"This is one of the best short introductions to Dickens's life and work that I know. Paul Schlicke integrates the life of this extraordinary man with his fiction, journalism, and public readings in a very engaging and lively narrative. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend this to the widest range of readers."
-- Malcolm Andrews, Emeritus Professor Victorian & Visual Arts, University of Kent, Editor of The Dickensian

Oliver Twist. A Christmas Carol. David Copperfield. Bleak House. A Tale of Two Cities. Great Expectations. The novels of Charles Dickens (1812-1870) read like a "Who's Who" of canonical works. Yet, less well known is the fact that Dickens himself was something of a created character, a larger-than-life figure who lived through his art and pursued his many passions with a theatrical zeal that could have belonged to one of his famous protagonists.

Largely self-taught, with little formal education, Dickens was catapulted to fame at the age of 24 with the publication of The Pickwick Papers in 1836. For the next 30 years, he wrote a prodigious number of novels, short stories, essays and other works, while simultaneously campaigning for a variety of social reforms. As Simply Dickens colorfully describes, in life and in art, Dickens threw himself into everything he undertook -- from taking on the personalities of his characters as he wrote, to pursuing such causes as children's rights and universal education.

While some authors have depicted Dickens as a tormented soul or cruel misogynist who compromised his work by pandering to a wide audience, Simply Dickens convincingly shows him as a purposeful, supremely talented, and versatile personality, whose popular appeal was central to his achievement.

Benefits of reading Simply Dickens:

• Uncover the fascinating story of the beloved author of classics

• Feel inspired by the self-taught, larger-than-life, and versatile personality of Charles Dickens

• Gain a comprehensive, vivid, and lively understanding of the life of Charles Dickens and how it affected his work

• Change your life with a newfound appreciation for the classic works of Charles Dickens

What's Included in Simply Dickens:

• An introduction to Dickens's life and work

• An exploration of how Dickens's life and art interacted

• A captivating narrative about the life of the author

• An exploration of the social issues that Dickens wrote about

• A rebuttal of some of the views of Dickens that have been presented over the years

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