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    A Conversation with Claire Tomalin | Charles Dickens: A Life

    A Conversation with Claire Tomalin | Charles Dickens: A Life

    Presented by Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library at Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library

    November 15, 2011


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    At his death in 1870, Charles Dickens was a beloved writer and public figure, having achieved much literary and popular success during his lifetime with tales like The Adventures of Oliver Twist, Great Expectations, and A Christmas Carol. Acclaimed biographer Claire Tomalin (Thomas Hardy and Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self) examines Charles Dickens’s extraordinary life in her new book, painting the rich and complex portrait of a man who was seen as the public champion of household harmony as he tore his own family apart.

    The Free Library’s Rare Book Department is proud to be home to one of the largest collections of Charles Dickens's manuscripts, letters, and other ephemera outside the United Kingdom. The Free Library will be celebrating the bicentenary of Dickens’s birth throughout 2012 with special events, literary salons, and more!


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        Free Library of Philadelphia - Parkway Central Library

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        Dates:
        November 15, 2011

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        7:30 pm

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