A HANDY DICKENS 1941 FIRST EDITION: SELECTIONS FROM THE WORKS OF CHARLES DICKENS BY ARTHUR MACHEN

A HANDY DICKENS 1941 FIRST EDITION. SELECTIONS FROM THE WORKS OF CHARLES DICKENS BY ARTHUR MACHEN. PUBLISHED BY CONSTABLE & CO LTD LONDON (1795-present), A FIRST EDITION HARDCOVER IN VERY GOOD CONDITION FOR ITS AGE.
WITH AN INTERESTING NEWSPAPER CLIPS DATED 1950 OF THE GOOD FAIRY OF THE VARSITY RAG AND OFROSIE THE ELEPHANT IN BRISTOL ZOO GETTING A PEDICURE.
 
CHARLES DICKENS (1812-1870): CHARLES JOHN HUFFAM DICKENS WAS AN ENGLISH NOVELIST AND SOCIAL CRITIC WHO CREATED SOME OF THE WORLD'S BEST-KNOWN FICTIONAL CHARACTERS, AND IS REGARDED BY MANY AS THE GREATEST NOVELIST OF THE VICTORIAN ERA.
BORN IN 1812 IN ENGLAND, DICKENS DID FACTORY WORK AS ACHILD AND HAD LITTLE FORMAL EDUCATION. WHILE WORKING AS A REPORTER, DICKENS PUBLISHED HIS FIRST STORIES AND SKETCHES UNDER THE PEN NAME BOZ.
THESE ARE SOME OF DICKENSS MOST FAMOUS NOVELS AND NOVELLAS (SHORT NOVELS):

1. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club (1836-1837): Dickens first novel follows a kindly old aristocrat and his friends as they take daytrips outside of London and report on their experiences. 
2. Oliver Twist (183738): Oliver Twist tells the story of an orphan living in London who fends for himself by joining a gang of young pickpockets led by an older man known as Fagin. Dickens's childhood working in factories served as the inspiration.
3. A Christmas Carol (1843):  Dickens wrote his first non-serial novella in just six weeks. The story follows Ebenezer Scrooge, a curmudgeonly old rich man who encounters three spirits on Christmas Eve who show him the error of his greedy ways. It is regarded by many as his greatest achievement.
4. Great Expectations (1861): A coming-of-age story, Great Expectations is full of memorable characters,. The novel continues to be one of Dickens most popular.
5. The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1870): The Mystery of Edwin Drood was Dickenss final novel, left unfinished at the time of his death in 1870. It follows the many scandals and misadventures of the acquaintances and friends of Edwin Drood shortly before his mysterious disappearance.

CONDITION: MINOR DISCOLORATION OF PAGES. NO DUST JACKET.OVERALL IN TACT AND IN GOOD CONDITION.
 
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