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Charles Dickens: His Life and Work  
Author: Stephen Leacock
ISBN: 1550417673
Format: Handover
Publish Date: June, 2005
 
     
     
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Book Description
Stephen Leacock shares the stage with Charles Dickens and Mark Twain as one of the best-loved humorists in the English-speaking world, and at the time of its original publication Leacock’s biography of Dickens was widely and enthusiastically hailed as a vital, grand, and masterful examination of the man and his writing. That Leacock’s biography of the great novelist was the first to explore the humour as well as the morality of Dickens’ novels is only natural. Originally published in 1933, it is filled with sharp commentary and was a book that Leacock was enormously and justifiably proud. Of Leacock’s masterful recounting of the life of Dickens, the New York Times wrote, "There is wit in this book, and such sprightliness as only a Stephen Leacock could inject in to it." Readable, entertaining, and insightful, this biography is a classic work, admirable for both its subject and author.

About the Author
STEPHEN LEACOCK was and remains one of the most celebrated writers of humor in the world – revered by critics and his fellow writers alike. The author of more than sixty books with subjects ranging from humour to political science, he is perhaps best-known and loved for his "Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town."




Charles Dickens: His Life and Work

FROM THE PUBLISHER

Stephen Leacock (1869-1944) shares the stage with Charles Dickens and Mark Twain as one of the best-loved humorists in the English-speaking world, and at the time of its original publication, Leacock's biography of Dickens was widely and enthusiastically hailed as a vital, grand, and masterful examination of the man and his writing.

That Leacock's biography of the great novelist was the first to explore the humour of Dickens' novels is only natural. Originally published in 1933, it is filled with sharp commentary and was a book that Leacock was enormously and justifiably proud.

Of Leacock's masterful recounting of the life of Dickens, the New York Times wrote, "There is wit in this book, and such sprightliness as only a Stephen Leacock could inject into it." Readable, entertaining, and insightful, this biography is a classic work, admirable for both its subject and author.

     



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