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A brilliant anthology of the funniest extracts from Dickens' novels featuring his famous comic characters, including the Artful Dodger, Mr Pickwick, Mr Micawber, Dick Swiveller, Mr Wopsle and the Aged P. Organised by novel, the extracts have been chosen as standalone vignettes or set pieces which can be enjoyed without needing further explanation. They are illustrated with the much-loved line drawings from the early editions, including work by George Cruikshank, Phiz, John Leech and Marcus Stone. Here you will find passages from the great novels Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, Bleak House, Great Expectations and A Christmas Carol, as well as the unfinished Mystery of Edwin Drood. Joyous and satirical, this is the ideal gift not only for Dickens enthusiasts but for anyone with an appreciation of the power of humour.

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'[These] well-chosen excerpts reveal Dickens’s superlative gift for humour and the sheer delight he took in poking fun at his comic creations, such as Mr Micawber, Betsey Trotwood and Mr Pickwick. They seem so real, so flawed and human that we often forget they are actually fictional.' * Literary Laughs *

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NICK HORNBY is the bestselling author of eight novels, including Just Like You, Funny Girl, High Fidelity and About a Boy, and several works of non-fiction including Fever Pitch. He has also written numerous award-winning screenplays for film and television including An Education, Brooklyn, Wild and, most recently, State of the Union. R. J. CRUIKSHANK (1898-1956) was the editor of the News Chronicle (founded by Charles Dickens as the Daily News in 1846) and the author of, among other books, Charles Dickens and Early Victorian England.

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