Dinner to Celebrate the Completion of Nicholas Nickleby

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Speech given at the dinner to celebrate the completion of Nicholas Nickleby (5 October 1839).

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Dickens, Charles

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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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