Brief description: Charles Dickens's reading copy of 'Bardell and Pickwick / Mr Chops, the Dwarf / Mr Bob Sawyer's Party'
Label: This is Charles Dickens's personal copy of 'Bardell and Pickwick' from around 1861, which he used at his public readings. Although it also contains other stories, 'Mr. Chops, the Dwarf' and 'Mr. Bob Sawyer's Party', 'Bardell and Pickwick' was one of Dickens's most popular at readings. He probably knew it by heart, so this may explain the lack of adaptations and annotations in this volume. With the volume is the following autograph note: "To my friend Andrew Arnold as a remembrance of his friend George Gurney also as a tribute for his filial affection and an appreciation of his literary taste December 1901" and a printed slip of Arnold's authorship.
Collection: Library
Object number: [lib]6687
Object type: book
Title: Bardell and Pickwick
Bardell and Pickwick. Mr. Chops, The Dwarf, Mr. Bob Sawyer's Party
Production person: Dickens, Charles
Production organisation: William Clowes and Sons
Production date: ca.1861

Reading copy of 'Bardell and Pickwick' and other scenes