Becoming Dickens : the invention of a novelist / Robert Douglas-Fairhurst.

Cambridge, Mass. ; London : Belknap, 2011.

389 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This work tells the story of how an ambitious young Londoner became England's greatest novelist. In following the twists and turns of Charles Dickens's early career, Douglas-Fairhurst examines a double transformation: in reinventing himself, Dickens reinvented the form of the novel.

9780674050037 (hbk)

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