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This story is widely available in ebook editions, but I have just reread it in an old hardback copy of Dickens's Christmas Stories. It is very melodramatic and likely to move readers to tears, but with plenty of humour too. It follows the often tragic story of a cheapjack, "Doctor" Marigold (called after the Doctor who delivered him!)
You can really see why this was a popular item at Dickens's public readings. It's cleverly written in the first person, so that he includes just enough Cockney to ...more
You can really see why this was a popular item at Dickens's public readings. It's cleverly written in the first person, so that he includes just enough Cockney to ...more
