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Almost everyone knows of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. Few, though, know that that story was merely the first of a set of five Christmas stories he wrote between 1844…

Charles John Huffam Dickens (1812-1870) was considered to be the greatest English novelist of the Victorian era. Oliver Twist follows the adventures of a poor orphan boy in the workhouse…

We commenced our last chapter with the beadle of our parish, because we are deeply sensible of the importance and dignity of his office. We will begin the present, with…

This fascinating account of Charles Dickens’ phenomenally successful reading tours in Britain and America between 1866 and 1870 was published by his manager George Dolby in 1885. The first author…

This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing’s Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because…

George Dolby worked as manager and secretary for the author Charles Dickens, accompanying him on his famous writing tours in Britain and North America. This is his biography of the…