Michael Hollington is a retired Professor of English who taught last at Toulouse in France and before that at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia. He has recently edited two books: Dickens and Italy with Francesca Orestano, and Imagining Italy: Victorian Travellers and Writers, with Catherine Waters. A book on A Tale of Two Cıtıes ıs about to appear wıth Atlande of Parıs and the two volume Reception of Charles Dickens in Europe ıs due out ın late 2012 or early 2013.