Biographies:
Ackroyd, Peter, Dickens (London: Sinclair-Stevenson, 1990)
Forster, John, The Life of Charles Dickens (London: Cecil Palmer, 1872–74)
James, Elizabeth, Charles Dickens (London: British Library, 2004)
Kaplan, Fred, Dickens: A Biography (London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1988)
Smiley, Jane, Charles Dickens (London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 2002)
Additional Recommended Background Material:
Collins, Philip, ed., Dickens: The Critical Heritage (London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1971)
Fielding, K.J, Charles Dickens: A Critical Introduction 2nd ed. (London: Longmans, 1965)
Wilson, Angus, The World of Charles Dickens (London: Secker & Warburg, 1970)
On the Web:
dickens.stanford.edu
dickens.ucsc.edu
www.dickensmuseum.com