# The Turning Point

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- Authors: [Robert Douglas-Fairhurst](https://www.bookquiver.com/robert-douglas-fairhurst)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2021-09-02
- Genres: Biography: writers, Literature: history and criticism, Society and culture: general, General and world history, European history

## Description

A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR The year is 1851. It's a time of radical change in Britain, when industrial miracles and artistic innovations rub shoulders with political unrest, poverty and disease. It's also a turbulent time in the life of Charles Dickens, as he copes with a double bereavement and early signs that his marriage is falling apart. But this year will become the turning point in Dickens's career, as he embraces his calling as a chronicler of ordinary people's lives. The Turning Point transports us into the foggy streets of Dickens's London, closely following the twists and turns of a year that would come to define him, and forever alter Britain's relationship with the world. 'Sparklingly informative ' Guardian 'Wonderfully entertaining' Observer 'It is hard to imagine a better book on Dickens' New Statesman

## Editions

### The Turning Point

- Publisher: Vintage
- ISBN: 978-17-8470-833-7
- Pages: 368
- Published: 2022-09-01
- Language: en_GB

### The Turning Point

- Publisher: knopf
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-05-2565-595-4
- Published: 2022-03-01
- Language: en_US

### The Turning Point

- Publisher: Vintage Digital
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-14-7355-487-0
- Published: 2021-09-02
- Language: en_GB

### The Turning Point

- Publisher: Vintage Digital
- Medium: audio
- Length: 11 h 44 min
- Narrated by: Philip S Stevens
- ISBN: 978-15-2919-340-4
- Published: 2021-09-02
- Language: en_GB