Selected Short FictionPenguin, 30.07.1976 - 432 Seiten Stories of comedy and character from one of Britain's greatest novelists This witty and amusing collection of short pieces shows Dickens liberated from the more formal and sustained demands of the novel and experimenting with a diverse range of fictional techniques. In his tales of the supernatural, he creates frighteningly believable, spine-tingling stories of prophetic dreams and visions, as well as more fantastical adventures with goblins and apparitions. Impressionistic sketches combine imaginatively heightened travel journals with wry observations of home and abroad, while in his dramatic monologues, Dickens demonstrates his talent for exploring the secret workings of the human mind. These short works display Dickens's exuberant sense of comedy and character as his imagination is given free rein. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. |
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CHARLES DICKENS | 7 |
INTRODUCTION | 11 |
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY | 31 |
The Story of the Goblins who stole a Sexton | 39 |
The Baron of Grogzwig | 49 |
A Confession Found in a Prison in the Time of Charles the Second | 59 |
To Be Read at Dusk | 66 |
MUGBY JUNCTION | 78 |
Shy Neighbourhoods | 198 |
Dullborough Town | 208 |
Nurses Stories | 218 |
Arcadian London | 229 |
The Calais NightMail | 238 |
DRAMATIC MONOLOGUES | 247 |
SOMEBODYS LUGGAGE His Leaving it till called for | 249 |
His BrownPaper Parcel | 262 |
IMPRESSIONISTIC SKETCHES | 91 |
The Election for Beadle | 93 |
Meditations in MonmouthStreet | 106 |
A Visit to Newgate | 112 |
A Christmas Tree | 126 |
A Flight | 142 |
Our School | 152 |
Lying Awake | 159 |
THE UNCOMMERCIAL TRAVELLER His General Line of Business | 167 |
Refreshments for Travellers | 168 |
Travelling Abroad | 176 |
City of London Churches | 188 |
His Wonderful End | 273 |
How Mrs Lirriper carried on the Business | 281 |
How the Parlours added a few words | 309 |
MRS LIRRIPERS LEGACY Mrs Lirriper Relates how She Went On and Went Over | 314 |
Mrs Lirriper Relates how Jemmy Topped Up | 338 |
DOCTOR MARIGOLDS PRESCRIPTIONS To Be Taken Immediately | 343 |
To Be Taken for Life | 363 |
MUGBY JUNCTION Main Line The Boy at Mugby | 370 |
George Silvermans Explanation | 379 |
APPENDIX | 407 |
NOTES | 411 |
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