The life and lies of Charles Dickens
Kelly, Helena, 1981-2023
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Almost everything you're familiar with was first mentioned in an authorised biography written by Dickens' close friend John Forster 150 years ago. It's the version of events that Dickens himself chose to make public, and newly accessible archives reveal that it's crammed with gaps, inconsistencies, and outright lies. There's the sister whose existence Dickens kept secret and the Jewish relations whose faith he strove to conceal. There's plagiarism, fraud, and suicide. And that's only for starters. Helena Kelly retells Dickens' story from his childhood to his deathbed, uncovers the truths he tried to keep hidden, and offers a fresh - and deeply troubling - perspective on the man who remains one of Britain's best-known novelists.
Main title:
The life and lies of Charles Dickens / Helena Kelly.
Author:
Kelly, Helena, 1981-, author
Imprint:
London : Icon, 2023.
Collation:
xv, 272 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781837731046 (hbk. :)
Language:
English
BRN:
2410919
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