{"product_id":"dickens-and-crime-9780312123277","title":"Dickens and Crime","description":"\u003cp\u003eOne of the best social commentators on Dickens...models of historical scholarship.- Gertrude Himmelfarb  Distinguished Professor of History  City University of New York. This classic of Dickens criticism  now in its third edition  provides a fascinating insight into Dickenss thinking and writing on crime. Extraordinary in character  as well as literary skill  he displayed a shrewd insight into the criminal character  whilst demanding tough penalties for those who broke the law. At one stage attracted to a career as a metropolitan magistrate  Dickens turned instead to fiction and discovered there an outlet for his enduring fascination with the darker side of human nature. Thieves  cheats and murderers people the pages of his novels  few of which are without some serious crime. But the treatment of crime for Dickens was far more than an authorial device: it was a focal point for his deep concern with social problems and played a vital role in his attempt to understand these ills. Dickens and Crime continues to be one of the most significant and illuminating studies into Dickenss creative imagination  and its reappearance in print will be warmly welcomed by scholars and general readers alike.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45665850654773,"sku":"ByrdShop_0312123272","price":68.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780312123277.jpg?v=1782410293","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/dickens-and-crime-9780312123277","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}