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The Autobiography of Fezziwig
by
Danny Kuhn
(Goodreads Author)
Dickens gave us only a glimpse of Scrooge's first employer, as a jolly old man who loved Christmas. This is the whole life of Fezziwig, an English businessman during the cusp of the Industrial Revolution who travels to colonial Charleston, South Carolina promoting his warehouse trade. Along the way, he befriends a young man named Washington, and returns to spend time in th
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314 pages
Published
April 8th 2013
by Favorite Trainers.com Books
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I wish to be perfectly honest with this review. I approached reading this book with some trepidation as I am not a big fan of the genre. I am basically a science fiction fan and historical fiction is a far cry from that. With that said, I thoroughly enjoyed this book. The story was captivating and held my attention, from beginning to end. I was afraid that this book would be written in the Dickensian style and I was not looking forward to slogging through the verbose and sometimes incomprehensib
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The Autobiography of Fezziwig is available on Amazon and at less than $4 for the Kindle edition, everyone should buy this book and read it....especially avid readers and teachers.
Although I bought the book a couple of months ago, I was just now able to read it on vacation. I found it quite enjoyable! While it is a work of fiction, it was full of historical facts intertwined the development of science and technology with a touch of humanity. The characters were intriguing and believable. Imaginin ...more
Although I bought the book a couple of months ago, I was just now able to read it on vacation. I found it quite enjoyable! While it is a work of fiction, it was full of historical facts intertwined the development of science and technology with a touch of humanity. The characters were intriguing and believable. Imaginin ...more
Loved this book. I was hooked on the first page.
The author has taken Fezziwig, a minor character from Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, and made him real. I felt I was part of Fezziwig’s life and times, and I cared about him and the people in his life. The author adroitly weaves historical facts into the story, and the narrative and dialog seem authentic for eighteenth century London without being dense and plodding. This is one of those books I couldn’t wait to finish and yet, I was sad it came to an ...more
The author has taken Fezziwig, a minor character from Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, and made him real. I felt I was part of Fezziwig’s life and times, and I cared about him and the people in his life. The author adroitly weaves historical facts into the story, and the narrative and dialog seem authentic for eighteenth century London without being dense and plodding. This is one of those books I couldn’t wait to finish and yet, I was sad it came to an ...more
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