TY - BOOK AU - Ackroyd, Peter, TI - Dickens: public life and private passion SN - 0563534737 AV - PR4581 .A24 2002 U1 - 823.8B 22 PY - 2002/// CY - London PB - BBC KW - Dickens, Charles, KW - Novelists, English KW - 19th century KW - Biography KW - fast N1 - "This book is published to accompany the television series entitled Dickens: public life and private passion, which was first broadcast on BBC Television in 2002"--Title page verso; Includes index; The trials of childhood -- The people must be amused -- Writing and reform -- Dickens in America -- European adventures -- The great performer -- The burden of the world -- Home truths -- Public and private -- Last years N2 - The acclaimed chronicler of London, Peter Ackroyd, has already written three books on Dickens. This volume explores the life and times of the great author UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy043/2003464363.html ER -