Charles Dickens at Home by Hilary Macaskill

Charles Dickens at Home by Hilary Macaskill

One of the best-loved of English authors, Charles Dickens is revered as a storyteller, social campaigner and chronicler of his time and place. This book tracks the places Dickens lived, from his Portsmouth birthplace and childhood home in Chatham to his last home back in Kent, at Gad's Hill Place in Rochester. The book also covers his travels in England and abroad, where the locations provided the settings in his novels, such as Nicholas Nickleby's Yorkshire and in the East Anglia of David Copperfield, Charles Dickens's most autobiographical novel. Above all, it is London, where he lived in different homes for the majority of his life, which is so identified with Dickens and with his fiction. One thing that characterised his attitude to all his homes in adult life was his deep involvement in domestic arrangements, despite the frantic pace of his intensive work schedule. It was this close attention to detail, as well as his acute observation of his surroundings, that distinguished his novels, both in their portrayal of home life and in their sense of place. An invaluable resource to anyone who has an interest in the settings of Dickens' work, Hilary Macaskill weaves a narrative which places this great writer in his domestic context, gloriously illustrated with archive material and original photography.

Macaskill presents a captivating landscape, covering everywhere Dickens lived plus all his travels at home and abroadBy placing him within a domestic context, enriched by a wealth of archive illustrations and photographs, the book offers a fresh glimpse of the novelist whose close attention to detail and acute   awareness of place was reflected throughout his novels, which brilliantly convey the flavour of home life.

Dr Florian Schweizer is Director of the Charles Dickens Museum, Doughty Street, London

Graham Salter, one of Britain's most experienced oboists and teachers, has held Principal positions with the RSNO and the Royal Opera House and has appeared as Guest Principal with every major London orchestra. His extensive photos of classical music and the arts are distributed by the Lebrecht Collection. He lives in London NW3.

Hilary Macaskill is a journalist and travel writer. She lives in London. 

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ISBN 13	9780711232273
ISBN 10	071123227X
Titel	Charles Dickens at Home
Autor	Hilary Macaskill
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Bindungsart	Hardback
Verlag	Quarto Publishing PLC
Erscheinungsjahr	2011-10-13
Seitenanzahl	144
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