Great expectations : the sons and daughters of Charles Dickens / Robert Gottlieb.

Author/creator Gottlieb, Robert
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoNew York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2012.
Description239 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Subjects
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870--Family.
Children of authors--England. --19th century. --Biography.
Authors, English--19th century. --Family relationships.

Abstract Charles Dickens, famous for the indelible child characters he created--from Little Nell to Oliver Twist and David Copperfield--was also the father of ten children (and a possible eleventh). What happened to those children is the fascinating subject of Robert Gottlieb's Great Expectations. With sympathy and understanding he narrates the highly various and surprising stories of each of Dickens's sons and daughters, from Kate, who became a successful artist, to Frank, who died in Moline, Illinois, after serving a grim stretch in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Each of these lives is fascinating on its own; together they comprise a unique window on Victorian England as well as a moving and disturbing study of Dickens as a father and as a man.--From publisher description.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [243-244]).
LCCN 2012004997
ISBN9780374298807 (hbk.)
ISBN0374298807 (hbk.)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks PR4582 .G88 2012 ✔ Available Place Hold