![]() ![]() ![]() Like many eminent Victorians, he led a double life: although he insisted that nothing in the newspapers he edited should upset his middle-class readers, he regularly indulged in dubious night-time escapades with fellow author Wilkie Collins, and, for the last 13 years of his life, kept a secret mistress. He was a man of mercurial character, had enormous vitality and humour, but he also had a sense of loss and longing that would constantly appear in his work. Dickens had everything - fame, success and riches - but he died harbouring a deep sadness he had experienced all his life. Peter Ackroyd Dickens by Peter Ackroyd () Paperback 58 ratings 4.3 on Goodreads 193 ratings See all formats and editions Hardcover 1.59 19 Used from 1.59 3 New from 29.00 2 Collectible from 17.50 Paperback 69.83 8 Used from 21.48 4 New from 65. ![]() Here, Ackroyd attempts to peel away the mask of a man whose life was outwardly a picture of Victorian rectitude, but whose love life was as complicated (and unconventional) as any modern writer's. This specially edited shorter edition takes the reader into the life of one of the world's greatest writers. Dickens was a landmark biography when first published in 1990. ![]()
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