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ACKROYD, PETER ChattertonLondon, Hamish Hamilton. 1987, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Publishers original dark red boards with gilt lettering to spine. Dustwrapper: clipped, now protected in Brodart. White endpapers, no inscriptions. 234pp minor light toning to page edges otherwise pages clean and bright in firm binding. What is the mystery of Thomas Chatterton? A young poet and elderly female novelist try to decode the clues found within an eighteenth century manuscript, only to discover that their investigation is disclosing other secrets for which there is no solution. But they are not alone in their quest: the mystery is being revived in an earlier age, as in the mid-nineteenth century Henry Wallis paints his celebrated portrait of Chatterton lying dead in an attic room. And Chatterton himself, the young man who was described as the originator and inspiration of the Romantic Movement, steps forward with his own story of the events that happened in August 1770. Peter Ackroyd's Chatterton is about death. It is about plagiarism. It is about the nature of poetry, it is at once both tragic and profoundly comic, a meditation on human destiny and a satire on human folly. Very Good/Fine/Very Good/Fine.
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