Charles Dickens: A Life by Claire Tomalin
Just in time for his 200th birthday, Claire Tomalin, the author of The Invisible Woman, comes out with Charles Dickens: A Life. (The book will be released October 27, but can be pre-ordered now.)
Amazon has this to say about Charles Dickens: A Life, “Charles Dickens: A Life gives full measure to Dickens’s heroic stature-his huge virtues both as a writer and as a human being- while observing his failings in both respects with an unblinking eye. Renowned literary biographer Claire Tomalin crafts a story worthy of Dickens’s own pen, a comedy that turns to tragedy as the very qualities that made him great-his indomitable energy, boldness, imagination, and showmanship-finally destroyed him. The man who emerges is one of extraordinary contradictions, whose vices and virtues were intertwined as surely as his life and his art.”
You better believe this is going to be on my reading list this month! I loved Ms. Tomalin’s biography of Jane Austen. Readable, authentic, detailed, quality research – hoping for the same on my other favorite of the 19th century!
Now – do I Nook it or hard cover Book it . . .
I adored The Invisible Woman and so this is a must-have for me as well. I went for the Kindle instead of the Nook though, so that may the route I take. 🙂