The dog in the Dickensian imagination /

Gray, Beryl,

The dog in the Dickensian imagination / by Beryl Gray. - 1 online resource (274 pages) : illustrations. - The nineteenth century series . - Nineteenth century (Aldershot, England) .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I. A life with dogs -- Dog fancy -- A dog's life with Dickens: Timber -- I have taken to dogs lately: the great Gad's Hill dogs -- Dogs encountered -- Dickens's dream dog : Mrs Bouncer -- Part II. Knowing his place : the dog in Dickens's art -- Man and dog : Oliver Twist and The old curiosity shop -- The circus dog and the whelp : Hard times -- The drover's dog : Bleak House -- The essential dog : Dombey and Son and Little Dorrit -- The defining dog : David Copperfield and Great expectations.

9781472435309 (e-book)


Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 --Criticism and interpretation.


Dogs in literature.


Electronic books.

PR4592.D6 / G73 2014eb

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