Dickens' Fur Coat and Charlotte's Unanswered Letters: The Rows and Romances of England's Great Victorian Novelists

Title: Dickens' Fur Coat and Charlotte's Unanswered Letters: The Rows and Romances of England's Great Victorian Novelists
Author: Daniel Pool
ISBN: 9780060183653
Publisher: Harpercollins
Published: 1997
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Edition: 1
Number of Pages: 304
Condition Note: Clean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.
D: 1699178
Section: Literary Criticism | Reference
Publisher Description: It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, but most of all, as Daniel Pool reveals in this delightful new book, it was a time of surprisingly outrageous behavior. "Dickens' Fur Coat" and "Charlotte's Unanswered Letters" plunks the reader down in the middle of the London book world to expose the madcap shenanigans, rows, rivalries and general mayhem perpetrated by the supposedly prudish Victorians. We see Dickens on his first American book tour having bits of his fur coat snipped off by manic fans; romantic rumors swirling around Thackeray and Charlotte Bront%, Anthony Trollope scheming with Thomas Hardy in an attempt to get more money for his novels; and Bulwer-Lytton (of "It was a dark and stormy night" fame) apparently plotting to poison his wife!

An eye-opening cultural history and a marvelously entertaining read, this is sure to be a gift book all fans of Victoriana will delight in.