The Childhood & Youth of Dickens

6b Charles Dickens. London: Hutchinson, 1912

Notes

The Childhood & Youth of Dickens is a biographical work that focuses on the formative early years of Charles Dickens’s life, drawing particular attention to the experiences that shaped his imagination, social conscience, and later fiction. The book explores his upbringing in a financially unstable family, his education, and, most importantly, his traumatic period of child labor in a blacking factory, which left a lasting impression on his views of poverty and injustice. By concentrating on Dickens before fame and success, the work helps readers understand how his early hardships informed the recurring themes of vulnerable children, flawed institutions, and moral resilience that appear throughout his novels, offering valuable insight into the personal origins of his literary genius.

Description

Green cloth with gold lettering and embossing, facsimile Dickens signature on front, black and white illustration of Charles Dickens, fine condition.