Dickens on Screen

Download or read book Dickens on Screen written by John Glavin and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2003-11-27 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Television and film, not libraries or scholarship, have made Charles Dickens the most important unread novelist in English. It is not merely that millions of people feel comfortable deploying the word 'Dickensian' to describe their own and others' lives, but that many more people who have never read Dickens know what Dickensian means. They know about Dickens because they have access to over a century of adaptations for the big and small screen. Dickens on Screen, includ ing an exhaustive filmography, is an invaluable resource for students and scholars alike.