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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