Charles Dickens

G. K. Chesterton was a great admirer of Charles Dickens, and wrote a noted critique of Dickens' works expressing his opinion in his own inimitable style

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