George Silverman's Explanation

Description:

This late short story by Charles Dickens is a tale of a man writing about his unfulfilled life; and getting it all wrong in the telling; of a boy who tries to become an irreproachable young man but who somehow fails to escape his past.

subjects: Letterpress printing,  Specimens,  Classic Literature,  Fiction,  Fiction, short stories (single author),  English literature,  British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author)