Charles Dickens : his life and his work / Stephen Leacock. [print]

By:

Leacock, Stephen, 1869-1944 [Author]

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781550417678
1550417673

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LOC classification:

PR4581.C437 2004
PR4581.L434.C437 2004

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Review: "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. Book jacket."--BOOK JACKET.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status)	G. Allen Fleece Library Circulating Collection - First Floor	Non-fiction	PR4581.L4 2004 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		31923001661087

Cover and spine title has subtitle: His life and work.

"This reprinted edition of Charles Dickens, his life and work, has not been edited, updated or revised to correct typograhical errors or ommissions found in the original version, published by Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1933, 1934"--T.p. verso.

"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. Book jacket."--BOOK JACKET.

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