A Companion to Charles Dickens concentrates on the
historical, ideological, and social forces that defined
Dickens?s world.




Puts Dickens?s work into its literary, historical, and
social contexts

Traces the development of Dickens?s career as a
journalist and novelist

Includes original essays by leading Dickensian scholars on each
of Dickens?s fifteen novels

Explores a broad range of topics, including criticisms of his
novels, the use of history and law in his fiction, language, and
the effect of political and social reform

Examines Dickens's legacy and surveys the mass of secondary
materials that has been generated in response and reverence to his
writing