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THE HOUSEHOLD NARRATIVE OF CURRENT EVENTS 1850‐1855 Author: (Charles Dickens) Title: THE HOUSEHOLD NARRATIVE OF CURRENT EVENTS 1850‐1855 Publication: London: [Uncredited publisher], 1850‐1855 Edition: First - Bound from parts Description: ″ The Household Narrative of Current Events [was] a twopenny monthly retrospect of national, international news, and other information, published from April 1850 to December 1855 (including numbers for January ‐ March 1850) [… It] aimed to extend the scope of the main journal in new directions, making the suite of publications a complete, cheap and widely available compendium to the life of the times An advertisement for the Narrative called it 'a complete and carefully‐digested ANNUAL REGISTER,′ indicating Dickens′s hope that in its bound volume form it would emulate Burke and Dodsley′s famous Annual Register … [of] History, Politicks, and Literature, which he himself found so useful as a reference work for his journalism and historical fiction Dickens′s front‐page announcement of the new venture reminded readers of 'the intimate connexion between the facts and realities of the time, and the means by which we aim, in Household Words, to soften what is hard in them, to exalt what is held in little consideration, and to show the latent hope there is in what may seem unpromising′ The Narrative would thereby be another means 'to bear the world′s rough cast events to the anvil of courageous duty, and there beat them into shape′ If the Victorian reporter is often figured as Asmodeus, the strange compound metaphor here casts the Victorian editor as Vulcan The Narrative′s nine subdivisional headings ‐ 'Parliament and Politics,′ 'Law and Crime,′ 'Accident and Disaster,′ 'Social, Sanitary and Municipal Progress,′ 'Obituaries, Colonies and Dependencies,′ 'Foreign Events,′ 'Commercial Record,′ 'Stocks and Shares,′ and 'Emigration Figures′ ‐ clearly signalled a continuation of the special interest shown by Household Words in all these topics, presented in a more regimented, heavily factual and statistical format To the extent that it provided the kind of corroborative detail and data on which the parent magazine based its arguments and reform campaigns, the Narrative acted as a guarantor of the integrity of opinion in Household Words″ (Courtesy Dickens Journals Online) This set contains the entire publication run, from January, 1850 to December, 1855 The books are one of several of our Dickens-related listings, all originally from a private estate library All are uniformly bound in fancy three‐quarter crimson leather with deep red marbled paper for endpapers and over the balance of the boards Gilt all around The materials used for the bindings date the binding to around 1890, and the bookplate of Julius Franke (1868‐1936) is present on the front pastedown Franke was a prominent New York City architect, whose work included designing the Wurlitzer Building, and it seems likely that he commissioned the bindings This volumes shows only slight shelfwear The bindings and text block are sound The pages are age toned, but clean The ink name "Baker" is at the top of a flyleaf in each volume, but there are no other marks or damage. Near Fine. Seller ID: AA1674 Baykorp Books Selling quality books and related items at reasonable prices. Terms All orders ship within two business days. Standard mail is USPS Media Mail. Expedited and international shipping are also available. We offer combined shipping on multiple orders. All items are guaranteed to be as described or they may be returned within 30 days of receipt for a full refund. This listing was created by Bibliopolis.