Charles Dickens

G. K. Chesterton

Wordsworth Editions, 2007 - Biography & Autobiography - 154 pages

This Is A New Release Of The Original 1907 Edition.

Contents

• The Dickens Period: 3
• The Boyhood of Dickens: 14
• The Youth of Dickens: 23
• The Pickwick Papers: 37
• The Great Popularity: 51
• Dickens and America: 64
• Dickens and Christmas: 78
• The Time of Transition: 91
• Later Life and Works: 106
• The Great Dickens Characters: 122
• On the Alleged Optimism of Dickens: 133
• A Note on the Future of Dickens: 145
• INDEX: 151

About the author

Gilbert Keith Chesterton was born in London, England, in 1874. He began his education at St Paul's School, and later went on to study art at the Slade School, and literature at University College in London. Chesterton wrote a great deal of poetry, as well as works of social and literary criticism. Among his most notable books are The Man Who Was Thursday, a metaphysical thriller, and The Everlasting Man, a history of humankind's spiritual progress. After Chesterton converted to Catholicism in 1922, he wrote mainly on religious topics. Chesterton is most known for creating the famous priest-detective character Father Brown, who first appeared in "The Innocence of Father Brown." Chesterton died in 1936 at the age of 62.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Charles Dickens; Literary Lives Series; Wordsworth literary lives
• Author: G. K. Chesterton
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Wordsworth Editions, 2007
• ISBN: 1840225629, 9781840225624
• Length: 154 pages
• Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / Historical; Biography & Autobiography / Literary Figures; Literary Collections / General; Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh