{"product_id":"the-selected-letters-of-charles-dickens","title":"The Selected Letters of Charles Dickens","description":"\u003cp\u003eCharles Dickenss letters provide vivid close-up snapshots of a life lived at maximum intensity. This volume offers the first selection to be made from the magisterial twelve-volume British Academy Pilgrim Edition of his letters. From over fourteen thousand  editor Jenny Hartley has cherrypicked four hundred and fifty to give readers the essence of \"the Sparkler of Albion.\" This eagerly awaited selection takes us straight to the heart of his life  to show us Dickens at first hand. Here he is writing out of the heat of the moment: as a novelist  journalist  and magazine editor; as a social campaigner and traveler in Europe and America; and as friend  lover  husband  and father. These letters were an outlet for his high spirits  sparkling wit  and caustic commentary--striking glimpses of the world around him  as seen through his highly individual and acutely observing eye. Whether you dip in or read straight through  this selection of his letters captures anew the brilliance of Dickens and the sheer pleasure of being in his company.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44986857881653,"sku":"ByrdShop_0199591415","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780199591411.jpg?v=1770919323","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-selected-letters-of-charles-dickens","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}