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Taking It Further: Chaplin
Want to know more about Chaplin's work and life? We've selected some books and weblinks to take you further:

Books
The Poor and the Proletariat from Mythologies
Roland Barthes, translated by Annette Lavers, published by Jonathan Cape

Charlie Chaplin
Andre Bazin, preface by Francois Truffaut, published by Collection 7me Art, Editions du cerf

The Parade's Gone By
Kevin Brownlow, published by Secker and Warburg

My Autobiography
Charles Chaplin, published by The Bodley Head and republished by Penguin
My Early Years
Charles Chaplin, published by The Bodley Head
My Life in Pictures
Charles Chaplin, introduction by Francis Wyndham, published by The Bodley Head

Remembering Charlie
Jerry Epstein, published by Bloomsbury

Charlie Chaplin
Theodore Huff, published by Arno Press

An Evening's Entertainment: History of the American Cinema, 1915-1928
Richard Koszarski, published by University of California Press

Chaplin and American Culture
Charles Maland, published by Princeton University Press

The Chaplin Encyclopedia
Glenn Mitchell, published by Batsford

Work, Ideology and Chaplin's Tramp
by Charles Musser
from Resisting Images: Essays On Cinema and History
Edited by Robert Sklar and Charles Musser, published by Temple University Press

Chaplin: The Mirror of Opinion
David Robinson, published by Secker and Warburg

Chaplin: His Life and Art
David Robinson published by William Collins and Sons; reprinted by Penguin.

Charlie Chaplin: the Art of Comedy
David Robinson, published by Thames and Hudson

Weblinks
British Film Institute on Chaplin - includes links to Chaplin sources and an appreciation by Richard Attenborough

Charlie Chaplin.com - Chaplin events, copyright holdings and live performances of his films

The Little Fellow - a fan site including biographical details and a Chaplin-themed tour of Hollywood



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