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Book SynopsisJohn Forster (181276), an exact contemporary of Charles Dickens and one of his closest friends, published this three-volume biography between 1872 and 1874. Volume 3 focuses on the period from 1850, including Dickens' later novels and further travels in Europe and America; this reissue is of the first edition.
Table of Contents1. 1850–3. David Copperfield and Bleak House; 2. 1853–5. Home incidents and Hard Times; 3. 1853. Switzerland and Italy revisited; 4. 1853, 1854, and 1856. Three summers at Boulogne; 5. 1855, 1856. Residence in Paris; 6. 1855–7. Little Dorrit, and a lazy tour; 7. 1857–8. What happened at this time; 8. 1856–70. Gadshill Place; 9. 1858–9. First paid readings; 10. 1859–61. All the Year Round and the Uncommercial Traveller; 11. 1861–3. Second series of readings; 12. 1855–65. Hints for books written and unwritten; 13. 1864–7. Third series of readings; 14. 1836–70. Dickens as a novelist; 15. 1867. America revisited. November and December, 1867; 16. 1868. America revisited. January to April, 1868; 17. 1868–70. Last readings; 18. 1869–70. Last book; 19. 1836–70. Personal characteristics; 20. 1869–70. The end; Appendix; Index.
