- 19th century -- Biography
- trueWriting
- trueArts and Entertainment -- Writing and Publishing
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