The Oxford Reader's Companion to Dickens (Oxford Reader's Companions) - Tapa dura

"Here is the world of Dickens in brief but readily identifiable form.... It will prove invaluable to scholars, readers, and admirers of Dickens into the next century and beyond."--Peter Ackroyd, The Times (London) "Paul Schlicke has masterminded a magnificent new Reader's Companion.... It will be a necessary possession for all Dickensians, both specialists and general readers, and very desirable for anyone interested in 19th-century literature and culture.... It collects and preserves more useful information than any single previous volume about Dickens's work and life."--Adrian Poole, Times Higher Education Supplement "Scrupulous, encyclopedic, and useful. In short, everything a straight Oxford Companion to Dickens should be."--Matthew Reynolds, Times Literary Supplement "It's the mark of this exemplary volume's marvellous comprehensiveness in all matters Dickensian, and the sweep of its coverage from 'Abridgements' to 'Women's Issues, ' that you feel emboldened by the knowledge it imparts to argue almost any point of view."--Robert McCrum, The Observer "Here is the world of Dickens in brief but readily identifiable form.... It will prove invaluable to scholars, readers, and admirers of Dickens into the next century and beyond."--Peter Ackroyd, The Times (London) "Paul Schlicke has masterminded a magnificent new Reader's Companion.... It will be a necessary possession for all Dickensians, both specialists and general readers, and very desirable for anyone interested in 19th-century literature and culture.... It collects and preserves more useful information than any single previous volume about Dickens's work and life."--Adrian Poole, Times Higher Education Supplement "Scrupulous, encyclopedic, and useful. In short, everything a straight Oxford Companion to Dickens should be."--Matthew Reynolds, Times Literary Supplement "It's the mark of this exemplary volume's marvellous comprehensiveness in all matters Dickensian, and the sweep of its coverage from 'Abridgements' to 'Women's Issues, ' that you feel emboldened by the knowledge it imparts to argue almost any point of view."--Robert McCrum, The Observer "Here is the world of Dickens in brief but readily identifiable form.... It will prove invaluable to scholars, readers, and admirers of Dickens into the next century and beyond."--Peter Ackroyd, The Times (London) "Paul Schlicke has masterminded a magnificent new Reader's Companion.... It will be a necessary possession for all Dickensians, both specialists and general readers, and very desirable for anyone interested in 19th-century literature and culture.... It collects and preserves more useful information than any single previous volume about Dickens's work and life."--Adrian Poole, Times Higher Education Supplement "Scrupulous, encyclopedic, and useful. In short, everything a straight Oxford Companion to Dickens should be."--Matthew Reynolds, Times Literary Supplement "It's the mark of this exemplary volume's marvellous comprehensiveness in all matters Dickensian, and the sweep of its coverage from 'Abridgements' to 'Women's Issues, ' that you feel emboldened by the knowledge it imparts to argue almost any point of view."--Robert McCrum, The Observer "Here is the world of Dickens in brief but readily identifiable form.... It will prove invaluable to scholars, readers, and admirers of Dickens into the next century and beyond."--Peter Ackroyd, The Times (London) "Paul Schlicke has masterminded a magnificent new Reader's Companion.... It will be a necessary possession for all Dickensians, both specialists and general readers, and very desirable for anyone interested in 19th-century literature and culture.... It collects and preserves more useful information than any single previous volume about Dickens's work and life."--Adrian Poole, Times Higher Education Supplement "Scrupulous, encyclopedic, and useful. In short, everything a straight Oxford Companion to Dickens should be."--Matthew Reynolds, Times Literary Supplement "It's the mark of this exemplary volume's marvellous comprehensiveness in all matters Dickensian, and the sweep of its coverage from 'Abridgements' to 'Women's Issues, ' that you feel emboldened by the knowledge it imparts to argue almost any point of view."--Robert McCrum, The Observer

A compendium of information about Dickens: his life, his works, his reputation and his cultural context. In addition to entries on his works, his characters, his friends and places mentioned in his works, it includes extensive information about the age in which he lived and worked: the people, events, and institutions which provided the context for his work; the houses he lived in, the countries he visited, the ideas he satirized, the circumstances he responded to, the culture he participated in. The text provides a synthesis of Dickens studies and contains a range of information on Dickens.