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Charles Dickens

For additional information on Charles Dickens, please consult with the following Subject Research Guides: Literary Criticism, British History, Film Studies or Book Reviews.

Guides, Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

The Charles Dickens Encyclopedia. Ref. PR 4595 H34


Charles Dickens and His Original Illustrators. PR 4586 .C6 198


A Dickens Dictionary, (2nd Ed.). PR 4580 .P5 1970


The Dickens Dictionary: A Key to the Characters and Principal Incidents in the Tales of Charles Dickens. PR 4580 .P7 1972


The Dickens Encyclopedia. Ref. PR 4595 H3 1969


A Dickens Glossary. PR 4595 .L4 1990


The Dickens Index. Ref. PR 4580 B46 1988


A Literary Gazetteer of England. Ref. PR 109 .F5


The Oxford Illustrated Literary Guide to Great Britain and Ireland. Ref. PR 109 .E18


Victorian Britain: An Encyclopedia. Ref. DA 550 .V53 1988


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Bibliographies

Charles Dickens 1940-1975: An Analytical Subject Index to Periodical Criticism of the Novels and Christmas Books. Ref. PR 4580 F4


Critical Reception of Charles Dickens, 1833-1841. PR 4581 .C45 1989


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Indexes & Abstracts

British Humanities Index. 1962-1991. Ref. AI 3 B7


Dissertations & Theses. 1861- (ProQuest)


Essay & General Literature Index. 1900- Ref. AI 3 E752
Essay & General Literature Index. 1985- (WilsonWeb)


Expanded Academic Index. 1980- (InfoTrac)


FRANCIS (Humanities & Social Sciences). 1984-


Humanities Index. 1974- Ref. AI 3 H85
Humanities Full Text. 1984- (WilsonWeb)


MLA International Bibliography. 1921-1990. Ref. P 1 M6
MLA International Bibliography. 1963- (EBSCO)

New York Times Index. 1851- Ref. AI 21 N45
New York Times Historical Archives. 1851 - Two Years Prior to Current Date. (ProQuest)


Wilson Select Plus. 1994- (WilsonWeb)

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Complete Works of Dickens

The Dent Uniform Edition of Dickens' Journalism (Series):


The Amusements of the People and Other Papers (Volume 2). PR 4572 .A83 S58 1996


Gone Astray and Other Papers from Household Words, 1951-59 (Volume 3). PR 4552.S58 1999


The Uncommercial Traveller and Other Papers, 1959-70 (Volume 4). PR 4552 D74 2000


Letters (Volumes 1 - 12), Edited by Madeline House. PR 4581 .A3 H6


The Speeches of Charles Dickens: A Complete Edition. PR 4553 .F5 1988


Uncollected Writings from Household Words, 1850-1859. PR 4552. S7


Works / by Charles Dickens.PR 4550 1871 (Volumes 1 - 8)


The Works of Charles Dickens. PR 4550 .L3


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Audio Books and Guides to Film Adaptations

The following list provides a few audio books and guides available at UWF Libraries. Cassettes and audio books can be found at the Circulation/Reserves Desk. To find additional titles, go to the UWF Library Catalog; in Advance Searching, choose "Sound" in the Format option.

Great Expectations (Unabridged). Cassette PR 4560 .A1 1997b

Read by Michael Page. 14 cassettes, 20 hours, Brilliance Corporation


Oliver Twist (Unabridged). Cassette PR 4567 .A1 1998

Read by Mariam Margolyes. 12 cassettes, 18 hours, Audio Partners


A Tale of Two Cities (Unabridged). Cassette PR 4571 .A1 1993

Read by Richard Pasco. 11 cassettes, 14.5 hours, Audio Partners


Charles Dickens on the Screen: the Film, Television and Video Adaptations. PR 4575 .P65 1996


Dickens Dramatized. PR 4575 .B65 1987


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Journals

The following is a selected list of journals totally devoted to Dickens and his times. For other journals check the Periodical Index & Abstracts section. They are available on the second floor of the UWF John C. Pace Library. Those with hyperlinked titles are also available in full-text online, though the coverage dates will differ from the dates for our print and microform holdings.

Dickens Studies Annual

PR 4579 .D49 1970-present
The Dickensian PR 4579 .D5 1905-current
Nineteenth-Century Fiction Microfiche 375 1975-1989
PR 873 .T76 1949-1986 Incomplete
JSTOR 1949-1986
Victorian Studies PR 1 .V5 1957-1998
Project MUSE 1999-
The Victorian Newsletter PR 1 .V5 1969-current
Microfilm 1952-1971

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Other Internet Resources

Best of Times: The Theater of Charles Dickens

http://www.nypl.org/research/lpa/dickens/index.html

A Charles Dickens Journal

http://www.dickenslive.com

The Charles Dickens Page

http://www.fidnet.com/~dap1955/dickens/

The Dickens Page

http://lang.nagoya-u.ac.jp/~matsuoka/Dickens.html

The Dickens Project - University of California

http://humwww.ucsc.edu/dickens/index.html

Victoria & Albert Musuems - National Art Library's Dickens Conservation of Manuscripts

http://www.nal.vam.ac.uk/publications/dickens/index.html

National Portrait Gallery

http://www.npg.org.uk/

University of Adelaide Libraries E-Books

http://etext.library.adelaide.edu.au/aut/dickens_charles.html

The Victorian Web

http://landow.stg.brown.edu/victorian/victov.html

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By Kristy Padron, English Literature Librarian
University of West Florida Libraries
Date Last Updated: April 2007