The Mutual Friend

First edition. The subject of this extraordinary work of fiction is Charles Dickens--taken from biographies, from personal scholarship, from Dickens' own work--and brought to life, as he was at the end of his days: a desperate man in physical and emotional agony, obsessed with his emotional power over his readers. The end result is a profound and provocative vision of the man and his age. A presentation copy from the author inscribed on the front free endpaper. x , 222 pages. quarter cloth with paper-covered boards, dust jacket. small 8vo..


Genre: General Fiction