Charles Dickens. 1812-1870

London England: Chatto & Windus, 1945. Hardback. Charles Dickens, 1812-1870. Previous owners name to inside cover. Slightly sunned spine. Red cloth with gilt lettering. No life of Charles Dickens has been written since his collected letters were published by the Nonesuch Press in 1938. These letters not only provide a new biographical material, but throw light on the difficult temperament of a writer who said of himself that his inventive faculty muc be allowed to master his whole existence. Owing to his unusual psychological make-up Charles Dickens has been the subject of several mutually contradictory appreciations. One biographer has seen in him a satiridst and a woman-hater, another a man living his life in a trauma, another an exemplar of applied Christianity, another a neurotic and highly disagreeable sentimentalist, another a social reformer with a tendency towards Marxian views, while to the commonalty the mere name of Dickens conjures up the cosy fireside, the joys of home, glowing hearts and Christmas largess. 476 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions, Reference books ,and all types of Academic Literature.). First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Octavo. Hardback.