IDENTITY
Household Edition
Literature
Work Summary
A nineteenth-century illustrated edition series of Dickens's works designed for household reading. The volumes republished his fiction with new illustrations and made the novels available as a visually distinctive collected body rather than constituting a separate literary work.
Evidence Summary
He treats the edition as a model of how literary character and illustration can work together.
Direct connection to his study of contemporary drawing, wood engraving and illustrated books.
CONTEXT
Author / Source
Charles Dickens
Work
Household Edition
Years / Period
1877–1883
Van Gogh Relation
Compared / Connected
EVIDENCE
Key Quotation
CONNECTIONS
Evidence Trail
1877–1883 — Letters 133, 261, 293, 325
Applied / Used for Study · Consulted / studied as illustrated edition
Van Gogh repeatedly refers to the Household Edition and its illustrators, and compares the publication's achievement with the early Graphic.
Response: He treats the edition as a model of how literary character and illustration can work together.
Connection: Direct connection to his study of contemporary drawing, wood engraving and illustrated books.
Related Research Nodes
Study Subject
Themes
Avenir Light is a clean and stylish font favored by designers. It's easy on the eyes and a great go-to font for titles, paragraphs & more.