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Charles Dickens (1906)

by G. K. Chesterton

Other authors: Alexander Woollcott (Foreword)

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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."
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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.
  GeorgeBowling | Jun 13, 2009 |
G.K Chesterton is sui generis. When Chesterton is thru with you you may not be better looking, but you will be wiser. ( )
  Porius | Oct 8, 2008 |
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