Charles Dickens: Effect On Medicine And Society Pmc
But operating through the most important plot of the novels are a host of subplots regarding fascinating and sometime ludicrous minor characters. Much of the humor of the novels derives from Dickens’s descriptions of these characters and from his capability to capture their speech mannerisms and idiosyncratic traits. Soon right after Sketches by Boz appeared, the fledgling publishing firm of Chapman and Hall approached Dickens to write a story in monthly instalments. The publisher intended the story as a backdrop…