02173cam a22003013u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000300011324500540014326400510019730000470024833600260029533700260032133800360034750000310038350801260041452011590054053400450169965300320174465300520177685600430182825851UtSlPG20260610133607.0mcr n260607r2008||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPR1 aForster, John,d1812-187614aThe Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2008  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2008-06-20  aProduced by Emmy, Juliet Sutherland, Andrew Templeton and
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http://www.pgdp.net  a"The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete" by John Forster is a biographical work written in the late 19th century. This comprehensive biography chronicles the life of Charles Dickens, focusing particularly on his formative years and the experiences that shaped him as one of the greatest novelists of the era. It captures his childhood, early hardships, and the early influences that would later permeate his literary career.  The opening of the biography delves into Dickens's early life, beginning with his birth in 1812 and unfolding his childhood years through vivid recollections of family dynamics and significant events. It discusses his family's struggles, particularly his father's financial difficulties that led to Dickens enduring hardships in his youth, including working in a blacking factory at a tender age. Through personal anecdotes and reflections, the text emphasizes his keen powers of observation and imaginative spirit, which would later flourish in his writing, laying the groundwork for understanding the profound influence of these early experiences on his literary works. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aDickens, Charles, 1812-1870  aNovelists, English -- 19th century -- Biography40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/25851