Beryl Gray is the author of George Eliot and Music (Macmillan, 1989) and of many contributions to scholarly publications, both books and periodicals. A former Sessional Lecturer in English at Birkbeck University of London, she was co-editor of the George Eliot Review until 2014. She is a vice president of the George Eliot Fellowship and an active member of the Dickens Fellowship.
Introduction
Part I A Life With Dogs
1 Dog Fancy
2 A Dog's Life with Dickens: Timber (1842 -54)
3 'I have taken to Dogs lately': The Great Gad's Hill Dogs
4 Dogs Encountered
5 Dickens's Dream Dog: Mrs Bouncer
Part II Knowing his Place: The Dog in Dickens's Art
6 Man and Dog: Oliver Twist and The Old Curiosity Shop
7 The Circus Dog and the Whelp: Hard Times
8 The Drover's Dog: Bleak House
9 The Essential Dog: Dombey and Son and Little Dorrit
10 The Defining Dog: David Copperfield and Great Expectations
Conclusion