Charles Dickens: A People's Person
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Charles Dickens: A People's Person

  1. 202 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub
Available until 4 Feb |Learn more

Charles Dickens: A People's Person

About this book

Charles Dickens was once described as the first global literary celebrity, and as one of the greatest humourists that England has produced. He was also a passionate advocate of justice for the poorest and most vulnerable in society, and had a lasting influence on political reform and economic justice in Britain. In this detailed but lucid book, Michelle Cottam explores the life, times, and works of Charles Dickens. By charting the course of his life, and examining the major historical forces shaping his childhood, the city of London and Britain, this book sheds new light on the meaning of his work, as well as why he continues to be such an enduring and adored writer.Ā 

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Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. About the Author
  3. Dedication
  4. Copyright Information Ā©
  5. Acknowledgement
  6. Preface
  7. Chatham Kent, Around 1821
  8. Foreword: The Journey of Writing This Book
  9. Chapter 1 The First Global Celebrity?
  10. Chapter 2 Never Judge a Book by Its Cover
  11. Chapter 3 Getting to Understand Dickens
  12. Chapter 4 Dickensā€™ Wonderful World of the Theatre
  13. Chapter 5 Dickensā€™ First Attempt of Writing a Novel
  14. Chapter 6 Sketches by Boz
  15. Chapter 7 Charles Dickensā€™ London
  16. Chapter 8 Travelling Abroad
  17. Chapter 9 Bibliography
  18. Chapter 10 Charles Dickens, the Historical Novelist
  19. Chapter 11 Dickens Mania
  20. Chapter 12 Catherine the Brave
  21. Chapter 13 Bon Voyage
  22. Chapter 14 A Christmas Carol
  23. Chapter 15 The Social Reformer
  24. Chapter 16 Take a Walk Down Memory Lane
  25. Chapter 17 Highlighting Poverty in London
  26. Chapter 18 Dickens the Actor
  27. Chapter 19 Captain Robert Falcon Scott
  28. Chapter 20 It Is a Small World!
  29. Chapter 21 The Influence of Living in London
  30. Chapter 22 The Lost Portrait, My Visit to the Charles Dickens Museum in 2019
  31. Chapter 23 Margaret Gillies (1803ā€“1887)
  32. Chapter 24 Chronology
  33. Chapter 25 St Mary-Le-Strand Church London WC2
  34. Chapter 26 First Years in Portsmouth
  35. Chapter 27 Chatham Historic Dockyard
  36. Chapter 28 Camden Town Around 1824
  37. Chapter 29 More Misery
  38. Chapter 30 A Fresh Start
  39. Chapter 31 First Book Published
  40. Chapter 32 Maria Beadnell aka Maria Winter
  41. Chapter 33 Catherine Thomson Hogarth, the One!
  42. Chapter 34 Catherine (Kate) Dickens
  43. Chapter 35 Fulham London Around 1835
  44. Chapter 36 Catherine Thomson Hogarth
  45. Chapter 37 Frances Elizabeth Dickens (Fanny, Older Sister of Charles Dickens)
  46. Chapter 38 Camden Town, London Nineteenth Century
  47. Chapter 39 Filthy London
  48. Chapter 40 Warrenā€™s Blacking Factory
  49. Chapter 41 Hardship for the Poor
  50. Chapter 42 The Marshalsea Prison (1373ā€“1842)
  51. Chapter 43 Rochester Kent, Early Years
  52. Chapter 44 Time to Reflect on My Book
  53. Chapter 45 48 Doughty Street London
  54. Chapter 46 The Life of Charles Dickens by John Forster
  55. Chapter 47 Charles Dickens, Lonely Journey to London from Chatham Around 1823
  56. Chapter 48 Painful Secrets Revealed
  57. Chapter 49 Schoolā€™s Out for Ever
  58. Chapter 50 Broken Hearts
  59. Chapter 51 Charles Dickensā€™ First American Tour 1842: Visit to Boston, New York City and Canada
  60. Chapter 52 Boston, Massachusetts, United States January 22, 1842
  61. Chapter 53 Devonshire Terrace
  62. Chapter 54 Gadā€™s Hill Place
  63. Chapter 55 Second Visit to America Between 1867 and 1868
  64. Chapter 56 Farewell Readings
  65. Chapter 57 His Last Book, Edwin Drood
  66. Chapter 58 A Royal Seal of Approval
  67. Chapter 59 Dickens, A Peopleā€™s Person
  68. Bibliography