The Dickens Boy

  • The Dickens Boy
    By THOMAS. KENEALLY

    This vivacious novel is classic Keneally: historical figures and events re-imagined with verve, humour and compassion.

  • The Dickens Boy
    By Tom Keneally

    The tenth child of Charles Dickens, Edward Bulwer Lytton Dickens, known as Plorn, had consistently proved unable ‘to apply himself ’ to school or life. So aged sixteen, he is...

  • The Dickens Boy: A Novel
    By Thomas Keneally

    By reimagining the tale of a fascinating yet little-known figure in history, this “roguishly tender coming-of-age story” (Booklist) offers penetrating insights into Colonialism and the fate of Australia’s indigenous people, and a ...

  • The Dickens Boy: A Novel
    By Thomas Keneally

    By reimagining the tale of a fascinating yet little-known figure in history, this rollicking, high-spirited tale offers penetrating insights into Colonialism and the fate of Australia's indigenous people, and a wonderfully intimate portrait ...

  • The Dickens Boy
    By Thomas Keneally

    Even on the other side of the world, Edward encounters the same rabid veneration of his father that exists in England.

  • The Dickens Boy
    By Thomas Keneally

    This vivacious novel is classic Keneally: historical figures and events re-imagined with verve, humour and compassion.