Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Figures xi
4. Acknowledgements xiii
5. Abbreviations xv
6. Note on the Texts xvi
7. Introduction: Dickens as Poet 1
8. The Autograph Albums of Maria and Anne Beadnell 25
9. O’Thello (1833–4) 52
10. The Autograph Album of Ellen Beard 60
11. The Autograph Album of Anna Maria Carter Hall 63
12. The Strange Gentleman (1836) 65
13. The Village Coquettes (1836) 68
14. The Autograph Album of Georgina Ross 84
15. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club (1836–7) 86
16. Is She His Wife? Or, Something Singular! (1837) 96
17. The Lamplighter (1838) 100
18. The Autograph Album of Priscilla Horton 105
19. The Old Curiosity Shop (1840–1) 110
20. Martin Chuzzlewit (1843–4) 133
21. The Autograph Album of Christiana Weller 135
22. The Chimes: A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In (December 1844) 138
23. The Autograph Album of Henry Riley Bradbury 148
24. Dombey and Son (1846–8) 150
25. Songs Incidental to the Character of ‘Tom Thumb’, as Represented by Mr H (6 January 1854) 164
26. The Lighthouse (May 1855) 173
27. The Frozen Deep (1856) 177
28. Unknown Autograph Album 180
29. Little Dorrit (1855–7) 182
30. Great Expectations (1860–1) 186
31. ‘Romance. From the Pen of Lieutenant-Colonel Robin Redforth’, Holiday Romance, Our Young Folks (March 1868) 190
32. The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1870) 191
33. Appendix A: Poems Attributed to Charles Dickens 194
34. Appendix B: Poems Potentially Authored by Charles Dickens 200
35. Appendix C: Poems Incorrectly Attributed to Charles Dickens 210
36. References 229