Charles Dickens, A Very Peculiar History by Fiona Macdonald

Author:Fiona Macdonald
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: gift, information, british, anniversary, 2012, writer, author, character, christmas, carol, quirky, odd, interesting, stories, novel, classic, summary, literature, english, scrooge
ISBN: 9781908759009
Publisher: Andrews UK Limited 2011
Published: 2011-12-20T00:00:00+00:00

‘Any man may be in good spirits and good temper if he is well-dressed.’

Mark Tapley, in Martin Chuzzlewit, 1843

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All his life Dickens remained slim and wiry, thanks to his love of strenuous exercise and very moderate eating habits. As an adult, he was around middling height – his American secretary called him ‘a small, dapper fellow’ – but he stood very upright, giving the impression that he was taller. He had a ruddy ‘glowing’ complexion (all that fresh air), yellowish teeth (in the USA, a tooth-powder company rather insultingly suggested, in its advertisements, that this was because he did not use the firm’s products) and eyes that ‘flashed like danger lamps’ when he was angry or excited.

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