Charles Dickens: The Apostle of the People

by Edwin Pugh

Dickens is acknowledged to have been an active advocate of reform in Victorian England. The author of this critical biography goes a step further and analyzes Dickens' works in terms of the causes he espoused. The author asserts that Dickens was a Socialist without knowing it, and that in almost all of his writings Dickens was working for Socialism, although the term itself did not come into common use until some years after his death. THIS TITLE IS CITED AND RECOMMENDED Cambridge Bibliography of English

316 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1908

About the author

Edwin William Pugh (1874-1930) was a British novelist whose many works explored the lives of the English working classes, particularly in London. He was an admirer of Charles Dickens.