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The Great Winglebury Duel | Charles Dickens

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'Desperate-minded villain!' Two of Dickens' hilarious early stories from Sketches by Boz: 'The Great Winglebury Duel' and 'Bloomsbury Christening' Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries. They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th century California and the Russian steppe. Here are stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millions. Charles Dickens (1812-1870). All Dickens' novels and other major works are available in Penguin Classics.

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The Great Winglebury Duel | Charles Dickens

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I want to like Dickens - I really do - because once you cut out all the random, rambling, repetitive filler his story lines themselves are excellent, and this is the perfect example. The first story, The Great Winglebury Duel, was the better of the two but definitely would have benefitted from some editing nonetheless.

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