Jesse Lyman Hurlbut cut the episodes about children out of Dickens’s novels and Christmas books and lightly shortened them for young readers. Trotty Veck and his daughter Meg, Tiny Tim, the runaway couple, Little Dorrit, the toy-maker and his blind daughter, Little Nell and young David Copperfield at school all appear in Dickens’s own words.
A gentle first taste of Dickens for children not yet ready for the full novels. Download the free EPUB.