Every Thing in Dickens: Ideas and Subjects Discussed by Charles Dickens in His Complete Works A Topicon

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This is an assemblage of extracts from the complete works of Charles Dickens, including his speeches. The volume reflects the editor's effort to include every notable/quotable passage or short comment by Dickens on a subject which interested the great author. It contains over 850,000 words and there are 33 illustrations. Included are 27 extended extracts, largely from the fictional works, which capture the greatest "scenes" in the oeuvre, including the trial of Bardell versus Pickwick, Ralph Nickleby's frustration and suicide, Jonas Chuzzlewit's murder of Tigg Montague and its aftermath, and Mr Micawber's demolishment of Uriah Heep. This reference has over 405 topic captions, or subject headings, organised in 15 chapters: Ages of Man; Body; Mind; Letters and Communication; Spirit, and Moral Qualities; Fellow Man, in Relation; Humankind, in Activity; Three Professions (clerical, legal and medical); Industry and Government; London; The Rest of the World; Transportation and Travel; Nature; Charles Dickens Self-Revealed; and First and Last Things. Each chapter is provided with a table of contents which constitutes a detailed, fully paginated index of captions and sub-captions, showing the source for each item. In addition, there are exhaustive indexes of Words and Phrases and Localities. This is a companion volume to "Everyone in Dickens", Volumes 1, 2 and 3.

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"A storehouse of ideas which scholars writing on specialized aspects of Dickens will be able to draw upon both for ideas and for illustrations relating to their particular themes. It should become as valuable to Dickens scholars as are the concordances to the Bible and to Shakespeare to scholars in these fields."-Gordon Philo [Charles Forsyte], independent scholar and author of The Decoding of Edwin Drood
"The Topicon is a thematic re-sorting of Dickens' writings, a kind of tidying up into pigeon-holes of this vast, sprawling literary creation....[O]ne imagines the editor of these volumes found endless refreshment in the materials of his task....[T]he readers of Everyone and Every Thing will surely relish just this combination of compendious referencing and delicious browsing that these volumes uniquely offer."-The Dickenian
It will never be surpassed. First of all it is easy to use, and makes use of computer technology in ways that no one could have attempted before. And the fact that it uses all lifetime published works makes it an essential research tool for everyone working in Dickens.-John Jordan, Director The Dickens Project
The Topicon is a thematic re-sorting of Dickens' writings, a kind of tidying up into pigeon-holes of this vast, sprawling literary creation....[O]ne imagines the editor of these volumes found endless refreshment in the materials of his task....[T]he readers of Everyone and Every Thing will surely relish just this combination of compendious referencing and delicious browsing that these volumes uniquely offer.-The Dickenian
This topical concordance of ideas and subjects from Charles Dickens's canon deserves orchids for its comprehensive coverage of the classic author's broad-based commentary. Newlin's concordance is a scholar's godesend. The endpapers alone- a reproduction of Luke Filde's The Empty Chair- will delight lovers of Victoriana.-American Reference Books Annual
"It will never be surpassed. First of all it is easy to use, and makes use of computer technology in ways that no one could have attempted before. And the fact that it uses all lifetime published works makes it an essential research tool for everyone working in Dickens."-John Jordan, Director The Dickens Project
"This topical concordance of ideas and subjects from Charles Dickens's canon deserves orchids for its comprehensive coverage of the classic author's broad-based commentary. Newlin's concordance is a scholar's godesend. The endpapers alone- a reproduction of Luke Filde's The Empty Chair- will delight lovers of Victoriana."-American Reference Books Annual

Author Bio

Until 1988, GEORGE NEWLIN spent his professional career combining activities in law and finance with volunteer service in the arts and serious avocational musical performance. He then turned his full attention toward developing his concept for a new kind of literary anthology, beginning with the works of Charles Dickens. He continues his pro bono services in the music field. His previous works include Everyone in Dickens, Volumes I, II, and III (Greenwood, 1995).