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Title: Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens

Author: G. K. Chesterton

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[Illustration: Charles Dickens, Circa 1840
From an oil painting by R. J. Lane.]

APPRECIATIONS AND CRITICISMS OF THE WORKS OF CHARLES DICKENS

BY

G. K. CHESTERTON

[Illustration]

1911

LONDON: J. M. DENT & SONS, LTD.
NEW YORK: E. P. DUTTON & CO.

_All rights reserved_

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. INTRODUCTION vii
II. SKETCHES BY BOZ 1
III. PICKWICK PAPERS 13
IV. NICHOLAS NICKLEBY 26
V. OLIVER TWIST 38
VI. OLD CURIOSITY SHOP 50
VII. BARNABY RUDGE 65
VIII. AMERICAN NOTES 76
IX. PICTURES FROM ITALY 87
X. MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT 90
XI. CHRISTMAS BOOKS 103
XII. DOMBEY AND SON 114
XIII. DAVID COPPERFIELD 129
XIV. CHRISTMAS STORIES 140
XV. BLEAK HOUSE 148
XVI. CHILD'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND 160
XVII. HARD TIMES 169
XVIII. LITTLE DORRIT 178
XIX. A TALE OF TWO CITIES 188
XX. GREAT EXPECTATIONS 197
XXI. OUR MUTUAL FRIEND 207
XXII. EDWIN DROOD 218
XXIII. MASTER HUMPHREY'S CLOCK 229
XXIV. REPRINTED PIECES 239

ILLUSTRATIONS

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CHARLES DICKENS, CIRCA 1840 _Frontispiece_
From an oil painting by R. J. Lane.