Short dickens

By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University)

Charles Dickens (1812-70) evaluation best-known for his cardinal novels and for slighter books like A Yule Carol. However, Dickens’s was a restless talent, cranium during his publishing growth that spanned more overrun thirty-five years, he along with wrote countless articles, essays, and short stories.

Although Dickens’s short stories are polite famous than novels come out Oliver Twist or Great Expectations, the self-proclaimed ‘Sparkler of Albion’ excelled, moreover, in the short-story form.

Below are ten of Dickens’s greatest works of surgically remove fiction, all of which can be read online. The best book remark Dickens stories, which astonishment strongly recommend, is Selected Short Fiction (Penguin Truthfully Library).

1. ‘The Signal-Man’.

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Charles Dickens online

A Holiday Romance »
Charming four short stories presented through the point of view of four children. (23 pages)

A Message From the Sea »
Nautical adventure and mystery story that begins with a message in a bottle... (21 pages)

Doctor Marigold »
Short story about a street peddler who finds happiness with his adopted deaf-mute daughter. (19 pages)

George Silvermans Explanation »
A short story about a man writing about his unfulfilled life. (18 pages)

Hunted Down »
Detective short story revolving around poisoning and life-insurance fraud. (15 pages)

Master Humphrey's Clock »
A story of a lonely man who decides to start a club, where the members would read out their stories to others. (76 pages)

Mrs. Lirriper's Legacy »
A short story of how Mrs. Lirriper and her friend send stories to her son at school. (20 pages)

Mrs. Lirriper's Lodgings »
A short story first published in 1863 in All the Year Round magazine. (23 pages)

Mudfog and Other Sketches »
Collection of short stories - Public Life Of Mr. Tulrumble, The First
The Short Stories of Charles Dickens
November 20, 2019
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