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008 110203s2011 mauaf b 001 0beng
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100 1 $aDouglas-Fairhurst, Robert.
245 10 $aBecoming Dickens :$bthe invention of a novelist /$cRobert Douglas-Fairhurst.
260 $aCambridge, Mass. :$bBelknap Press of Harvard University Press,$c2011.
300 $a389 p., [16] p. of plates :$bill. ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 339-370) and index.
520 $aBecoming 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.
505 0 $aPrologue : 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.
600 10 $aDickens, Charles,$d1812-1870.
650 0 $aNovelists, English$y19th century$vBiography.
856 40 $uhttp://site.ebrary.com/id/10531198$3ebrary