Compte-Rendu de Beryl Gray, The Dog in the Dickensian Imagination. Farnham: Ashgate, 2014, 259 p. ISBN: 978-1-4724-3529-3

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1 CREA (EA 370) - Centre de Recherches Anglophones

`Dickens was fascinated by dogs' (1). With this straightforward introductory sentence, Beryl Gray underlines the important role dogs played, both in the novelist's life and in his works, and points out that dogs will be at the very centre of her book. Much like his fellow Londoners, Dickens lived surrounded by animals. But when Gray introduces readers to Timber, Turk, Linda, Mrs Bouncer, Don, Bumble and Sultan, all presented in very individualized ways that highlight the specific relations th...

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Fabienne Moine. Compte-Rendu de Beryl Gray, The Dog in the Dickensian Imagination. Farnham: Ashgate, 2014, 259 p. ISBN: 978-1-4724-3529-3. Cahiers Victoriens et Edouardiens, 2017, ⟨10.4000/cve.3230⟩. ⟨hal-01725901⟩