A major new biography by Michael Slater
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Williams Evelyn; readings from Charles Dickens, hierin heeft de
auteur/ voordrachtskunstenaar een aantal teksten van CD
opgenomen.
Dolby George; Charles Dickens as 1 knew him, lste druk 1885,
vernieuwde druk 1912.
Tot slot, Malcolm Andrews hield tijdens de kerstbijeenkomst van
2008 een voordracht "Bardell versus Pickwick" De tekst komt
ongeveer overeen met de gang van zaken zoals in de Pickwick
papers is afgeschilderd en is ook weer anders dan de teksten zoals
Collins of Williams die geven.
Charles Dickens: a life defined by writing
Dickensians will be delighted to learn that Michael Slater's book
Charles Dickens: a Life Defined by Writing has been published by
Yale University Press in September 2009.
This long-awaited biography, twenty years after the last major
account, uncovers Dickens the man through the profession in which
he excelled. Drawing on a lifetime's study of this prodigiously
brilliant figure, Michael Slater explores the personal and emotional
life, the high-profile public activities, the relentless travel, the
charitable works, the amateur theatricals and the astonishing
productivity. But the core focus is Dickens's career as a writer and
professional author, covering not only his big novels but also his
phenomenal output of other writing - letters, journalism, shorter
fiction, plays, verses, essays, writings for children, travel books,
speeches, and scripts for his public readings, and the relationship
between them. Slater's account, rooted in deep research but written
with affection, clarity, and economy, illuminates the context of each
of the great novels while locating the life of the author within the
imagination that created them.
The Yale website at http//www.yalebooks.co.uk/ and type Dickens
in the search box), from which this extract is taken, has a ordering
facility. The book is 640 pages in length with 40 b&w illustrations
and 60 line drawings and costs£25, posting to Holland 5.20.
The ISBN is 0300112076
Michael Slater has long been a central figure in the world of Dickens
scholarship and appreciation. His inimitable blend of infectious
enthusiasm, rigoous scholarship and talent to amuse has ensured his
