# The Turning Point

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- Authors: [Robert Douglas-Fairhurst](https://www.bookquiver.com/robert-douglas-fairhurst)
- Publisher: Vintage
- ISBN: 978-17-8470-833-7
- Pages: 368
- Published: 2022-09-01
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## 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