In tribute to the bicentennial of the birth of Charles Dickens, Delphi Classics is pleased to introduce Dickensiana, a first of its kind e-compilation of period accounts of Dickens’s life and works, rare 19th and early 20th century books and articles about Dickens and Dickensian locales, reminiscences by family, friends and colleagues, tribute poems, parodies, satires and sequels based on his works and much more, spiced with an abundance of vintage images. Delphi looks forward to publishing further volumes and welcomes suggestions for additional texts and images.
Features:
* 14 Dickensian books - immerse yourself in the world of literature's greatest novelist!
* a detailed short prose works section, with rare articles and extracts
* a range of Dickensian poems inspired by the writings of the great man
* a SPECIAL Dickensiana image section, featuring rare vintage postcards in beautiful colour
* a Dickensian's treasure trove of scholarly texts
* IMPROVED texts and formatting
Contents
The Books
CHARLES DICKENS AND HIS FRIENDS BY W. TEIGNMOUTH SHORE
THE PUZZLE OF DICKENS’S LAST PLOT BY ANDREW LANG
IN JAIL WITH CHARLES DICKENS BY ALFRED TRUMBLE
MY FATHER AS I RECALL HIM BY MAMIE DICKENS
DICKENS-LAND BY J.A. NICKLIN
PICKWICKIAN MANNERS AND CUSTOMS BY PERCY FITZGERALD
CHRISTMAS EVE WITH THE SPIRITS
THE PROBLEM OF EDWIN DROOD BY W. ROBERTSON NICOLL
MICAWBER REDIVIVUS BY JONATHAN COALFIELD
PICKWICKIAN STUDIES BY PERCY FITZGERALD
PHIZ AND DICKENS, AS THEY APPEARED TO EDGAR BROWNE
A WEEK’S TRAMP IN DICKENS-LAND BY WILLIAM R. HUGHES
CHARLES DICKENS AS A READER BY CHARLES KENT
THE INNS AND TAVERNS OF “PICKWICK” BY B.W. MATZ
The Shorter Prose
A LITERARY HIGHWAY
EXTRACT FROM “A BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE”
A CHILD’S JOURNEY WITH DICKENS
CHARLES DICKENS AND ROCHESTER
A WALK WITH AN IMMORTAL
NEW CHAPTERS FROM ‘THE LIFE OF DICKENS’
NEW FACTS ABOUT THE REAL CHARLES DICKENS
MEN AND MEMORIES: PERSONAL REMINISCENCES
CHARLES DICKENS AS I KNEW HIM
DICKENS IN AMERICA
EXTRACT FROM “PEN PHOTOGRAPHS OF CHARLES DICKENS’S READINGS, TAKEN FROM LIFE”
PORTRAITS AND MEMOIRS
HARD TIMES (REFINISHED)
UNDER THE SHADOW OF BLEAK HOUSE
THE WOODEN MIDSHIPMAN
MISS BETSEY TROTWOOD’S
DISAPPEARING DICKENSLAND
ROUND ABOUT DOTHEBOY’S HALL
THACKERAY AND DICKENS
MEMORIES OF CHARLES DICKENS
DICKENS’S CHARACTERS AND THEIR PROTOTYPES
THE FRIENDSHIP OF CHARLES DICKENS AND WASHINGTON IRVING
CHARLES DICKENS’S RELIGION
CHARLES DICKENS IN ILLINOIS
PICKWICKIAN BATH
NICHOLAS NICKLEBY AT HIND HEAD
LITERARY GEOGRAPHY: THE COUNTRY OF DICKENS
A CHRISTMAS CAROL
THE FINAL STAVE OF “A CHRISTMAS CAROL”
"PHIZ" A MEMOIR
THE CITY OF EDWIN DROOD
“BOZ” AND BOULOGNE
DICKENS AND GRAVESEND
DICKENS IN SWITZERLAND
CHARLES DICKENS’ MANUSCRIPTS
DICKENS
THE SHADOW ON DICKENS’S LIFE
EXTRACT FROM “CROWDING MEMORIES”
EXTRACT FROM “OLD FRIENDS. BEING LITERARY RECOLLECTIONS OF OTHER DAYS”
The Poetry
LIST OF POEMS
Dickensiana Images
DICKENS'S CHILDREN
DICKENS POSTCARDS
