The events of that week

Bentley, Nicolas

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Collins

The Dickens Index

Charles Dickens's ability as a storyteller, his keen sense of the outlandish, and his uncanny understanding of human nature give his works a universal and ageless appeal that defies obsolescence. Few other authors have created as many characters and situations that so painstakingly and memorably recreate the social conventions, tastes, manners, and habits of speech of a particular era. This book, the most comprehensive single-volume reference work on Dickens ever produced, provides quick access to an enormous range of information about Dickens's writings and literary career. The Dickens Index consists of over 5000 entries arranged alphabetically and referenced by chapter rather than page number so that they work well with any edition. Thus, the Index can be used either in tandem with a particular work--to check allusions, unfamiliar quotations, obsolete words and slang, and topical, historical, and topographical references--or as an independent guide for looking up characters, both real and fictional, other writers whom Dickens quotes, and institutions to which he refers. But The Dickens Index does much more. It includes: *Entries on individual works that describe main themes, unique features, and bibliographical details of first publication *Over 1,400 entries on individual characters that describe the plots in which they function *Numerous cumulative entries that bring together for the first time Dickens's quotations and allusions (by author and title), his use of such genres as nursery rhyme, and his references to places and institutions *Full coverage of Dickens's publishers and illustrators *An illuminating time chart that juxtaposes events in Dickens's personal and professional life with those in the wider world *An appendix covering Dickens's journalism, listing titles, subject matter, and first publication of those writings not covered in the Index itself. All Dickens enthusiasts, as well as teachers and students, will find this a handy reference work to accompany their reading, and those engaged in literary or historical research will find it an invaluable and time-saving tool.

SLATER, MICHAEL

Burgis, Nina

Reference

Oxford University Press

A guide to all of Dickens's novels, short stories, pamphlets, plays, collections of journalism and travel books. Its formula of alphabetically arranged entries, keyed to the individual works, plus chapter rather than page references, makes it a useful companion to any Dickens edition. It can be used to check literary allusions, unfamiliar quotations, words and phrases, and topical or historical references, and is equally useful as an independent reference tool for identifying characters, places both real and fictitious, quotations from songs, and references to historical characters or institutions, without knowing where in Dickens's work these may occur.

Literature & Fiction

The Edwardian Age was perhaps the last age of innocence. It was a time when human beings were still recognized as more important than political theories. A time when government exhisted to serve the needs of their people. It was during this time that photography first showed signs of becoming a popular hobby. Thanks to the Edwardians' an astounding wealth of their photographic material exists today in both public and private collections. This album has 200 of the very best of these photos along with fascinating history and text. From the elegant drawing rooms of celebrities and nobility to the modest living quarters of the rapidly growing middle class. You will find this book entertaining and educational.

Edwardian album: A photographic excursion into a lost age of innocence

Weidenfeld and Nicolson

Victorian Scene: 1837 - 1901

Hamlyn Publ Group Ltd

Golden sovereigns,: And some of lesser value from Boadicea to Elizabeth II

Humor & Entertainment

Humor

Mitchell Beazley Ltd

Nicolas Bentley's tales from Shakespeare

London : Mitchell Beazley Ltd

Silver sovereigns and some of greater value from Boadicea to Elizabeth II

Mitchell Beazley

Nicolas Bentley was a man of many partspublisher, circus clown, film extra, novelist, mimic, journalist, fireman, poet, ad man, and commercial artist. The godson of G.K. Chesterton, he became one of Britain’s best-loved humorous cartoonists and caricaturists. Among the seventy-odd books that still carry the immortal by-line Nicolas Bentley Drew the Pictures” are works by Hilaire Belloc, Damon Runyon, Lawrence Durrell, Kingsley Amis, and most famously, T.S. Eliot’s Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats. Here, assembled for the first time in one volume, are nearly 200 of his finest joke drawings.

Nicolas Bentley (Prion Cartoon Classics)

Arts & Photography

History & Criticism

Prion

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