...期有影响的著作有：约翰•福斯特（John Forster）的《狄更斯传》 （The Life of Charles Dickens），赫•皮尔逊(Hesketh Pearson)的《狄更斯传》 （Dickens: His Character, Comedy and Career）等。 在20 世纪30 年代之后，狄更斯研究逐渐走向繁荣。
abstract:Edward Hesketh Gibbons Pearson (20 February 1887 – 9 April 1964) was a British actor, theatre director and writer. He is known mainly for his popular biographies; they made him the leading British biographer of his time, in terms of commercial success.