The Story of Little Dombey and Other Performance Fictions

"This volume presents a selection of Charles Dickens's performance fictions, self-contained pieces that Dickens trimmed, reworded, and reshaped from his novels to deliver at his enormously popular public readings. Included here, together with an informative introduction and selection of background materials, are "The story of little Dombey," "Mrs. Gamp," "David Copperfield," and "Sikes and Nancy.""--Cover, p. [4].