Dickens - Hardcover

Ackroyd, Peter

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0060166029 ISBN 13: 9780060166021

Publisher: HarperCollins, 1991

Synopsis

1990 first U.S. printing/edition. Superior copy. Excellent condition. From private collection.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

“Ackroyd’s magnificent biography sets the seal on Dickens’ acknowledged supremacy in the English novel... 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

“I couldn’t stop reading it; it’s absolutely marvellous... This is an absolutely essential book for anyone who has ever loved or read Dickens.” – P.D. James

“A breathtaking feat of scholarship.” – The Times

“As scholarly as it is imaginative... fully worthy of its subject.” – John Gross, Sunday Telegraph

“The best biography of Charles Dickens which I have ever read... a thoroughly professional job... Ackroyd soars above his predecessors in Dickens-study.” – Robert Nye, Scotsman

From the Inside Flap:

Dickens was a landmark biography when first published in 1990. This specially edited shorter edition takes the reader into the life of one of the world?s greatest writers. It is published to tie-in with a 3-part BBC-TV series on Dickens with Peter Ackroyd, part drama (based on Ackroyd?s Simon Callow play), part documentary, part biography.

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0060166029
• ISBN 13: 9780060166021
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 1195