Charles Dickens
by G. K. Chesterton
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A critical study of Dickens, intended ""as a general justification of that author, and of the whole of the gigantesque English humour of which he was the last and not the least gigantic survival.""Tags
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Hard to say if this highly readable book is more a study of Dickens or of the philosophy of G K. He portrays Dickens as an anarchic radical - claims Walter Scott as a Tory radical which is harder to swallow - and ignores his sometimes decideedly reactionary views.
He praises the broad comic novels of the early period which, to be personal, I find his Dickens' weakest. But he can be relied for some unexpected insights. Dickens the world-famous and wealthy middle-aged man stilll tended to see life through the eyes of the impoverished pre-adolescent who spent his lonely evenings wandering through the wondrous but frightful london streets.
He praises the broad comic novels of the early period which, to be personal, I find his Dickens' weakest. But he can be relied for some unexpected insights. Dickens the world-famous and wealthy middle-aged man stilll tended to see life through the eyes of the impoverished pre-adolescent who spent his lonely evenings wandering through the wondrous but frightful london streets.
G.K Chesterton is sui generis. When Chesterton is thru with you you may not be better looking, but you will be wiser.
This book is a reprint of a 1906 biography of Charles Dickens by G.K. Chesterton for The Readers Club.
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Gilbert Keith Chesterton was born in London, England, in 1874. He began his education at St Paul's School, and later went on to study art at the Slade School, and literature at University College in London. Chesterton wrote a great deal of poetry, as well as works of social and literary criticism. Among his most notable books are The Man Who Was show more Thursday, a metaphysical thriller, and The Everlasting Man, a history of humankind's spiritual progress. After Chesterton converted to Catholicism in 1922, he wrote mainly on religious topics. Chesterton is most known for creating the famous priest-detective character Father Brown, who first appeared in "The Innocence of Father Brown." Chesterton died in 1936 at the age of 62. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Charles Dickens: A Critical Study
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- 1906; 1911
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- Charles Dickens
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- We can be fairly sure Dickens (1812-1870) never wrote about Chesterton (1874-1936)
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