Charles Dickens

Not an easy read but worth the effort. Chesterton is rather light on the details of Dickens' life, concentrating mainly on his work and place in the literary pantheon. The thing that sets the book apart from the run of the mill biography is that it displays the unique perspective of a famous English novelist on the work of an even more famous English novelist. I've read virtually all of Dickens and believe, if anything, he is underrated.