Cart
Free US shipping over $10
Proud to be B-Corp

Dickens Peter Clark

Dickens By Peter Clark

Dickens by Peter Clark


$10.00
Condition - Very Good
Only 4 left

Summary

In the first half of this book Peter Clark illuminates the settings of Dickens's London scenes as they feature in his writing. The second half of this book takes the reader to the places Dickens knew and imaginatively wove into the tapestry of his stories: Chatham and Rochester, Canterbury and Dover.

Dickens Summary

Dickens: London into Kent by Peter Clark

Few novelists have written so intimately about a city as Charles Dickens wrote about London. A near-photographic memory made his contact with the city indelible from a very young age and it remained his constant focus. In the first half of this book Peter Clark illuminates the settings of Dickens's London scenes as they feature in his writing. Outside London, Kent meant more to Dickens than any other part of Britain. He had an idyllic childhood in Chatham and Kent features in his first works of fiction - Sketches by Boz and The Pickwick Papers and in his favourite novel, David Copperfield. In his last ten years he wrote two novels with strong Kentish themes - Great Expectations and The Mystery of Edwin Drood. He had his honeymoon outside Gravesend, and often spent the summer months in Broadstairs. Returning from one of his regular visits to Europe, he was in a railway accident at Staplehurst; an event that left a psychological mark on him for the rest of his life. In 1856 he bought Gad's Hill Place, near Rochester, and eventually died there. The second half of this book takes the reader to the places Dickens knew and imaginatively wove into the tapestry of his stories: Chatham and Rochester, Canterbury and Dover.

Dickens Reviews

'Clark's knowledge [of Dickens] is astoundingly broad.'

About Peter Clark

Peter Clark is a renowned translator from Arabic and is the author of several books, including Dickens's London and The Lefties' Guide to Britain. He is also a contributing editor of Banipal magazine. He and his wife live in Somerset.

Additional information

GOR008600647
9781907973802
190797380X
Dickens: London into Kent by Peter Clark
Used - Very Good
Hardback
The Armchair Traveller at the Bookhaus
20131024
260
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

Customer Reviews - Dickens