Charles Dickens (Unabridged)

G. K. Chesterton was a great admirer of Charles Dickens, and wrote a noted critique of Dickens' works expressing his opinion in his own inimitable style

CONTAINS

CHAPTER I.-THE DICKENS PERIOD
CHAPTER II.-THE BOYHOOD OF DICKENS
CHAPTER III.-THE YOUTH OF DICKENS
CHAPTER IV.-'THE PICKWICK PAPERS'
CHAPTER V.-THE GREAT POPULARITY
CHAPTER VI.-DICKENS AND AMERICA PART TWO
CHAPTER VII.-DICKENS AND CHRISTMAS
CHAPTER VIII.-THE TIME OF TRANSITION
CHAPTER IX.-LATER LIFE AND WORKS
CHAPTER X.-THE GREAT DICKENS CHARACTERS
CHAPTER XI.-ON THE ALLEGED OPTIMISM OF DICKENS
CHAPTER XII.-A NOTE ON THE FUTURE OF DICKENS