The Mudfog and Other Sketches (Annotated)

Download or read book The Mudfog and Other Sketches (Annotated) written by Charles Dickens and published by . This book was released on 2020-05-02 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.