Download or read book The Life of Charles Dickens written by John Forster and published by . This book was released on 1874 with total page 586 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First edition, the original text inlaid to folio sheets, extra-illustrated with ca. 2060 engravings, drawings, portraits, autographs, theater posters, wrappers of serial parts, periodical clippings and other material, including: 130 autograph letters, notes and documents; 178 portraits and caricatures of Dickens; 461 portraits of other persons; ca. 1200 book illustrations and views; and specimen wrappers from original serial parts.