{"product_id":"great-expectations-the-sons-and-daughters-of-charles-dickens-9781250039460","title":"Great Expectations: The Sons and Daughters of Charles Dickens","description":"\u003cp\u003eTHE STRANGE AND VARIED LIVES OF THE CHILDREN OF THE WORLDS MOST BELOVED NOVELIST  Charles Dickens  famous for the indelible child characters he createdfrom Little Nell to Oliver Twist and David Copperfieldwas also the father of ten children (and a possible eleventh). Who those children were and what happened to them is the fascinating subject of Robert Gottliebs Great Expectations.  With sympathy and understanding  Gottlieb narrates the highly various and surprising stories of each of Dickenss sons and daughters  from Katey  who became a successful portraitist  to Frank  who died in Moline  Illinois  after serving a grim stretch in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police; and from Sydney  who joined the Royal Navy and was banned from Gads Hill for his ruinous behavior  and died at sea at the age of twenty-five  to Henry (\"Sir Henry\")  a prominent jurist and paterfamilias who lived to be eighty-four.  Each of these lives is fascinating on its own. Together they comprise a unique window into Victorian England as well as a moving and disturbing study of Dickens as a father and a man.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45276939288629,"sku":"ByrdShop_1250039460","price":99.61,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781250039460.jpg?v=1780566744","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/great-expectations-the-sons-and-daughters-of-charles-dickens-9781250039460","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}