Great Expectations, a Drama in Three Acts, and a Prologue. By W. S. Gilbert. Not published.
Dickens himself did not often attempt parody, but his Reports of the Meetings of the “Mudfog Association” are admirable prose burlesques of the early proceedings of the British Association. These originally appeared in “Bentley’s Miscellany,” but have recently been republished.
Sam Weller’s Adventures.
A Song of the Pickwickians.
Who caused the smiles of rich and poor?
Who made a hit so slow, but sure?
And rose the worth of literature?
Sam Weller.
I’m pretty well known about town,