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Master Humphrey's Clock And Other Stories
This unique selection of shorter fiction - The Public Life of Mr. Tulrumble, Master Humphrey's Clock, The Lamplighter's Story, To Be Read at Dusk, Hunted Down and George Silverman's Explanation-offers a fine insight into the workings of Dickens's creative genius. Written between 1837 and 1870, they span his career and exemplify his power to entertain.
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This was just a group of strange little stories that I imagine weren't that popular when they first came out. What it really is is the reason Dickens wrote The Old Curiosity Shop and Barnaby Rudge, neither of which I've read. Master Humphrey's Clock is the name of a literary circle of characters that get together at Master Humphrey's house, wind up his clock, and then read stories they keep in the clock's case. What's stupid is that when one of the group's member dies, they stop the clock and en...more
G.K. Chesterton's review says it all about Master Humphrey's Clock: "As a triumph of Dickens, at least, it is not of great importance. But as a sample of Dickens it happens to be of quite remarkable importance. The very fact that it is somewhat more level and even monotonous than most of his creations makes us realise, as it were, against what level and monotony those creations commonly stand out."
Originally a regular magazine written entirely by Charles Dickens, Master Humphrey's Clock uses an...more
Originally a regular magazine written entirely by Charles Dickens, Master Humphrey's Clock uses an...more
an old man and 3 others sit around and palaver. Basically this was a serialization between novels. It was not a story in and of itself. Not very interesting. The only thing going for it was the inclusion of Pickwick and the Weller's.
Rather like the sweetest of the Canterbury Tales set in a parlor instead of on a pilgrimage...
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A prolific 19th Century author of short stories, plays, novellas, novels, fiction and non-fiction; during his lifetime Dickens became known the world over for his remarkable characters, his mastery of prose in the telling of their lives, and his depictions of the social classes, morals and values of his times. Some considered him the spokesman for the poor, for he definitely brought much awarenes...more
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