Scenes and Characters from the Works of Charles Dickens

Scenes and Characters from the Works of Charles Dickens - Being Eight Hundred and Sixty-six Pictures Printed from the Original Wood Blocks

It happens, however, that there does exist a series of Dickens illustrations, now in some danger of being unduly neglected, in which the artists were wonderfully happy in preserving[x] the original features of Phiz and Cruikshank's interpretations, while they toned down the more extravagant details and brought imagination into closer harmony with reality. These were the illustrations to the square-shaped "Household Edition," published in 1870, just after the great novelist's deathand now reissued in this Dickens picture-book, in the hope that those who love the stories may like to possess in separate form what is, perhaps, the best pictorial accompaniment that the novels ever received. At the time of its first publication, the "Household Edition" enjoyed an enormous success. At the moment the name of Dickens was on every one's lips, and the fact that this splendidly illustrated reprint was issued in penny numbers and sixpenny parts placed it within reach of even the most humbly stocked purse. Its sale was stupendous, and the familiar green-covered pamphlets percolated through every town and village where the English tongue is spoken. The original copies may still be met with, under many a country timbered roof, carefully treasured as one of the most cherished household possessions. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

Product details

Ebook Number: 43207
Author: Dickens, Charles
Release Date: Jul 13, 2013
Format: eBook
Language: English

Contributors

Illustrator: Barnard, Frederick, 1846-1896 , Thomson, J. Gordon