Dickens's England
Subtitle: Life in Victorian Times
Publisher: Praeger Publishers
Published: January 30, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780275979812
Subjects: English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Europe - Great Britain - General; Dickens, Charles; Literary Criticism & Collections / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Literary Criticism; History - General History; 1812-1870; 19th century; Dickens, Charles,; England; Homes and haunts; Social life and customs
First sentence: Dickens grew up in the turbulent reigns of George IV and William IV, the years of the French wars, of the Peterloo Massacre, 'Captain Swing' riots, the Romantic poets.