Friendly Dickens Being a Good-Natured Guide to the Art and Adventures of the Man Who Invented Scrooge

You might have"studied" Charles Dickens's novels in English classes, but the Victorians read Dickens the way we watch our favourite soaps. Norrie Epstein - whose The Friendly Shakespeare was called"spirited, informative, and provocative" by The New York Times - strips away the polite veneer of Victorian society to reveal Dickens's life and times in all their squalor and glory. You'll find commentary on Dickens's works, interviews with aficionados from Patrick Stewart to biographer Phyllis Rose, eye-catching illustrations, copious quotations, a highly opinionated filmography, and informative sidebars on almost every page.Epstein, Norrie is the author of 'Friendly Dickens Being a Good-Natured Guide to the Art and Adventures of the Man Who Invented Scrooge' with ISBN 9780140153828 and ISBN 0140153829.