Title: Master Humphrey's Clock
First published: July 10, 2003
Description: *Master Humphrey's Clock* was an ambitious weekly literary magazine published by Dickens himself. Lasting only from 1840 to 1841, it spun off some major works, including *The Old Curiosity Shop* and this collection of stories and sketches. The narrator is Master Humphrey , not "churlish" and not a "misanthrope", who describes his daily life and his encounters with vivid characters including Mr. Pickwick. The clock is his old companion, where he stores manuscripts.
Subjects: Fiction, History, Juvenile literature, Social life and customs, Gordon Riots, 1780, Juvenile History, Great Britain, English literature, Fiction, crime, Fiction, romance, clean & wholesome, Fiction, classics, Fiction, general
Places: Great Britain, England
People: Charles Dickens (1812-1870)
Time periods: 19th century, 18th century