Mudfog And Other Papers Contributed To Bentley S Miscellany

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*This Book is annotated (it contains a detailed biography of the author). *An active Table of Contents has been added by the publisher for a better customer experience. *This book has been checked and corrected for spelling errors.The Mudfog Papers was written by Charles Dickens and published from 1837 to 1838 in the monthly literary journal Bentley's Miscellany, which he was then editing.The Mudfog Papers relates the proceedings of a fictional society, The Mudfog Society for the Advancement of Everything, a Pickwickian parody of the British Association for the Advancement of Science.

Excerpt from The Mudfog Papers, Etc The papers contained in this little volume were written by charles dickens for the early numbers of Bentley's Miscellany. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Differentiated book- It has a historical context with research of the time-Mudfog and Other Sketches by Charles Dickens. It was written by Charles Dickens and published from 1837 to 1838 in the monthly Bentley's Miscellany literary journal, which he was later editing. The Mudfog Papers recounts the proceedings of a fictional society, The Mudfog Society for the Advancement of Everything, a Pickwickian parody of the British Association for the Advancement of Science. The latter, founded in York in 1831, was one of the many Victorian scholarly societies dedicated to the advancement of science. Like The Pickwick Papers, The Mudfog Papers affirms its affinity for parliamentary reports, memoirs, and posthumous documents. The series was illustrated by George Cruikshank. The fictional town of Mudfog was based at Chatham in Kent, where Dickens spent part of his youth.When Oliver Twist first appeared in Bentley's Miscellany in February 1837, Mudfog was described by Dickens as the city where Oliver was born and spent his early years, causing Oliver Twist to be related to The Mudfog Papers, but this allusion was removed when the novel was published as a book. Charles Dickens - Charles John Huffam Dickens FRSA (February 7, 1812 - June 9, 1870) was an English writer and social critic.

From the introductory note. The papers contained in this little volume were written by Charles Dickens for the early numbers of "Bentley's Miscellany." The manuscripts of the two meetings of the Mudfog Association, and of "Mr. Robert Bolton, the gentleman connected with the Press," in my possession, are covered with corrections, erasures, and additions. At that time Charles Dickens wrote a freer and bolder hand than he came to write in later years, and these manuscripts are easily decipherable. Something perhaps of the comparative freedom 'of the handwriting of these sketches, when set the side of the manuscript of "Our Mutual Friend," may be owing to the quill pen, with whose exit has gone out much of that free and graceful penmanship of which Mr. Lupton reminds us that Thomas Tomkins, of St. Paul's School, was so unrivalled a teacher. -GEORGE BENTLEY.

The fictional town of Mudfog was based on Chatham in Kent, where Dickens spent part of his youth. When Oliver Twist first appeared in Bentley's Miscellany in February 1837, Mudfog was described by Dickens as the town where Oliver was born and spent his early years, making Oliver Twist a continuation of The Mudfog Papers. This allusion was removed when the novel was published as a book, under the title The Mudfog Papers and Other Sketches (1837). The Mudfog Papers relates the proceedings of a fictional society, The Mudfog Society for the Advancement of Everything, a Pickwickian parody of the British Association for the Advancement of Science.