Many of the books listed in this bibliography are available for sale in The Dickens Shoppe
The Charles Dickens Page - Information:
Contains a timeline showing how this site evolved from it's inception in December 1997 to the present.
| Title | Date | Author | Publisher |
| Baedeker's Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 1994 | Baedeker Stuttgart | Prentice Hall Travel |
| Kings and Queen of England and Scotland | 1990 | Plantagenet Somerset Fry | Grove Weiderfield |
| The Book of London | Michael Leapman | Weiderfield and Nicolson | |
| London, A Social History | 1994 | Roy Porter | Harvard University Press |
| Dickens, A Biography | 1988 | Fred Kaplan | William Morrow and Co. |
| Dickens of London | 1976 | Wolf Mankowitz | Weidenfield and Nicolson |
| The Life and Times of Charles Dickens | 1991 | Alan S. Watts | Crescent Books |
| The Dickens Dictionary | 1928 | Philip/Gadd | Crescent Books |
| The Dickens Encyclopedia | 1973 | Michael and Mollie Hardwick | Wordsworth Editions Ltd |
| The Dickens Encyclopedia | 1924 | Arthur L. Hayward | Chartwell Books Inc |
| The Annotated Christmas Carol | 1976 | Michael Patrick Hearn | Avenel Books |
| The Annotated Christmas Carol | 2004 | Michael Patrick Hearn | W.W. Norton and Company, Inc |
| What Jane Austen Ate and Charles Dickens Knew | 1993 | Daniel Pool | Simon and Schuster |
| The Life of Charles Dickens | 1872-74 | John Forster | Chapman and Hall, London |
| The Immortal Dickens | 1925 | George Gissing | London: Cecil Palmer |
| Dickens | 1990 | Peter Ackroyd | HarperCollins Publishers |
| The City of Dickens | 1971 | Alexander Welsh | Harvard University Press |
| The World of Charles Dickens | 1997 | Martin Fido | Carlton Books Limited |
| Dickens Fir Coat and Charlottes Unanswered Letters | 1997 | Daniel Pool | HarperCollins Publishers |
| The Friendly Dickens | 1998 | Norrie Epstein | Viking Penguin |
| Dickens and Phiz | 1978 | Michael Steig | Indiana University Press |
| Victorian Book Illustration | 1973 | Geoffrey Wakeman | Gale Research Company |
| The English Novel | 1954 | Walter Allen | E.P. Dutton & Co, New York |
| Oxford Reader's Companion to Dickens | 1999 | Paul Schlicke | Oxford University Press, New York |
| Penguin Dickens Companion | 1999 | Paul Davis | Penguin Books |
| Charles Dickens and His Publishers | 1978 | Robert L. Patten | The Dickens Project |
| Daily Life in Victorian England | 1975 | Christopher Hibbert | American Heritage Publishing Co. |
| Star-Spangled Eden | 2000 | James C. Simmons | Carroll & Graf Publishers, Inc, New York |
| Victorian London Street Life | 1994 | John Thomson | Dover Publications Inc, New York |
| The Christmas Carol Trivia Book | 1994 | Paul Sammon | Citidel Press, Carol Publishing Group |
| Charles Dickens | 2002 | Jane Smiley | Penguin Putnam Inc, New York |
| Charles Dickens: His Triumph and Tragedy | 1952 | Edgar Johnson | Simon and Schuster |
| London: The Biography | 2000 | Peter Ackroyd | Anchor Books, New York |
| The Great Stink of London | 1999 | Stephen Halliday | Sutton Publishing Limited |
| Dickens: Public Life and Private Passion | 2002 | Peter Ackroyd | BBC Worldwide Ltd |
| The Cambridge Companion to Charles Dickens | 2001 | Edited by John O. Jordan | Cambridge University Press |
| Dictionary of British Literary Characters: 18th and 19th Century Novels | 1993 | Edited by John R. Greenfield | Facts on File Inc |
| Parallel Lives - Five Victorian Marriages | 1983 | Phyllis Rose | Alfred A. Knopf Inc. |
| Carlyle and Dickens | 1972 | Michael Goldberg | University of Georgia Press |
| Dickens and His Illustrators | 1899 | Frederic G. Kitton | |
| Charles Dickens as a reader | 1872 | Charles Kent | Chapman and Hall, London |
| Charles Dickens in America | 1911 | William Glyde Wilkins | Chapman and Hall, London |
| Phiz-The Man Who Drew Dickens | 2004 | Valerie Browne Lester | Pimlico |
Dickens Works: Oxford Illustrated Dickens, Penguin Classics Dickens
Etext of Dickens Works - Project Gutenburg
Etext of Dickens Works - Bibliomania
Note concerning scope of this Web site:
This Web site is not presented as a scholarly resource or as a critical analysis of Dickens or of English literature. Links to sites of this nature can be found on the Dickens on the Web page of this site. David Perdue, author of this site, is not affiliated with any college, university, or professional/academic society or organization. This site is intended solely to enhance the reader's experience, providing background on Dickens, his work, and the times in which he lived.
Note concerning old or rare books:
I love to read books but know nothing of what old and rare books are worth. Please don't email asking what the old book you found in your grandmother's attic may be worth because...I don't know.
Note concerning your homework assignments:
(Some readers have told me that this note sounds grumpy...sorry.)
These web pages represent many hours of work which I enjoy providing to those wishing to learn more about Charles Dickens' life and works. While I am happy to provide answers to specific questions where I can, I do not have the time or inclination to do homework assignments for readers of this site. I have four children of my own and must spend any free time I have helping them with their homework!
These pages, and the links to external sites I provide, contain a wealth of information to help you in your studies. Beyond that I suggest you try reading the books...you'll learn more and you just might enjoy it!
Note concerning use of this Web site:
The sole purpose of this Web site is to educate and increase awareness of Dickens' life and works to a new generation of readers. Permission to use content and images from this Web site is freely given for all non-commercial use. A link crediting this site is all that is required.
A Christmas Carol original manuscript:
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