Darvill's Rare Prints is pleased to offer a huge selection of original
H.K. Browne ("Phiz") prints from various Charles Dickens publications. In his eleventh novel, illustrated by Phiz and published by Chapman & Hall, Dickens' childhood memories of his father's imprisonment in the Marshalsea for debt are brought forth again as the centerpiece of the story of William Dorrit, whose family is also imprisoned there. Dickens notes in the preface for the completed novel that he had never had so many readers, indeed, sales of the monthly installments topped all of Dickens' earlier works. This despite some critics declaring Little Dorrit Dickens' worst offering, citing an overly complex plot and lack of humor. Modern critics have been kinder, calling the novel one of the best of Dickens' later novels.
This book, along with its predecessor, Hard Times, marked a turn in Dickens' writing toward a darker and gloomier outlook on life. [source: victorianweb.com] These are original prints about 150 years old, not reproductions. We have many more prints by Phiz... |
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Many more Phiz/Dickens prints on the Humor and Satire page
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