{"product_id":"charles-dickens","title":"Charles Dickens","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eBy G. K. Chesterton\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e“There is no better critic of Dickens,” \u003c\/b\u003ewrote T. S. Eliot in 1927, “than Mr. Chesterton.” An additional century of literary criticism notwithstanding, that judgment still resounds with the ring of truth. \u003ci\u003eCharles Dickens: A Critical Study\u003c\/i\u003e, which first appeared in print in 1906, offers compelling evidence in support of Eliot’s claim. An absorbing blend of biography and literary analysis, delivered in Chesterton’s inimitable style, the \u003ci\u003eStudy\u003c\/i\u003e treats of Dickens’ childhood and his early forays into writing; his successes and failures; his works and characters; and, most especially, his attitudes and approaches to seeing the world and man’s place in it and then setting that vision down in books.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eWhimsical, well-read, and worth its weight in literary gold, Chesterton’s \u003ci\u003eCharles Dickens: A Critical Study\u003c\/i\u003e is a testament worthy of its task: to appraise (and to praise) the author of \u003ci\u003eDavid Copperfield\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBleak House \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Pickwick Papers \u003c\/i\u003eand creator of such characters as Oliver Twist and Mr. Micawber and Miss Havisham, and mediate that “ungovernable sense of life” which defines the world of Dickens.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e* * *\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eGilbert Keith Chesterton \u003c\/b\u003e(1874–1936) was an immensely prolific English writer, poet, and journalist. A convert to Roman Catholicism, he is best known for his influential works in apologetics, such as \u003ci\u003eOrthodoxy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHeretics\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Everlasting Man\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eas well as his ingenious \u003ci\u003eFather Brown\u003c\/i\u003e detective stories.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback:\u003c\/strong\u003e 228pp.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN: \u003c\/strong\u003e978-1685951702\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cluny Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68197689032889,"sku":"978-1685951702","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0647\/9177\/3369\/files\/ProductImages_5.5x8.5--79815.jpg?v=1794089442","url":"https:\/\/catholicshop.com\/products\/charles-dickens","provider":"CatholicShop.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}