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A testament to the energy and creativity of a writer and journalist without equal, Charles Dickens''s Selected Journalism 1850-1870 is edited with an introduction and notes by David Pascoe in Penguin Classics.

Throughout his writing career Charles Dickens was a hugely prolific journalist. This volume of his later work is selected from pieces that he wrote after he founded the journal Household Words in 1850, up until his death in 1870. Here subjects as varied as his nocturnal walks around London slums, prisons, theatres and Inns of Court, journeys to the continent and his childhood in Kent and London are captured in remarkable pieces such as ''Night Walks'', ''On Strike'', ''New Year''s Day'' and ''Lying Awake''. Aiming to catch the imagination of a public besieged by hack journalism, these writings are an extraordinary blend of public and private, news and recollection, reality and fantastic description.

David Pascoe''s introduction traces the developmen

Selected Journalism 18501870

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Penguin Classics
      Published 7/31/1997 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN-13 9780140435801
      978-0140435801
      ISBN-10 0140435808
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      A testament to the energy and creativity of a writer and journalist without equal, Charles Dickens''s Selected Journalism 1850-1870 is edited with an introduction and notes by David Pascoe in Penguin Classics.

      Throughout his writing career Charles Dickens was a hugely prolific journalist. This volume of his later work is selected from pieces that he wrote after he founded the journal Household Words in 1850, up until his death in 1870. Here subjects as varied as his nocturnal walks around London slums, prisons, theatres and Inns of Court, journeys to the continent and his childhood in Kent and London are captured in remarkable pieces such as ''Night Walks'', ''On Strike'', ''New Year''s Day'' and ''Lying Awake''. Aiming to catch the imagination of a public besieged by hack journalism, these writings are an extraordinary blend of public and private, news and recollection, reality and fantastic description.

      David Pascoe''s introduction traces the developmen

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