# The Puzzle of Dickens's Last Plot

Author: Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912

Genre: Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/738

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Puzzle+of+Dickens%27s+Last+Plot+Lang&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

FORSTER tells us that Dickens, in his later novels, from _Bleak House_ onwards (1853), “assiduously cultivated” construction, “this essential of his art.” Some critics may think, that since so many of the best novels in the world “have no outline, or, if they have an outline, it is a demned outline,” elaborate construction is not absolutely “essential.” Really essential are character, “atmosphere,” humour.

## Chapters

- [Chapter 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-puzzle-of-dickens-s-last-plot-738/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-puzzle-of-dickens-s-last-plot-738/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-puzzle-of-dickens-s-last-plot-738/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Chapter 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-puzzle-of-dickens-s-last-plot-738/chapters/4/index.md)