A definitive biography of Charles Dickens, drawing on 1000's of letters, many unpublished, Johnson depicts not only him but also the world in which he lived. William Makepeace Thackeray, Benjamin Disraeli, Thomas Carlyle, Alfred Tennyson, Edgar Allan Poe, George Eliot, and Queen Victoria are among the players in the drama of his life: a drama in which he appears as one of the most complex figures of his time, a man whose political and social crusades against illiteracy, capital punishment, unjust penal systems, and child abuse are as compelling as his literary achievements. A two volume biography.

Library sale in North Bridges, MT; Henry's Lake vacation July 2019.