Illustrated.
APPRECIATIONS AND CRITICISMS of the works of CHARLES DICKENS
1. Introduction
2. Sketches by Boz
3. Pickwick Papers
4. Nicholas Nickleby
5. Oliver Twist
6. Old Curiosity Shop
7. Barnaby Rudge
8. American Notes
9. Pictures from Italy
10. Martin Chuzzlewit
11. Christmas Books
12. Dombey and Son
13. David Copperfield
14. Christmas Stories
15. Bleak House
16. Child’s History of England
17. Hard Times
18. Little Dorrit
19. A Tale of Two Cities
20. Great Expectations
21. Our Mutual Friend
22. Edwin Drood
23. Master Humphrey’s Clock
24. Reprinted Pieces
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW
1. Introduction to the First Edition
2. The Problem of a Preface
3. The Irishman
4. The Puritan
5. The Progressive
6. The Critic
7. The Dramatist
8. The Philosopher
Gilbert Keith Chesterton was one of the most influential English writers of the 20th century. His prolific and diverse output included journalism, philosophy, poetry, biography, Christian apologetics, fantasy and detective fiction.
Chesterton has been called the "prince of paradox". Time magazine, in a review of a biography of Chesterton, observed of his writing style: "Whenever possible Chesterton made his points with popular sayings, proverbs, allegories—first carefully turning them inside out.
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