Bleak House - Couverture souple

Dickens, Charles

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1593083114 ISBN 13 : 9781593083113

Editeur : Fine Communications,US, 2005

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A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Charles Dickens was born in Hampshire on February 7, 1812. His father was a clerk in the navy pay office, who was well paid but often ended up in financial troubles. When Dickens was twelve years old he was send to work in a shoe polish factory because his family had be taken to the debtors' prison. His career as a writer of fiction started in 1833 when his short stories and essays began to appear in periodicals. The Pickwick Papers, his first commercial success, was published in 1836. In the same year he married the daughter of his friend George Hogarth, Catherine Hogarth. The serialisation of Oliver Twist began in 1837 while The Pickwick Papers was still running. Many other novels followed and The Old Curiosity Shop brought Dickens international fame and he became a celebrity America as well as Britain. He separated from his wife in 1858. Charles Dickens died on 9 June 1870, leaving his last novel, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, unfinished. He is buried in Westminster Abbey.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Fine Communications,US
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1593083114
• ISBN 13: 9781593083113
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 912
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible