Mudfog and Other Sketches (EasyRead Super Large 18pt Edition)


Book Description

This charming collection of sketches from Victorian literary master Charles Dickens brings together a number of pieces that were originally published in various popular periodicals of the era. Most notable are the tales about the imaginary town of Mudfog, which detail, among other things, the political ascendancy and personal devolution of the town's mayor, as well as the lofty ambitions and intellectual pretensions of the town's scientific society.




1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die


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Completely revised and updated to include the most up-to-date selections, this is a bold and bright reference book to the novels and the writers that have excited the world's imagination. This authoritative selection of novels, reviewed by an international team of writers, critics, academics, and journalists, provides a new take on world classics and a reliable guide to what's hot in contemporary fiction. Featuring more than 700 illustrations and photographs, presenting quotes from individual novels and authors, and completely revised for 2012, this is the ideal book for everybody who loves reading.







The Mudfog Papers and Other Sketches (Illustrated Edition)


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First published as "The Mudfrog Papers" from 1837-38 in the monthly literary periodical "Bentley's Miscellany" of which Dickens was then editor, then in book form as "The Mudfrog Papers and Other Sketches" in 1880 by Richard Bentley.