Selected Journalism 1850-1870

Selected Journalism 1850-1870
ISBN-10
0140435808
ISBN-13
9780140435801
Category
History
Pages
648
Language
English
Published
1997
Publisher
Penguin UK
Author
Charles Dickens

Description

Throughout his writing career Charles Dickens was a hugely prolific journalist. This volume of his later work is selected from pieces that he wrote after he founded the journal Household Words in 1850 up until his death in 1870. Here subjects as varied as his nocturnal walks around London slums, prisons, theatres and Inns of Court, journeys to the continent and his childhood in Kent and London are captured in remarkable pieces such as 'Night Walks', 'On Strike', 'New Year's Day' and 'Lying Awake'. Aiming to catch the imagination of a public besieged by hack journalism, these writings are an extraordinary blend of public and private, news and recollection, reality and fantastic description.

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