Chapter One. I am born

200 Years of Charles Dickens

Case 2 - The Village Coquettes

The Village Coquettes: A Comic Opera in Two Acts. London: Richard Bentley, 1836; first edition with playbill tipped in.

The Village Coquettes: A Comic Opera in Two Acts. London: Richard Bentley, 1836; first edition with playbill tipped in.

Playbill advertising The Village Coquettes, 18 and 19 February 1837.

The Village Coquettes: A Comic Opera in Two Acts. London: Richard Bentley, 1836; first edition with playbill tipped in.

The Village Coquettes: A Comic Opera in Two Acts. London: Richard Bentley, 1836; first edition with playbill tipped in.
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Letter. Charles Dickens to P. W. Banks, Furnival’s Inn, London [early December 1836].

Letter. Charles Dickens to P. W. Banks, Furnival’s Inn, London [early December 1836].

Recto and verso of Dickens’s letter to P. W. Banks.

Letter. Charles Dickens to P. W. Banks, Furnival’s Inn, London [early December 1836].

Letter. Charles Dickens to P. W. Banks, Furnival’s Inn, London [early December 1836].
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