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The Poems and Verses of Charles Dickens by Charles Dickens explores english poetry — 19th century, england — social life and customs — 19th century — poetry.
From the opening pages: “About the year 1834, when the earliest of the _Sketches by Boz_ were appearing in print, a young composer named John Hullah set to music a portion of an opera called _The Gondolier_, which he thought might prove successful on the stage. Twelve months later Hullah became acquainted with Charles Dickens, whose name was then unknown to those outside his own immediate circle, and it occurred to him that he and 'Boz' might combine their forces by converting _The Gondolier_ into a popular play. Dickens, who always entertained a passion for the theatre, entered into the project at once, and informed Hullah that he had a little unpublished story by him which he thought would dramatise well--even better than _The Gondolier_ notion; confessing that he would rather deal with familiar English scenes than with the unfamiliar Venetian environment of the play favoured by Hullah. The title of _The…”
