What the Dickens?!: Distinctly Dickensian Words and How to Use Them - Hardcover

Kozlowski, Bryan

 
9780762460779: What the Dickens?!: Distinctly Dickensian Words and How to Use Them
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0762460776 ISBN 13: 9780762460779
Verlag: Running Press Adult, 2016

Inhaltsangabe

GRAB A BUMPER, FORGET YOUR FANTEEGS, AND ROAM AT A FOOT-PACE THROUGH THE TWISTY ALLEYWAYS OF THE VICTORIAN VERNACULAR!What larks! Dive into the world of literature's ultimate wordsmith, Charles Dickens, in this literary romp through his finest quips, barbs, and turns of phrase.Featuring 200 of Dickens' best-loved words, drawn from his fifteen novels and hundreds of short stories, What the Dickens?! is full of period-appropriate definitions, pithy commentary, and charming illustrations. Perfect for word nerds and book lovers of all ages, this volume will have you dragging your friends to the hippo-comedietta and bonneting your anti-Pickwickian adversaries like a proper Victorian in no time!

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Bryan Kozlowski is an author, bookworm, and Dickens devotee. A member of the Dickens Fellowship, his writings on Charles Dickens' life and legacy have appeared in Slate, Country Life magazine, Anglotopia, and Historic UK. He is the author of the children's book Cook Me a Story (Quarto).

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Verlag
Running Press Adult
Erscheinungsdatum
2016
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0762460776
ISBN 13 
9780762460779
Einband
Tapa dura
Anzahl der Seiten
224
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