151. Charles Dickens
by Smiley, Jane 
Price: USD 9.50
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Description: ISBN10: 0670030775, ISBN13: 9780670030774, [publisher: Viking Penguin; A Lipper/Viking Book, New York] Hardcover First Edition vii, 212 pages; 20 cm. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Small remainder mark (ink dot)/tail edge. Fine DJ. "With the delectable wit, unforgettable characters, and challenging themes that have won her a Pulitzer Prize and national bestseller status, Jane Smiley naturally finds a kindred spirit in the author of classics such as Great Expectations and A Christmas Carol. As 'his novels shaped his life as much as his life shaped his novels,' Smiley's Charles Dickens is at once a sensitive profile of the great master and a fascinating meditation on the writing life. Smiley evokes Dickens as he might have seemed to his contemporaries: convivial, astute, boundlessly energetic-and lionized. As she makes clear, Dickens not only led the action-packed life of a prolific writer, editor, and family man but, balancing the artistic and the commercial in his work, he also consciously sustained his status as one of the first modern 'celebrities.' Charles Dickens offers brilliant interpretations of almost all the major works, an exploration of his narrative techniques and his innovative voice and themes, and a reflection on how his richly varied lower-class cameos sprang from an experience and passion more personal than his public knew. Jane Smiley's own 'demon narrative intelligence' (The Boston Globe) touches, too, on controversial details that include Dickens's obsession with money and squabbles with publishers, his unhappy marriage, and the rumors of an affair. Here is a fresh look at the dazzling personality of a verbal magician and the fascinating times behind the classics we read in school and continue to enjoy today. / Jane Smiley's ten works of fiction include The Age of Grief, The Greenlanders, Ordinary Love and Good Will, Moo, A Thousand Acres (which won the Pulitzer Prize), and most recently the bestselling Horse Heaven." - Publisher. Size: 8vo [Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2002]  

152. Charles Dickens
by Smiley, Jane 
Price: USD 7.66
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Description: ISBN10: 0670030775, ISBN13: 9780670030774, [publisher: Penguin] Hardcover [Stratford, ON, Canada] [Publication Year: 2002]  

153. Charles Dickens
by Smiley, Jane 
Price: USD 30.00
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Description: ISBN10: 0670030775, ISBN13: 9780670030774, [publisher: A Lipper/Viking Book, New York] Hardcover First Edition First Edition/First Printing, Hardcover in unclipped dustjacket. 212 pages. A Penguin Life Edition. Jane Smiley's biography of Charles Dickens is at once a sensitive profile of the great master and a fascinating meditation on the writing life. As new. Unread. From my smoke-free collection. Ships in well-padded box. [St. Johnsbury, VT, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2002]  

154. Charles Dickens
by Smiley, Jane 
Price: USD 6.01
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Description: ISBN10: 0670030775, ISBN13: 9780670030774, [publisher: Viking Books] Hardcover Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.7 [AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2002]  

155. Charles Dickens
by Smiley, Jane 
Price: USD 6.01
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Description: ISBN10: 0670030775, ISBN13: 9780670030774, [publisher: Viking Books] Hardcover Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.7 [Dallas, TX, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2002]  

156. Charles Dickens
by Smiley, Jane 
Price: USD 6.01
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Description: ISBN10: 0670030775, ISBN13: 9780670030774, [publisher: Viking Books] Hardcover Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.7 [Reno, NV, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2002]  

157. Charles Dickens
by Smiley, Jane 
Price: USD 5.58
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Description: ISBN10: 0670030775, ISBN13: 9780670030774, [publisher: Penguin Publishing Group] Hardcover Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. [Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2002]