Research Catalog

Title

The lazy tour of two idle apprentices / Wilkie Collins and Charles Dickens ; edited by Melissa Valiska Gregory and Melisa Klimaszewski.

Author

Collins, Wilkie, 1824-1889

Publication

London : Hesperus, 2011.

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Additional Authors

• Collins, Wilkie, 1824-1889
• Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
• Gregory, Melissa Valiska
• Klimaszewski, Melisa

Description

xviii, 141 p.; 20 cm.

Summary

In autumn 1857, Charles Dickens embarked on a sightseeing trip to Cumberland with his friend, the rising star of literature Wilkie Collins. Writing together, they reported their adventures for Dickens' periodical Household Words, producing a meditation on the pleasures of bachelor bonding and an example of collaborative journalism at its best. The Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices illustrates both long-cherished and entirely novel sides of these well-loved men of letters. Featuring two ghost stories from undisputed masters of the genre, it also uniquely demonstrates their glee in caricaturing themselves and one another. Through their fictional counterparts, the men relentlessly satirise Dickens' maniacal energy and Collins' idleness. The result is an exuberant diary of a journey and a rare insight into one of literature's most intriguing friendships.--From publisher description.

Series Statement

Hesperus classics

Uniform Title

Hesperus classics

Subject

• Cumbria (England) > Description and travel > Fiction
• Walking > Cumbria > Fiction

Genre/Form

Fiction

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 133-138).

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction / Melissa Valiska Gregory and Melisa Klimaszewski -- Note on the text -- The lazy tour of two idle apprentices -- Notes -- Biographical note.

ISBN

• 9781843912057 (pbk.)
• 1843912058 (pbk.)

OCLC

729551215

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library