Charles Dickens A Life of Storytelling; a Legacy of Change

LoveReading4Kids Says

This is an absolutely terrific book that just goes to show that Dickens isn’t just for grown-ups or teenagers.  This one is guaranteed to engage young readers – even those as young as 8 or 9 – and bring about a love of Dickens, his life, his work and the times in which he lived.   And, as Simon Callow so succinctly put, ‘knowing the background and something of the character of the man who wrote them can only ensure that Doctor Who’s prediction remains true’.

Part of Templar’s Historical Notebook series – there is also one on William Shakespeare (click here).

And Simon Callow (aka Mr Dickens) waxes lyrical about it:

‘A highly entertaining journey through Dickens’ life and reproducing original documents, covers of the original books, plan of workhouses, many of which feature in advent calendar form with flaps to be opened.  The book repeatedly brought a smile to my lips, which, after all, is one of the things Dickens most liked to do. It seems to me very encouraging that such books exist to engage the interest of young readers, who can be very daunted by the sight of a page of a Dickens novel; dense and apparently difficult locutions’.

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About Charles Dickens A Life of Storytelling; a Legacy of Change

Charles Dickens’ books are known and loved the world over. From Ebenezer Scrooge and Mr Micawber to Oliver Twist and Little Nell, Dickens’ characters spring from pages that are rich with detail of life in Victorian times. Discover Dickens’ extraordinary life, times and work in this lavish volume, the latest title in the award-winning notebooks series, published to mark the bicentenary of Charles Dickens' birth in February 2012.

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