Tales from Dickens. Hallie Erminie Rives
SPEECH AND AN UNEXPECTED VERDICT
I HOW ARTHUR CAME HOME FROM CHINA
II THE CHILD OF THE MARSHALSEA
III WHAT RICHES BROUGHT TO THE DORRITS
IV WHAT HAPPENED TO ARTHUR CLENNAM
LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT
II PECKSNIFF AND OLD CHUZZLEWIT
III JONAS GETS RID OF AN ENEMY
IV WHAT CAME OF MARTIN'S TRIP TO AMERICA
V OLD CHUZZLEWIT'S PLOT SUCCEEDS
I WHAT HAPPENED TO JOHN HARMON
II LIZZIE HEXAM AND THE DOLLS' DRESSMAKER
III THE RISE AND FALL OF SILAS WEGG
IV BELLA AND THE GOLDEN DUSTMAN
IV ESTHER BECOMES THE MISTRESS OF BLEAK HOUSE
I MR. GRADGRIND AND HIS "SYSTEM"
II THE ROBBERY OF BOUNDERBY'S BANK
II THE COMING OF NEVILLE LANDLESS
CHARLES DICKENS
Charles John Huffham Dickens, the master story-teller, was born in Landport, England, February 7, 1812. His father was a clerk in one of the offices of the Navy, and he was one of eight children.
When he was four years old, his father moved to the town of Chatham, near the old city of Rochester. Round about are chalk hills, green lanes, forests and marshes, and amid such scenes the little Charles's genius first began to show itself.
He did not like the rougher sports of his school-fellows and preferred to amuse himself in his own way, or to wander about with his older sister, Fanny, whom he especially loved. They loved to watch the stars together, and there was one particular star which they used to pretend was their own. People called him a "very queer small boy" because he was always