Dickens Incognito
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: small tears around spine of jacket. Mylar sleeve in place.
A work of literary detective scholarship, Dickens Incognito uncovers the hidden journalistic life of Charles Dickens, arguing that the great Victorian novelist secretly contributed a significant body of anonymous work to the periodical press. Felix Aylmer presents meticulous textual and circumstantial evidence to identify Dickens as the author behind a series of previously unattributed articles, building a compelling case with the precision of a legal brief. The tone is measured yet quietly thrilling, as each chapter advances the argument with the satisfaction of a mystery being methodically solved. This landmark piece of Dickens scholarship illuminates a shadowy corner of one of literature's most celebrated careers, offering both devoted readers and academic researchers a fresh perspective on the author's prolific and restless creative output.
Author: Felix Aylmer
Format: Hardback
Published: 1959, Rupert Hart-Davis
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: small tears around spine of jacket. Mylar sleeve in place.
A work of literary detective scholarship, Dickens Incognito uncovers the hidden journalistic life of Charles Dickens, arguing that the great Victorian novelist secretly contributed a significant body of anonymous work to the periodical press. Felix Aylmer presents meticulous textual and circumstantial evidence to identify Dickens as the author behind a series of previously unattributed articles, building a compelling case with the precision of a legal brief. The tone is measured yet quietly thrilling, as each chapter advances the argument with the satisfaction of a mystery being methodically solved. This landmark piece of Dickens scholarship illuminates a shadowy corner of one of literature's most celebrated careers, offering both devoted readers and academic researchers a fresh perspective on the author's prolific and restless creative output.