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The letters of Charles Dickens : volume 8, 1856-1858

by Charles Dickens, Graham Storey, Kathleen Tillotson

This eighth volume contains approximately 1,500 letters from 1856 to 1858, a pivotal period of personal and professional change. It documents the writer's separation from his wife, his first paid public readings, and the writing of Little Dorrit.

Accession 17312 ISBN 019812662X Publisher Clarendon Press
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