Kaplan, Fred, with new preface by the author, — Dickens: a biography.

Baltimore, Johns Hopkins Univ Press, (1988). 2nd ptg. VG ex-library. From a bitter childhood mired in poverty and hard work to a career as the most acclaimed and best-loved writer in the. English-speaking world, a life as tumultuous as any he created in his teeming novels of life in Victorian England. No one has captured this rich texture as colorfully and persuasive as author Kaplan in this acclaimed biography. A complex man and a consummate artist, Kaplan offers readers new insights into Dickens' and literature's greatest works. Library markings.