Excerpt from A Dickens Dramatic Reader: Scenes From Pickwick, Scenes From Nicholas Nickleby, the Cricket on the Hearth a Christmas Carol This book is appropriate for use in all classes in which the works of Dickens are studied. Explanations and stage dirce tions are given, to make the scenes intelligible without the context and for convenience in acting. When the selections are read at sight, explanations can be assigned to a single pupil, or, if the story is familiar, they can be omitted. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.