Project Gutenberg 2004-02-01 Public domain in the USA. 385 Sweetser, Kate Dickinson 1870 1939 Williams, George Alfred 1875 1932 Ten Boys from Dickens Tiny Tim -- Oliver Twist -- Tommy Traddles -- "Deputy" -- Dotheboys Hall -- David Copperfield -- Kit Nubbles -- Jo, the crossing sweeper -- Paul Dombey -- Pip. Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Andrea Ball and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. "Ten Boys from Dickens" by Kate Dickinson Sweetser is a collection of stories crafted for a youthful audience, published in the early 20th century. The book distills the lives of ten boy characters drawn from the works of Charles Dickens, offering readers a glimpse into the trials and adventures they experience before the threshold of manhood. It aims to rekindle interest in Dickens' narrative style and the moral lessons embedded within his writings. The opening of the text provides a preface that outlines the book's intention to celebrate the boyhood experiences depicted in Dickens' novels. It emphasizes the importance Dickens placed on advocating for the welfare of children and exposing societal injustices through the trials faced by his young characters. The preface introduces Tiny Tim from "A Christmas Carol," illustrating his kind-hearted nature and the loving family dynamics amidst their struggles. This section serves as both an introduction to the featured boys and as a tribute to Dickens’ legacy of addressing social issues through the lens of childhood innocence, setting the stage for the stories to unfold. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 78.1 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 -- Characters -- Boys PR Text Category: Short Stories Category: Children & Young Adult Reading Category: British Literature 408803 2025-10-05T06:51:45.822882 text/html 384725 2024-10-28T18:33:20 text/html 468014 2025-10-05T06:51:53.213881 application/epub+zip 471506 2025-10-05T06:51:48.871991 application/epub+zip 222215 2025-10-05T06:51:47.267934 application/epub+zip 630760 2025-10-05T06:51:56.583898 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 602497 2025-10-05T06:51:52.554854 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 335691 2022-09-05T12:14:47.899200 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 364598 2025-10-05T06:51:44.896894 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 344745 2024-10-28T18:33:20 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16947 2025-10-05T06:51:56.737838 application/rdf+xml 11487 2025-10-05T06:51:48.277971 image/jpeg 2978 2025-10-05T06:51:48.025087 image/jpeg 447777 2025-10-05T06:51:45.880942 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia