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Wednesday, 3 March 2010
"Dickens" by Peter Ackroyd
If you like Charles Dickens you'll love this book. It's a massive read - over 1,000 pages, depending on which edition you can get hold of, but more than worth the effort of holding such a heavy tome ! This is of course a biography of Dickens, written in the unique style which has made Ackroyd one of the 20th (and 21st) Century's major authors. The blurb on the cover describes the book as "an imaginative and scholarly tour de force" a description with which I entirely concur. Dickens was a genius and this biography helps preserve this genius and our knowledge of the man. But more than this, it's an enjoyable read !
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I have been trying to decide for the past two days between Ackroyd's bio and Michael Slater's recent one. I have been leaning toward Ackroyd and your review has been very helpful. Thank you.
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