Charles Dickens England's Most Captivating Storyteller

Celebrate the bicentenary of Dickens's birth in 2012 by stepping into his world. See the world of Charles Dickens spring to life in his fascinating notebook. Excerpts from his personal letters, guides to his major works, and enthralling facts about his life and timesincluding Dickens's own amazing rags-to-riches storyare accompanied by fascinating new illustrations, drawings from the original books, and photographs from the period. This novelty-? lled notebook immerses readers in Victorian life and allows them to meet not only Dickens himself, but also such enduring and iconic characters as Oliver Twist, Ebenezer Scrooge, and David Copper? eld.

Catherine Wells-Cole has been a principal lecturer and the Director of Victorian Literature Studies at Roehampton University for many years. She lives in Surrey, England.