Dickens Reader Classic Reprint

A Dickens Reader (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from A Dickens Reader This book is designed to present to its readers a few brilliant examples from the many that are to be found in the work of the eminent English novelist, Charles Dickens, and to induce in them a profound interest in his varied writings. The compiler seeks to make intimately familiar a few pages that serve to illustrate the humor and pathos of this unrivalled writer and the skill in description and narration wherein he so greatly excelled. It is hoped that young persons who may read this volume may be stimulated by it to an extensive knowledge of the author's works in their complete forms. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

CHARLES DICKENS

Dickens and the Myth of the Reader

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Creating the Reader and Writing the Writer -- 1 Reciprocal Readers and the 1830s-40s -- 2 The Hero of His Life -- 3 First-Person-Narrators and Editorial 'Conducting': Limited Intimacy and the Shared Imaginary -- 4 Decoding the Text -- 5 Afterlives -- Bibliography -- Index