Title: George Silverman's Explanation
First published: 1870
Description: This late short story by Charles Dickens is a tale of a man writing about his unfulfilled life; and getting it all wrong in the telling; of a boy who tries to become an irreproachable young man but who somehow fails to escape his past.
Subjects: Letterpress printing, Specimens, Classic Literature, Fiction, Fiction, short stories (single author), English literature, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author)