Sikes and Nancy and Other Public Readings
Title | Sikes and Nancy and Other Public Readings PDF eBook |
Author | Charles Dickens |
Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
Pages | 246 |
Release | 1983 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 9780192816177 |
This volume of Dickens' public readings includes "A Christmas Carol," "The Chimes," "The Story of Little Dombey," "The Poor Traveller," "Boots at the Holly-Tree Inn," "Mrs. Gamp," "Bardell and Pickwick," "David Copperfield," "Nicholas Nickleby at the Yorkshire School," "Mr. Bob Sawyer's Party," "Doctor Marigold," and "Sikes and Nancy."
Sikes and Nancy
Title | Sikes and Nancy PDF eBook |
Author | Charles Dickens |
Publisher | |
Pages | 86 |
Release | 1921 |
Genre | English literature |
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On November 14, 1868 Charles Dickens organized a special reading to a select audience to get their opinion on whether or not Sikes and Nancy, the telling of the horrific murder of Nancy by Bill Sikes in Oliver Twist, should be added to his repertoire of public readings of his works. William Charles Kent (1823-1902), editor, journalist, and Dickens' friend, was among those chosen to witness this test reading. Here he gives an account of the event. Most in the audience, Kent among them, felt the reading was sensational and should be added. A few worried about possible hysteria in the audience and the reading's effect on Dickens' already frail health. Dickens read the account with such passion that his pulse soared during its performance. Dickens added Sikes and Nancy to his farewell reading tour of Britain.
Sikes and Nancy, a Reading by Charles Dickens
Title | Sikes and Nancy, a Reading by Charles Dickens PDF eBook |
Author | Charles Dickens |
Publisher | |
Pages | 82 |
Release | 1921 |
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Sikes & Nancy, a Reading
Title | Sikes & Nancy, a Reading PDF eBook |
Author | Charles Dickens |
Publisher | |
Pages | 86 |
Release | 1921 |
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The Public Readings
Title | The Public Readings PDF eBook |
Author | Charles Dickens |
Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
Pages | 570 |
Release | 1975 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN |
A scholarly edition of public readings by Charles Dickens. The edition presents an authoritative text, together with an introduction, commentary notes, and scholarly apparatus.
The Charles Dickens Show
Title | The Charles Dickens Show PDF eBook |
Author | Raymund Fitzsimons |
Publisher | |
Pages | 216 |
Release | 1970 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN |
Charles Dickens and His Performing Selves
Title | Charles Dickens and His Performing Selves PDF eBook |
Author | Malcolm Andrews |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 346 |
Release | 2007-11-29 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0199236208 |
Charles Dickens's public readings have not had the attention they deserve; and yet Dickens put as much effort into perfecting his performances as he did with his novels. These performances were sensational events and won Dickens thousands of new admirers. This book tells that story and brings the events alive, with more detail than ever before.