Dickens and Switzerland

Dickens and Switzerland brings to light the many surprising connections between the country, which Dickens visited on several occasions, and the author’s life and work. The close links between Dickens’s biography, his writing and Switzerland have never before been examined so thoroughly. Rather than offering a mere chronology of travel, this volume explores Dickens’s deep personal investment in the country and its people, which manifests itself in numerous and often the most unexpected plac...