The Oxford Companion to Charles Dickens

The Oxford Companion to Charles Dickens

This brand-new anniversary edition is a must-have for fans of Dickens. With more than 500 entries in 675 pages of text, as well as a full index, alphabetical list of characters, time chart and 32 pages of plates, it is the most comprehensive single-volume guide available. Drawing together a wide variety of information covering Dickens’s life, his works, reputation, his cultural influences and legacy, it reviews existing biographies and criticism to provide a superb guide. The publication has drawn accolades from critics throughout the press, including Peter Ackroyd who wrote in The Times that the book, ‘will prove invaluable to scholars, readers and admirers of Dickens’, and Robert McCrum who praised its ‘marvellous comprehensiveness in all matters Dickensian’.