Charles Dickens

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.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