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Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi
Frontispiece, first edition of 1838
AuthorEdited: Charles Dickens ("Boz")
Illustrator George Cruikshank
LanguageEnglish
Genre Autobiography
PublisherRichard Bentley; London
Publication date
1838 (in two volumes)
Publication placeEngland
Media typePrint ( Hardback and Paperback)
Preceded by Oliver Twist 
Followed by Nicholas Nickleby 

Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi is the 1838 autobiography of the pioneering nineteenth-century clown Joseph Grimaldi. It was edited by Charles Dickens, who first saw Grimaldi perform when he was just seven years old. [1]

1838 Poster advertisement for Memoirs of Grimaldi

References

  1. ^ Forster, John (2006) [1872–1874]. Life of Charles Dickens. London: Diderot Publishing. p. 65. ISBN  978-90-77932-03-2. Archived from the original on 21 September 2015. Retrieved 2 July 2015.

Notes

  • Charles Dickens, Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi, Pushkin Press, London, 2008.
  • Richard Findlater, Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi, MacGibbon & Kee, 1968.
  • Richard Findlater, Grimaldi: King of Clowns, 1955.

External links

Online Texts


From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi
Frontispiece, first edition of 1838
AuthorEdited: Charles Dickens ("Boz")
Illustrator George Cruikshank
LanguageEnglish
Genre Autobiography
PublisherRichard Bentley; London
Publication date
1838 (in two volumes)
Publication placeEngland
Media typePrint ( Hardback and Paperback)
Preceded by Oliver Twist 
Followed by Nicholas Nickleby 

Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi is the 1838 autobiography of the pioneering nineteenth-century clown Joseph Grimaldi. It was edited by Charles Dickens, who first saw Grimaldi perform when he was just seven years old. [1]

1838 Poster advertisement for Memoirs of Grimaldi

References

  1. ^ Forster, John (2006) [1872–1874]. Life of Charles Dickens. London: Diderot Publishing. p. 65. ISBN  978-90-77932-03-2. Archived from the original on 21 September 2015. Retrieved 2 July 2015.

Notes

  • Charles Dickens, Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi, Pushkin Press, London, 2008.
  • Richard Findlater, Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi, MacGibbon & Kee, 1968.
  • Richard Findlater, Grimaldi: King of Clowns, 1955.

External links

Online Texts



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