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CONTAINS

CHAPTER I.—THE DICKENS PERIOD
CHAPTER II.—THE BOYHOOD OF DICKENS
CHAPTER III.—THE YOUTH OF DICKENS
CHAPTER IV.—'THE PICKWICK PAPERS'
CHAPTER V.—THE GREAT POPULARITY
CHAPTER VI.—DICKENS AND AMERICA PART TWO
CHAPTER VII.—DICKENS AND CHRISTMAS
CHAPTER VIII.—THE TIME OF TRANSITION
CHAPTER IX.—LATER LIFE AND WORKS
CHAPTER X.—THE GREAT DICKENS CHARACTERS
CHAPTER XI.—ON THE ALLEGED OPTIMISM OF DICKENS
CHAPTER XII.—A NOTE ON THE FUTURE OF DICKENS