Author: Charles Dickens
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781527709096
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Pages : 554
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Excerpt from Life, Letters and Speeches of Charles Dickens, Vol. 2 of 2: With Biographical Sketches of the Principal Illustrators of Dickens's Works About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: Charles Dickens
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781334917295
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 514
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Excerpt from Life, Letters, and Speeches of Charles Dickens, Vol. 1 of 2: With Biographical Sketches of the Principal Illustrators of Dickens's Works His birth at Portsea was due to the fact that his father was a clerk in the navy-pay Office and at the time was stationed at Portsmouth, where he attended to the paying-off Of ships. TO the same fact it was owing that until eleven years Of age Charles Dickens lived in a nautical atmosphere, first for four years at Portsea, and then for seven at Chatham. The hulks and marshes and the Old Bill Barley of Great Expectations, the babby in the form of a great Sea Porkypine, his family, and his fascinating house Of the naval order Of architecture of David Copperfield, and the more directly autobiographic Sketches in The Uncommercial Traveller at once rise to the mind as carrying these early memories Of the sea; but it is to be noticed how Dickens's references to the sea are confined almost wholly to the margin Of it, for his own early experience upon the water seems to have been limited to occasional cruises on the navy-pay yacht, an Old-fashioned, high-sterned sailing yacht, a sluggish craft which sometimes bore John Dickens and his children when he sailed on the Medway to Sheerness on the business Of the Pay Office. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: Charles Dickens
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Author: Charles Dickens
Publisher: Hansebooks
ISBN: 9783348084772
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Pages : 0
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Letters and Speeches of Charles Dickens - Volume II is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1893. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.
Author: Charles Dickens
Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
ISBN: 9781230085500
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Languages : en
Pages : 176
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1894 edition. Excerpt: ...they can't do worse. This is the time of year when the theatres do best, there being still numbers of people who make it a sort of religion to see Christmas pantomimes. Having my annual houseful, I have, as yet, seen nothing. Fechter has neither pantomime nor burlesque, but is doing a new version of the old " Trente Ans de la Vie d'un Joueur." I am afraid he will not find his account in it. On the whole, the theatres, except in the articles of scenery and pictorial effect, are poor enough. But in some of the smaller houses there are actors who, if there were any dramatic headquarters as a school, might become very good. The most hopeless feature is, that they have the smallest possible idea of an effective and harmonious whole, each " going in " for himself or herself. The music-halls attract an immense public, and don't refine the general taste. But such things as they do are well done of their kind, and always briskly and punctually. The American yacht race is the last sensation. I hope the general interest felt in it on this side will have a wholesome interest on that. It will be a woeful day when John and Jonathan throw their caps into the ring. The French Emperor is indubitably in a dangerous state. His Parisian popularity wanes, and his army are discontented with him, I hear on high authority that his secret police are always making discoveries that render him desperately uneasy. You know how we have been swindling in these parts. But perhaps you don't know that Mr., the "eminent" contractor, before he fell into difiiculties, settled one million of money on his wife. Such a good and devoted husband! My daughter Katie has been very ill of nervous fever. On the 27th of...
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