Die Wahrheit über den Fall D Catalogue en ligne

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Titre :	Die Wahrheit über den Fall D : Roman
Auteurs :	Carlo Fruttero ; Franco Lucentini ; Charles John Huffam Dickens
Type de document :	texte imprimé
Mention d'édition :	2. Aufl
Editeur :	München (u.a.) [Deutschland] : Piper Verlag Gmbh, 1991
ISBN/ISSN/EAN :	978-3-492-03445-6
Format :	544 pages / Illustré / 21x13cm
Langues:	Allemand
Langues originales:	Anglais
Résumé :	Charles Dickens hat einen durch sein Ableben unvollendeten Kriminalroman hinterlassen: Das Geheimnis des Edwin Drood. Das schlimmste, was so einem Werk geschehen kann: der Fall ist nicht aufgeklärt, hat keine Lösung! Und das seit 1870. Drei Folgen der spannenden Geschichte waren zu Lebzeiten des Autors erschienen, drei weitere wurden posthum veröffentlicht. Einen Schluß fand man in Dickens`Hinterlassenschaft nicht. Das Buch ist eine bibliophile Köstlichkeit. Charles John Huffam Dickens FRSA was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime and, by the 20th century, critics and scholars had recognised him as a literary genius. His novels and short stories are widely read today. Born in Portsmouth, Dickens left school to work in a factory when his father was incarcerated in a debtors' prison. Despite his lack of formal education, he edited a weekly journal for 20 years, wrote 15 novels, five novellas, hundreds of short stories and non-fiction articles, lectured and performed readings extensively, was an indefatigable letter writer, and campaigned vigorously for children's rights, education and other social reforms. Dickens's literary success began with the 1836 serial publication of The Pickwick Papers, a publishing phenomenon—thanks largely to the introduction of the character Sam Weller in the fourth episode—that sparked Pickwick merchandise and spin-offs. Within a few years Dickens had become an international literary celebrity, famous for his humour, satire and keen observation of character and society. His novels, most of them published in monthly or weekly instalments, pioneered the serial publication of narrative fiction, which became the dominant Victorian mode for novel publication. Cliffhanger endings in his serial publications kept readers in suspense. The instalment format allowed Dickens to evaluate his audience's reaction, and he often modified his plot and character development based on such feedback.