Dinner to Celebrate the Completion of Nicholas Nickleby
Description
Speech given at the dinner to celebrate the completion of Nicholas Nickleby (5 October 1839).
Creator
Dickens, Charles
Source
Macready, William Charles. The Diaries of William Charles Macready 1833-1851. Vol. 2. Ed. William Toynbee. New York: Putnam's, 1912. p. 25.
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Dickens, Charles. 'Dinner to Celebrate the Completion of Nicholas Nickleby (5 October 1839). Dickens Search. Eds. Emily Bell and Lydia Craig. Accessed [date]. https://dickenssearch.com/speeches/1839-10-05_Speech_Nickleby_Dinner.
Summary
'Dickens was not as good as he usually is. He stated that Nickleby had been to him a diary of the last two years: the various papers preserving to him the recollection of the events and feelings connected with their production.'
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Citation
Dickens, Charles, “Dinner to Celebrate the Completion of Nicholas Nickleby,” Dickens Search, accessed April 19, 2024, https://dickenssearch.com/speeches/1839-10-05_Speech_Nickleby_Dinner.