ALSO ON THE BOOKSHELF
Jun 11, 2020
2 minutes
WORDS BY ELLIE CAWTHORNE AND MATT ELTON
BIOGRAPHY
The Mystery of Charles Dickens
by AN Wilson
(Atlantic, 368 pages, £17.99)
Dickens on his deathbed
In June 1870, part way through penning , the 58-year-old Charles Dickens died. AN Wilson’s new biography begins back to front, taking the author’s final moments as a jumping off point to explore some of the biggest ‘mysteries’ of his life,
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