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Charles Dickens : a very peculiar history : with no added gruel / written by Fiona Macdonald ; created and designed by David Salariya.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Macdonald, Fiona.
Contributor:
Salariya, David.
Series:
A Very Peculiar History, 6
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Novelists, English--19th century--Biography.
Novelists, English.
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
Dickens, Charles.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (189 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Brighton : Salariya Book Co. Ltd., 2012.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
Taking a unique look at one of the most acclaimed and best-loved English writers of the nineteenth century, 'Charles Dickens, A Very Peculiar History' asks why, what, where, how and who the Dickens was Charles Dickens? Why did he keep a pet raven that pecked at his children's shins? Why did he have a tunnel built under the road in front of his country house? Was his dying corpse really carried from his mistress's house where he collapsed to his family home, so that he could die 'respectably'...
Contents:
Cover; Contents; Front Matter; Title Page; Publisher Information; Quotes; Putting Dickens on the Map; Introduction; Chapter One; Chapter Two; Chapter Three; Chapter Four; Chapter Five; A Charles Dickens Chronology; Glossary; Index
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
1-908759-01-1
OCLC:
772845549

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