Dickens
by Ackroyd, Peter
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- ISBN 10
- 1856190005
- ISBN 13
- 9781856190008
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About This Item
London England: Sinclair-Stevenson Ltd. Near Fine/Very Good. 1990. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Octavo 1856190005 Hardback First Edition Hardcove.the Author Dickens sunned dj spine A breathtaking feat of scholarship' The Times. 'I can do no more than praise, recommend, insist that you buy and read this book. It supersedes all other Dickens biographies' Anthony Burgess, Independent. In Peter Ackroyd's abridged edition of his classic biography of Charles Dickens, the acclaimed biographer takes us to the heart of one of the world's greatest writers. From Dickens's birth in Portsmouth to his death at the age of just fifty-eight, Ackroyd explores the life of this renowned author and the hundreds of characters who were born with Dickens but didn't die with him, living on for ever in the pages of his books, on the radio and the television and film screens. 1195 ppThis major, definitive work explores all aspects of Dickens' varied, highly productive life, as well as his works.(We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions, Reference books ,and all types of Academic Literature. .
Synopsis
Peter Ackroyd’s biographies include Blake , T.S. Eliot , which won the Whitbread Prize, The Life of Thomas More and the highly acclaimed London . His novels include The Last Testament of Oscar Wilde (winner of the Somerset Maugham Award), Hawksmoor (winner of the Guardian Fiction Prize), Milton in America and The Plato Papers .
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- Dickens
- Author
- Ackroyd, Peter
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine/Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1856190005
- ISBN 13
- 9781856190008
- Publisher
- Sinclair-Stevenson Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London England
- Date Published
- 1990
- Keywords
- Dickens, Autobiography, Novels, Charles, Dickens
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