- Paperback: 672 pages
- Publisher: The History Press Ltd (22 July 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 075093784X
- ISBN-13: 978-0750937849
- Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 12.8 x 5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 450,223 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Chronicle of a Working Life is an omnibus of three classic books by Charles Dickens's great-granddaughter, Monica Dickens. Amusing, revealing and witty One Pair of Hands, One Pair of Feet, and My Turn to Make the Tea give a wonderful evocation of the post-war years of the twenties and thirties. 'Surely,' I thought, 'there's something more to life than just going to parties that one doesn't enjoy, with people one doesn't even like?' So begins Monica Dickens's first career move as, bored of being a debutante, she is let loose on series of unsuspecting upper-class employers as a cook-general in One Pair of Hands. Cooking, cleaning and telling all in this deliciously funny memoir, written at the age of twenty-two, this was her first book. One Pair of Feet continues her adventures when she recounts her first, and only, year of training to be a nurse, and My Turn to Make the Tea completes the trilogy by telling of her time as a very junior, very enthusiastic reporter on a local newspaper.
About the Author
Monica Dickens was the great-granddaughter of Charles Dickens. Born in 1915, she wrote numerous well-known and popular novels, children's books and autobiographical books. Monica Dickens died in 1992.
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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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Great books (as there are actually 3 complete books).Monica Dickens is a very readable author who has stood the test of time.
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Funny,funny funny book
7 July 2011
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Loved this book, I read One Pair of Feet as a teenager and it's even better now, having worked as a nurse some of the 'silliness' is still about. One Pair of Hands is great, so 'classy', so English! Why would anyone think they could just go and be a 'cook-general' with no training! Still reading My Turn to Make the Tea and again, funny, and very ordinary, everyday English. Hate to think that I'll finish it soon, then what do I do?
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