Includes bibliographical references (pages [157]-162) and index.
Contents
Life of Charles Dickens -- Literary heritage -- Early novels from The Pickwick papers (1837) to Martin Chuzzlewit (1844) -- Oliver Twist (1838) -- Christmas books and Christmas stories (1843-1867) -- David Copperfield (1850) -- Hard times (1854) -- A tale of two cities (1859) -- Great expectations (1861) -- Other novels from Dombey and Son (1848) to The mystery of Edwin Drood (1870).