Dickens and his Lawyers - Couverture souple

Howcroft, Paul

 
9781616196868: Dickens and his Lawyers
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1616196866 ISBN 13 : 9781616196868
Editeur : Talbot Publishing, 2023

Synopsis

The life and works of Charles Dickens were permeated by lawyers and the legal system. As a boy, he endured his father's imprisonment for debt. At 17, he became a solictors' clerk. At 19, he became a court reporter and later a parliamentary reporter. As a successful author, he engaged in litigation to protect his copyright and campaigned for law reform. He had numerous friends and acquaintances in the legal world and, near the end of his life, had a son who chose to follow a career at the bar. Most of his novels have legal themes and lawyers that are usually portrayed with Dickens' dark and ironic humour.

Dickens' personal involvement and fictional creations within the legal world are drawn together and put into context by an author who has spent a career practicing as a lawyer in central London. He brings an in-depth knowledge and experience of a legal world that still reflects the one known to Dickens. This includes its lawyers, clerks, judges, courts, offices and ancient inns of court. This book is partly a biography and partly a study of the Victorian legal world based on the many descriptive extracts from the novels. The legal characters are examined in detail with extensive quoted passages, providing an entertaining anthology and a useful work of reference.

xviii, 247 pp., 13 b&w illustrations.

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À propos de l?auteur

Paul Howcroft studied law at Trinity Hall, University of Cambridge. He is an English solicitor advocate who specialised in civil litigation and practiced in central London throughout his career, a partner in firms in the City of London and Holborn. He retired in 2016 and now lives in Devon.

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Éditeur
Talbot Publishing
Date d'édition
2023
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1616196866
ISBN 13 
9781616196868
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
266
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
gpsr@libri.de

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ISBN 10 :  1616196858 ISBN 13 :  9781616196851
Editeur : Talbot Publishing, 2023
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