“Dickens of London” by Wolf Mankowitz

This was an easy-to-read biography of Dickens. It was written in support of a tv show so it did not go into ponderous detail, but did succeed in giving me a better understanding of the man. He sounds amazing, especially in his concerns with social justice. Nevertheless, I would not have wanted to be either his child or his lover. He was definitely hard to live with. I liked the illustrations in the book as well. I have always had a great fondness for the black and white illustrations of that era.