Charles Dickens and the great theatre of the world / by Simon Callow.

Author/creator Callow, Simon, 1949-
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Vintage Books, 2012.
Descriptionxiii, 370 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Subjects

Contents Paradise -- Paradise Lost -- Beginning the World -- The Birth of Boz -- The Peregrinations of Pickwick -- Practical Power -- Here We Are! -- Sledge-Hammer Blow -- Animal Magnetism -- Every Man in His Humour -- The Great Fight and Strife of Life -- Not So Bad as We Seem -- The Ice-Bound Soul -- Going Public -- The Loadstone Rock -- On the Ground.
Abstract A concise portrait of the forefront Victorian novelist by the acclaimed actor and award-winning author of My Life in Pieces draws on his own experiences of portraying his subject on stage and screen to illuminate Dickens' genius and lesser-known status as a celebrity in his own time. - Publishers description.
General note"A Vintage original."
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 355-356) and index.
LCCN 2012014287
ISBN9780345803238 (pbk.)
ISBN034580323X (pbk.)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks PR4581 .C35 2012 ✔ Available Place Hold