Gregg's Reviews > Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens
by Jane Smiley
by Jane Smiley
Totally readable, user-friendly account of Dickens' life. Read it so I could get a better handle on teaching him, but it's a fascinating life to read about regardless. Did you know he walked 20 to 30 miles a day? That his public readings basically made him the equivalent of an E! celebrity because of which, since the job of PR Manager hadn't yet been created, Dickens routinely made headlines? Also, I like the way Smiley writes about literature.
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