Charles Dickens: Four Novels (Oliver Twist; A Tale of Two Cities; Great Expectations; A Christmas Carol [Leather Bound]

Charles Dickens (Author), Terri Hardin (Introduction)

Product Details

• Leather Bound: 850 pages
• Publisher: Barnes & Noble (1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1566196051
• ISBN-13: 978-1566196055
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.5 x 2.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,684,480 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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One of the grand masters of Victorian literature, Charles Dickens was born on February 7, 1812, in Landport, Portsea, England. He died in Kent on June 9, 1870. The second of eight children of a family continually plagued by debt, the young Dickens came to know not only hunger and privation,but also the horror of the infamous debtors' prison and the evils of child labor. A turn of fortune in the shape of a legacy brought release from the nightmare of prison and "slave" factories and afforded Dickens the opportunity of two years' formal schooling at Wellington House Academy. He worked as an attorney's clerk and newspaper reporter until his Sketches by Boz (1836) and The Pickwick Papers (1837) brought him the amazing and instant success that was to be his for the remainder of his life. In later years, the pressure of serial writing, editorial duties, lectures, and social commitments led to his separation from Catherine Hogarth after twenty-three years of marriage. It also hastened his death at the age of fifty-eight, when he was characteristically engaged in a multitude of work.

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This review is from: Charles Dickens Four Novels: Oliver Twist, A Tale of Two Cities, Great Expectations, A Christmas Carol (Hardcover)

I am pretty happy with this book. The only thing I have a problem with, is how small the print is. Otherwise I am very satisfied, and would recommend this book to anyone. Four in one book is a wonderful way to conserve on shelf space.