Charles Dickens
/ Jane Smiley
- New York : Viking , 2002.
- viii, 212 p. ; 20 cm.
- Penguin lives series .
"A Lipper/Viking book."
Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Jane Smiley analyzes most of Dickens' major works, exploring his narrative techniques, his use of voice, themes in his work, and ways in which his life influenced his work and his novels influenced his life.