Books in the Dickens: Letters Pilgrim Edition series

The Pilgrim Edition of the Letters of Charles Dickens Volume 1. 1820-1839

This ninth volume presents about 1,100 letters, many unpublished, from the years 1859 to 1861. It records the writing of two major novels "Great Expectations" and "A Tale of Two Cities", and gives an insight into them both.

Volume 10 in the British Academy, or Pilgrim Edition of the Letters of Charles Dickens edited by Graham Storey. The volume contains 918 letters dated between 1862 and 1864, during which time, Dickens was writing Our Mutual Friend, and paying regular visits to France.

This 11th volume presents 1158 letters for the years 1865 to 1867. Dickens's main work in the period is the completion of the monthly parts of Our Mutual Friend; unusually, it comes out in two volumes during the period of its run.

The Pilgrim Edition of the Letters of Charles Dickens Volume 5. 1847-1849

This final volume presents 1,151 letters, many previously unpublished or published only in part, for the years 1868 to Dickens's death from a stroke on 9 June 1870; also included is an addenda of 235 letters belonging to earlier volumes.

The Pilgrim Edition of the Letters of Charles Dickens Volume 3. 1842-1843

The Pilgrim Edition of the Letters of Charles Dickens Volume 2. 1840-1841

The Pilgrim Edition of the Letters of Charles Dickens Volume 4. 1844-1846

This volume presents 1,592 letters, 668 of them previously unpublished, for the years 1850 to 1852. These years saw the completion of the serialization of "David Copperfield", the start on "Bleak House" and the establishment of the weekly "Household Words".

This volume presents 1,251 letters, 447 previously unpublished, for the years 1853 to 1855, plus a substantial Appendix and Addenda containing over 280 letters of the years 1831 to 1852 which came to light too late for earlier volumes.

This volume covers one of the most interesting period's of Dickens's life - his involvement with the young actress Ellen Ternan, separation from his wife, and his new `career' of public readings of his novels.