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LOTTO 681:
DICKENS CHARLES: (1812-1870) English novelist. A very fine A.L.S., Charles Dickens, two pages, 8vo,
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DICKENS CHARLES: (1812-1870) English novelist. A very fine A.L.S., Charles Dickens, two pages, 8vo,
‘I have a great ambition to be extensively read
and well understood in France’
DICKENS CHARLES: (1812-1870) English novelist. A very fine A.L.S., Charles Dickens, two pages, 8vo, Gads Hill Place, Higham by Rochester, Kent, 12th July 1858, to Octave Lacroix. Dickens states that he is obliged to his correspondent for their 'flattering and interesting' letter and remarks 'I have a great ambition to be extensively read and well understood in France; and you give me the liveliest and most cordial pleasure when you predict that I shall become widely known among the great French people'. Dickens further adds 'It would gratify me very much if I could give you any details that would be useful to you, or interesting to your readers. But all that I could say of my books, I have said in them. They originate in my own reflections and fancies, and in my observation of the world around me. Little Dorrit is my last published work. It was published monthly (de mois en mois) and completed in 20 parts (livraisons). Hard Times was originally published from week to week (de semaine en semaine) in my own literary journal “Household Words”. I have no dates, here, in the country, to refer to; but I think Hard Times was completed about 4 years ago. Little Dorrit was completed and published entire, in May 1857'. A letter of excellent content and good association. Some very light, extremely minor age toning and one very small, neat split at the foot of the vertical central fold. About VG
Octave Lacroix (1827-1901) French journalist, playwright and poet.
Little Dorrit was originally published in serial form between 1855-57 and issued as a book by Bradbury and Evans in 1857.
Hard Times: For These Times was the tenth novel by Dickens and surveys English society and satirises the social and economic conditions of the era. By far the shortest of Dickens's novels, one of the novelist's main reasons for writing Hard Times was that sales of his literary journal Household Words were low, and it was hoped the novel's publication in instalments would boost circulation - as indeed proved to be the case.
