The Annotated Dickens: Volume One & Volume Two
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Slipcase: Good
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Faded slipcase and boards;
Few authors have shaped the English-speaking world quite like Charles Dickens, and The Annotated Dickens presents his most celebrated works in a richly contextualised two-volume set, meticulously edited by scholars Edward Guiliano and Philip Collins. This landmark collection gathers Dickens's towering novels — from the comic genius of The Pickwick Papers to the brooding social critique of Great Expectations — and surrounds the original texts with a wealth of scholarly annotation, illuminating the historical, cultural, and biographical threads woven into every page. Guiliano and Collins bring formidable academic authority to bear on Dickens's prose, unpacking his sharp satirical wit, his compassionate portraiture of Victorian society's margins, and his unrivalled gift for memorable characterisation. The annotations do not merely footnote the text; they resurrect the world Dickens inhabited, drawing the reader into the fog-draped streets of London and the bustling courtrooms of 19th-century England. For the devoted Dickensian and the curious newcomer alike, this beautifully produced set raises an irresistible question: how much richer does a masterpiece become when every hidden layer is finally brought to light?
Author: Edward Guiliano & Philip Collins
Format: Hardback
Published: 1986, Orbis
Genre: Classic fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Slipcase: Good
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Faded slipcase and boards;
Few authors have shaped the English-speaking world quite like Charles Dickens, and The Annotated Dickens presents his most celebrated works in a richly contextualised two-volume set, meticulously edited by scholars Edward Guiliano and Philip Collins. This landmark collection gathers Dickens's towering novels — from the comic genius of The Pickwick Papers to the brooding social critique of Great Expectations — and surrounds the original texts with a wealth of scholarly annotation, illuminating the historical, cultural, and biographical threads woven into every page. Guiliano and Collins bring formidable academic authority to bear on Dickens's prose, unpacking his sharp satirical wit, his compassionate portraiture of Victorian society's margins, and his unrivalled gift for memorable characterisation. The annotations do not merely footnote the text; they resurrect the world Dickens inhabited, drawing the reader into the fog-draped streets of London and the bustling courtrooms of 19th-century England. For the devoted Dickensian and the curious newcomer alike, this beautifully produced set raises an irresistible question: how much richer does a masterpiece become when every hidden layer is finally brought to light?