Charles Dickens

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Sketches Of Young Gentlemen Dedicated To The Young Ladies

Beschreibung

""Sketches of Young Gentlemen Dedicated to the Young Ladies"" is a collection of humorous sketches written by Charles Dickens. The book is dedicated to the young ladies of England and is a satirical take on the behaviour and habits of young men in the early 19th century. The sketches are divided into chapters, each focusing on a different type of young gentleman, such as the ""The Bashful Young Gentleman"" or ""The Literary Young Gentleman"". Through his witty observations and clever writing, Dickens pokes fun at the social norms and expectations of the time, while also providing insight into the lives of young men from various backgrounds. The book is filled with memorable characters, amusing anecdotes, and clever wordplay. Overall, ""Sketches of Young Gentlemen Dedicated to the Young Ladies"" is a lighthearted and entertaining read, offering a glimpse into the world of young men in the early 19th century.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

Autor

Charles Dickens (1812-1870) Charles Dickens was born on February 7, 1812, in Portsea, England. His parents were middle-class and suffered financially. When Dickens was twelve years old, his family faced financial crisis, which forced him to quit school and work in a shoe polish manufacturing factory. Dickens's mother and siblings eventually joined him. Dickens continued to work at the factory for several months. In the factory the horrific conditions haunted him throughout his life. Dickens never forgot the day when a senior boy in the warehouse took it upon himself to instruct Dickens how to do his work more efficiently. As a young adult, Dickens worked as a law clerk and later as a journalist. He perceived the darker social conditions of the Industrial Revolution. A collection of semi-fictional sketches entitled Sketches by Boz earned him recognition as a writer. Dickens began to make money from his writing when he published his first novel, The Pickwick Papers in 1836. The Pickwick Papers was hugely popular and Dickens became a literary celebrity at the age of twenty-five. Dickens's themes included wealth and poverty, love and rejection, and the eventual triumph of good over evil. In 1836, Dickens married Catherine Hogarth, but after twenty years of marriage and their ten children, he fell in love with Ellen Ternan, an actress many years his junior. Soon after, Dickens and his wife separated. Dickens remained a prolific writer to the end of his life, and his novels - Great Expectations, A Tale of Two Cities, A Christmas Carol, David Copperfield, and Bleak House - continued to earn critical and popular acclaim. He died of a stroke in 1870, at the age of 58.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
• Seitenzahl: 98
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Juni 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 6mm
• Gewicht: 156g
• ISBN-13: 9780548326244
• ISBN-10: 054832624X
• Artikelnr.: 22989779