Charles Dickens: A Life
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"Charles Dickens: A Life" is a critically acclaimed biography by Claire Tomalin that offers a detailed and insightful portrait of the life and career of the Victorian novelist Charles Dickens.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biography
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book ⓘ |
| author | Claire Tomalin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| coversEvent |
Charles Dickens’s childhood in poverty
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Charles Dickens’s death in 1870 ⓘ Charles Dickens’s reading tours ⓘ Charles Dickens’s relationship with Ellen Ternan ⓘ Charles Dickens’s rise to literary fame ⓘ Charles Dickens’s separation from Catherine Dickens ⓘ Charles Dickens’s work at Warren’s Blacking Factory ⓘ |
| criticalReception | critically acclaimed ⓘ |
| genre | biography ⓘ |
| hasAwardNomination | National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography (finalist) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBiographicalSubject |
Catherine Dickens
NERFINISHED
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Ellen Ternan NERFINISHED ⓘ John Forster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEdition |
hardcover first edition
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paperback edition ⓘ |
| hasISBN |
9780143122055
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9781594203219 ⓘ |
| hasPerspective |
historical
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literary-critical ⓘ psychological ⓘ |
| hasReviewIn |
The Guardian
NERFINISHED
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The New York Times NERFINISHED ⓘ The Washington Post NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriodCovered | Victorian era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainSubject | Charles Dickens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mediaType |
hardcover
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paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| notableFor |
critical examination of Charles Dickens’s career
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detailed portrait of Charles Dickens’s personal life ⓘ |
| originalPublicationDate | 2011-09-15 ⓘ |
| pageCount | ~527 ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2011 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Penguin Books
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Viking NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Charles Dickens (biography by Peter Ackroyd)
NERFINISHED
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The Invisible Woman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subject |
19th-century England
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Victorian literature NERFINISHED ⓘ career of Charles Dickens ⓘ life of Charles Dickens ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
general readers
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scholars of Victorian studies ⓘ students of literature ⓘ |
| timePeriodDescribedEnd | 1870 ⓘ |
| timePeriodDescribedStart | 1812 ⓘ |
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