In doing so, he seeks to understand Dickens’ creative genius and enduring popularity. Filled with the twists, pathos, and unusual characters that sprang from this novelist’s extraordinary imagination, The Mystery of Charles Dickens looks back from the legendary writer’s death to recall the key events in his life. Experiencing the worst and best of life during the Victorian Age, Dickens was not merely the conduit through whom some of the most beloved characters in literature came into the world. Slight of build, with a frenzied, hyper-energetic personality, Dickens looked much older than his fifty-eight years when he died-an occasion marked by a crowded funeral at Westminster Abbey, despite his waking wishes for a small affair. Winner of the Plutarch Award for Best Biography A lively and insightful biographical celebration of the imaginative genius of Charles Dickens, published in commemoration of the 150th anniversary of his death.Ĭharles Dickens was a superb public performer, a great orator and one of the most famous of the Eminent Victorians.
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