Dostoevsky and Dickens: A Study of Literary Influence (RLE Dickens)

What did Dickens mean to Dostoevsky, and what did the Russian writer owe to Englands greatest entertainer? Many of Dickens readers, including George Gissing and Edmund Wilson, have recognized that his achievement needs to be compared with Dostoevskys, and they have suspected, or assumed an influence. N M Larys book shows what the literary influence really or probably was.