A Dickens Dictionary

This dictionary, offers a comprehensive guide to more than 1,550 of his characters & to the works in which they appear. From the early "Sketches by Boz" to the unfinished "Edwin Drood", no character is forgotten, even the most minor. Every entry contains a brief description of the person and references to all the chapters & important incidents in which he or she appears. For the major characters there are also appropriate quotations from the original works. An additional 200 entries deal with imaginary places, societies, and allusions. Philip has also included a fascinating index providing the originals and prototypes of characters & places in the works of Charles Dickens...