Mrs. Lirriper's Legacy

By Charles Dickens

Mrs. Lirriper's Legacy was written in the year 1864 by Charles Dickens. This book is one of the most popular novels of Charles Dickens, and has been translated into several other languages around the world.

This book is published by Booklassic which brings young readers closer to classic literature globally.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Booklassic
• Release date: Jul 7, 2015
• ISBN: 9789635269488

Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens (1812-1870) was one of England's greatest writers. Best known for his classic serialized novels, such as Oliver Twist, A Tale of Two Cities, and Great Expectations, Dickens wrote about the London he lived in, the conditions of the poor, and the growing tensions between the classes. He achieved critical and popular international success in his lifetime and was honored with burial in Westminster Abbey.

Reviews for Mrs. Lirriper's Legacy

[auntiecatherine · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

First off let me say how much I like Hesperus Press editions. They are sturdy, well-made paperbacks, whose attractive covers have been lengthened an inch or so and then turned in, like a book jacket, so that the edges over-hang like a hardback . The paper is good and the print excellent. I am accumulating a set of their Dickens Christmas anthologies, which include the contributions by other people, and they are excellent.To get the criticism out of the way, yes this is sentimental and yes, the stories by people who aren't Dickens vary widely in quality but and it's a big BUT Mrs Lirriper herself is a delight. A garrulous, good-hearted widow who keeps a lodging house in London, Mrs Lirriper rambles around subject as varied as the problem of "girls" hired as servants (I liked the one who married a Plymouth Brethern, became a Plymouth Sister and had Plymouth Twins) and the Wandering Christians, people who inspect and then say they will take lodging and are never seen again. After a young mother is abandoned by her husband, Mrs Lirriper ends up adopting her son, and the boy and her favourite lodger (Major Jemmy Jackman) feature largely. I did scorn the baby talk of the boy, until I had a nephew who talked just like him - which shows that Mr Dickens knows better than I do.Not exactly a surprise.