TY - BOOK AU - Lucas, John TI - Charles Dickens: The Major Novels (Critical Studies, Penguin) SN - 9780140772524 U1 - 823.09 PY - 1992/// CY - London : PB - Penguin, KW - Dickens, Charles, -- 1812-1870 -- Criticism and interpretation KW - Dickens, Charles. KW - Roman. KW - English fiction N1 - Including Bibliography; 1. Becoming a Novelist -- 2. Dombey and Son: Living in a World of Time -- 3. David Copperfield: Fixities and Freedoms -- 4. Bleak House: Connections and Contradictions -- 5. Little Dorrit: The World's City -- 6. Great Expectations: Versions of Selfhood -- 7. Our Mutual Friend: Instruments in Their Places N2 - This study of five major novels by Dickens looks at the tensions between the "private" and "public" aspect of his work ER -