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.âTHE DICKENS PERIOD
CHAPTER II.âTHE BOYHOOD OF DICKENS
CHAPTER III.âTHE YOUTH OF DICKENS
CHAPTER IV.â"THE PICKWICK PAPERS"
CHAPTER V.âTHE GREAT POPULARITY
CHAPTER VI.âDICKENS AND AMERICA PART TWO
CHAPTER VII.âDICKENS AND CHRISTMAS
CHAPTER VIII.âTHE TIME OF TRANSITION
CHAPTER IX.âLATER LIFE AND WORKS
CHAPTER X.âTHE GREAT DICKENS CHARACTERS
CHAPTER XI.âON THE ALLEGED OPTIMISM OF DICKENS
CHAPTER XII.âA NOTE ON THE FUTURE OF DICKENS