About this 'notebook':
Charles Dickens's books are known and loved the world over. From Ebenezer Scrooge and Mr. Micawber to Oliver Twist and Little Nell, Dicken's characters spring from pages that are rich with detail of life in Victorian times.
With extracts from his novels and correspondence, Charles Dickens: England's Most Captivating Storyteller leads you from the streets of nineteenth century London to the shores of the United States, revealing the lives of the rich and the poor at a time of great social reform and industrial progress. Discover Dickens's extraordinary life, times, and work in this lavish volume.
For those wanting to know more about Charles Dickens and the life and times in which he lived, this short picture book (or notebook) is a treat. Especially if you are not curious enough or patient enough or brave enough to attempt reading a full-length biography.
The topics are:
- Childhood
- Family Life
- Fame
- School
- Prisons
- Workhouses
- Orphans
- London
- Industry
- Theater
- Christmas
- Social Life
- America
- Legacy
This book was user-friendly. I think that is its greatest strength. The presentation of the facts, the details, makes this an engaging read.
Read Charles Dickens: England's Most Captivating Storyteller
- If you are a fan of Charles Dickens
- If you are a fan of Victorian literature
- If you are a history lover wanting more details about life--for rich and poor--in Victorian England
4 comments:
I am supposedly reading my way through the Dickensian length "Dickens" by Peter Ackroyd and, man, it's long! I wish I was more of a fan of Dickens, but this seems to be quite a light and quick overview of the life and times of Dickens. Might look it up...
I should look this one up as I love to read about Victorian England.
Sounds like a fun read for the young and old.
That looks like such a cool book!
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