In this tour-de-force performance, Simon Callow portrays not only Charles Dickens but also many of his best-loved characters, from Mr Micawber and Bill Sikes to Oliver Twist and even Nancy. This specially edited shorter edition takes the reader into the life of one of the worlds. He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1984 and appointed a CBE in 2003. The Mystery of Charles Dickens by Peter Ackroyd, read by Simon Callow. Dickens was a landmark biography when first published in 1990. Amoongst his best-known works of non-fiction are: London the Biography, London the Concise Biography, London Under, Thames: Sacred River, Venice: Pure City, a multi-volume history of London ( Foundation, Tudors, Civil War, Revolution) and Queer City as well as biographies of Geoffrey Chaucer, William Shakespeare, Charles Dickens, William Blake, Charlie Chaplin and Alfred Hitchcock. His non-fiction ranges widely, although he is often called a ‘London writer’ as much of his work is devoted to the city and its most famous residents. His other fiction includes: The English Ghost and his own re-telling of The Canterbury Tales and The Death of King Arthur.
Other novels in the London sequence include: The Last Testament of Oscar Wilde, Milton in America and Dan Leno and the Limehouse Golem. An expert in nineteenth-century literature and London writers, Ackroyd’s fiction often displays Victorian and Gothic influence and he is known for his experimental blurring of the lines between past and present, as in his acclaimed novel Hawksmoor which won the Whitbread Novel Award and the Guardian Fiction Prize. Peter Ackroyd’s early literary career saw him publish poetry before beginning his ‘London sequence’ with his debut novel, The Great Fire of London - a reworking of Charles Dickens' novel Little Dorrit.
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