Dickensian Digressions: The Hunter, The Haunter and the Haunted

Two major Dickens studies, each of them breaking fresh ground, vie for attention in this absorbing volume. The first explores the extent to which Charles Dickens inherited the mantle of Charles Lamb; the second explores the strained relationship between Dickens, the leading novelist of the day, and T. B. Macaulay, the leading historian of the day.