"The World of Charles Dickens" by Angus Wilson, 1970
“The ambiguities ad perplexities of the Victorian Age were reflected in the contradictions of Dickens’s own life and character. Angus Wilson, who has been deeply interested in Dickens and his works since childhood, here writes a sympathetic and revealing study of Dickens’s world, relating the social problems and background of the age to the characters and themes of his works.
The book contains reproductions of nearly two hundred Victorian genre paintings, portraits, street scenes, caricatures, and contemporary illustrations of Dickens’s works, including forty pages of colour plates.”
Paperback, minor marks of wear and crease on back cover, excellent vintage condition.
“The ambiguities ad perplexities of the Victorian Age were reflected in the contradictions of Dickens’s own life and character. Angus Wilson, who has been deeply interested in Dickens and his works since childhood, here writes a sympathetic and revealing study of Dickens’s world, relating the social problems and background of the age to the characters and themes of his works.
The book contains reproductions of nearly two hundred Victorian genre paintings, portraits, street scenes, caricatures, and contemporary illustrations of Dickens’s works, including forty pages of colour plates.”
Paperback, minor marks of wear and crease on back cover, excellent vintage condition.
“The ambiguities ad perplexities of the Victorian Age were reflected in the contradictions of Dickens’s own life and character. Angus Wilson, who has been deeply interested in Dickens and his works since childhood, here writes a sympathetic and revealing study of Dickens’s world, relating the social problems and background of the age to the characters and themes of his works.
The book contains reproductions of nearly two hundred Victorian genre paintings, portraits, street scenes, caricatures, and contemporary illustrations of Dickens’s works, including forty pages of colour plates.”
Paperback, minor marks of wear and crease on back cover, excellent vintage condition.
