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In his most enthralling novel yet, the critically acclaimed author Matthew Pearl reopens one of literary history's greatest mysteries. The Last Dickens is a tale filled with the dazzling twists and turns, the unerring period details, and the meticulous research that thrilled readers of the bestsellers The Dante Club and The Poe Shadow.Boston, 1870.
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Classical in form, grave, resolved and earnest.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- resolvedopen-ended
- earnestironic
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- First published
- 2009
- Pages
- 464
- Publisher
- Penguin Random House, Record, Shang zhou chu ban
- Editions
- 22
- Language
- Chinese, Spanish, English
- ISBN
- 9788466334259
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