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Humphry House (1908–1955)

Author of The Dickens World

5+ Works 110 Members 1 Review

About the Author

Image credit: photo by Harold House

Works by Humphry House

Associated Works

Oliver Twist (1955) — Introduction, some editions — 28,311 copies, 272 reviews

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Common Knowledge

Legal name
House, Arthur Humphry
Birthdate
1908
Date of death
1955
Gender
male
Occupations
Oxford don
Relationships
House, John (son)
Nationality
UK
Associated Place (for map)
UK

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Reviews

2 reviews
This is my favourite book about the novels of Charles Dickens and is particularly good at conveying the failure of the novels to correspond to any specific historical period while at the same time showing the time-specific journalistic motivations behind the fiction.

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Works
5
Also by
1
Members
110
Popularity
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Rating
3.8
Reviews
1
ISBNs
6
Languages
1

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