Charles Dickens

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Our Mutual Friend

Beschreibung

The great novel of London: dark, wise, unsentimental' William BoydWITH AN INTRODUCTION BY NICK HORNBY John Harmon returns to England after years in exile to claim his inheritance: a great fortune and a beautiful young woman to whom he is betrothed, but has never met.

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Charles Dickens was born in Hampshire on February 7, 1812. His father was a clerk in the navy pay office, who was well paid but often ended up in financial troubles. When Dickens was twelve years old he was send to work in a shoe polish factory because his family had been taken to the debtors' prison. His career as a writer of fiction started in 1833 when his short stories and essays began to appear in periodicals. The Pickwick Papers, his first commercial success, was published in 1836. The serialisation of Oliver Twist began in 1837. Many other novels followed and The Old Curiosity Shop brought Dickens international fame and he became a celebrity in America as well as Britain. Charles Dickens died on 9 June 1870. He is buried in Westminster Abbey.

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Produktdetails

• Vintage Classics
• Verlag: Random House UK / Vintage, London
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 627258
• Seitenzahl: 928
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Juni 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 131mm x 45mm
• Gewicht: 546g
• ISBN-13: 9780099540694
• ISBN-10: 009954069X
• Artikelnr.: 30835853

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Our Mutual Friend made me want to be a writer Zoe Heller Guardian