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The Dickens boy a novel

Edward Dickens, the tenth child of author Charles Dickens, has consistently let down his parents. Unable to apply himself at school and adrift in life, the teenaged boy is sent to Australia in the hopes that he can make something of himself - or at least fall out of the public eye. Determined to pro...

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Main Author: Keneally, Thomas (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York, NY : Atria Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc., 2022.
Edition: First Atria Books hardcover edition.
Subjects:
Dickens, Charles, > 1812-1870 > Family > Fiction.
Country life > Fiction.
Families > Fiction.
Immigrants > Australia > History > 19th century > Fiction.
Secrecy > Fiction.
Australia > Fiction.
Bildungsromans.
Biographical fiction.
Historical fiction.
Action and adventure fiction.
Summary: Edward Dickens, the tenth child of author Charles Dickens, has consistently let down his parents. Unable to apply himself at school and adrift in life, the teenaged boy is sent to Australia in the hopes that he can make something of himself - or at least fall out of the public eye. Determined to prove to his parents and more importantly, himself, that he can succeed in this vast and unfamiliar wilderness, Edward works hard at his new life amidst various livestock, bushrangers, shifty stock agents, and frontier battles.
Physical Description: 401 pages : 24 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages [399]- 400).
ISBN: 9781982169145
1982169141
Author Notes: Thomas Keneally began his writing career in 1964 and has published thirty-three novels since, most recently Crimes of the Father , Napoleon's Last Island , Shame and the Captives , and the New York Times bestselling The Daughters of Mars . He is also the author of Schindler's List , which won the Booker Prize in 1982, The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith , Gossip from the Forest , and Confederates , all of which were shortlisted for the Booker Prize. He has also written several works of nonfiction, including his boyhood memoir Homebush Boy , The Commonwealth of Thieves , and Searching for Schindler . He is married with two daughters and lives in Sydney, Australia.

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