Brief description: Manuscript of The Schoolboy's Story, 1853
Label: The Schoolboy's Story was one of several short stories included in the extra Christmas edition of Dickens's weekly magazine Household Words. It appeared in the 1853 edition as part of a series called Another Round of Stories by the Christmas Fire. It tells the story of a school pupil who becomes a teacher and his fellow schoolboys turn on him. This manuscript is an early draft containing many lines which have been crossed out by Dickens.
Collection: Archives & Manuscripts
Object number: AA5
Object type: manuscript
Production person: Charles Dickens
Production date: 1853

Manuscript of The Schoolboy's Story, 1853