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Author(s): Dickens, Charles
Reader(s): Callow, Simon
Label: Naxos AudioBooks
Genre: Non-Fiction
Period: Romantic
Catalogue No: NA0116
Barcode: 9781843796886
Release Date: 10/2012
DICKENS, C.: Portrait in Letters (A) (Unabridged)
Those who only know Charles Dickens from his novels will be fascinated to discover the private and personal Dickens in this selection of his letters. His sister-in-law Georgina Hogarth thought they expressed his individuality; his friend Forster thought them literature. They give us a portrait of a complex man with so many different facets to his personality, ranging from the serious, when discussing social issues, to the outrageously humorous when writing merely to entertain his many friends. 200 years after his birth he still enlightens and entertains us.
Tracklist
Disc 1
Dickens, Charles - Author
Callow, Simon (Reader)
|  | 1 | Charles Dickens: A Portrait in Letters | 01:29 |
Callow, Simon (Reader)
| | 2 | Dickens and Friends | 07:56 |
Callow, Simon (Reader)
| | 3 | In 1851, Macready took early retirement… | 05:28 |
Callow, Simon (Reader)
| | 4 | Dickens's closest lifelong friend… | 09:24 |
Callow, Simon (Reader)
| | 5 | In 1857, Collins and Dickens went on a spree… | 06:42 |
Callow, Simon (Reader)
| | 6 | Dickens and Work | 08:10 |
Callow, Simon (Reader)
| | 7 | Dickens took it upon himself to oversee… | 06:41 |
Callow, Simon (Reader)
| | 8 | Likewise, Dickens could be charming… | 08:04 |
Callow, Simon (Reader)
Disc 2
| | 1 | Dickens and Travel | 00:42 |
Callow, Simon (Reader)
| | 2 | Eager to explore Italy… | 09:51 |
Callow, Simon (Reader)
| | 3 | In the next letter, to one of his oldest… | 08:13 |
Callow, Simon (Reader)
| | 4 | In November 1844, Dickens had paid a visit… | 08:59 |
Callow, Simon (Reader)
| | 5 | Dickens found himself overwhelmed… | 07:18 |
Callow, Simon (Reader)
| | 6 | Dickens soon began to despise… | 07:00 |
Callow, Simon (Reader)
| | 7 | To Mr. Thomas Mitton | 04:35 |
Callow, Simon (Reader)
| | 8 | Dickens's travels over the length… | 08:26 |
Callow, Simon (Reader)
Disc 3
| | 1 | Dickens and Causes | 04:49 |
Callow, Simon (Reader)
| | 2 | Dickens met the great philanthropist Angela… | 05:26 |
Callow, Simon (Reader)
| | 3 | The scheme met with considerable success. | 06:45 |
Callow, Simon (Reader)
| | 4 | Dickens and the Theatre | 08:43 |
Callow, Simon (Reader)
| | 5 | The energy expounded by Dickens… | 06:48 |
Callow, Simon (Reader)
| | 6 | To Miss Mamey Dickens | 07:47 |
Callow, Simon (Reader)
| | 7 | Dickens and Love | 04:56 |
Callow, Simon (Reader)
| | 8 | But Maria was not going to let her beau off… | 07:42 |
Callow, Simon (Reader)
| | 9 | Whilst in Paris Dickens received… | 06:16 |
Callow, Simon (Reader)
| | 10 | Now fully in the grip once again… | 05:10 |
Callow, Simon (Reader)
Disc 4
| | 1 | Back In 1835, still smarting… | 08:44 |
Callow, Simon (Reader)
| | 2 | Dickens's relationship… | 07:48 |
Callow, Simon (Reader)
| | 3 | Dickens and Domestic Life | 06:44 |
Callow, Simon (Reader)
| | 4 | In 1860, in his annual letter… | 08:21 |
Callow, Simon (Reader)
| | 5 | Dickens seems to have eventually found… | 04:12 |
Callow, Simon (Reader)
| | 6 | Dickens the Man | 07:28 |
Callow, Simon (Reader)
| | 7 | As in politics so in his religious faith… | 09:39 |
Callow, Simon (Reader)
| | 8 | To Mrs. Hulkes | 06:52 |
Callow, Simon (Reader)
| | 9 | The impression we get of Charles Dickens… | 08:06 |
Callow, Simon (Reader)
Total Playing Time: 04:01:14