George Gissing — Charles Dickens: A Critical Study

London, The Gresham Publishing Company, 1904. Cloth. A smart copy of this illustrated critical study of Charles Dickens from English novelist George Gissing. Illustrated with thirteen plates. Collated complete. A detailed and comprehensive critical study of Charles Dickens, Victorian English novelist, journalist, short story writer and social critic, written while Gissing was traveling in Siena. With chapters on his times, the growth of man and writer, story-telling, characterisation, women and children, style, and more. Written by George Robert Gissing, an English novelist, considered one of the three greatest novelists in England in his time. Illustrated by Frederick George Kitton, a British wood-engraver, author, and illustrator. In the original red cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing to the extremities and the odd small mark to the boards. Fading to the spine with a small split in the cloth to the head of the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot. Minor age toning to the endpapers. Very Good . Ill.: F. G. Kitton. Very Good .