The Life of Charles Dickens, Volume 1 (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

by John Forster

Overview

A compelling portrait of Charles Dickens written by one of his closest friends. Forster’s biography details Dickens’s impoverished childhood and the impact it had on his later life and, of course, his books, as well as exploring his drive to succeed, his early writings, and his marriage.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781411452381
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble
Publication date:	08/02/2011
Series:	Barnes & Noble Digital Library
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	566
Sales rank:	801,357
File size:	3 MB
Age Range:	3 Months to 18 Years

About the Author

John Forster (1812-1876) was a British biographer, editor, and critic—an intimate and peer of the leading literary lights of his day, such as Dickens, Browning, and Carlyle.  He is best remembered today for his biography of Charles Dickens (1872-74), but he also wrote biographies of Oliver Goldsmith (1848) and Jonathan Swift (1875), among others.