Download or read book The Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices (Annotated) written by Charles Dickens and published by . This book was released on 2020-05-02 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Differentiated book- It has a historical context with research of the time-The Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices by Charles Dickens. In the fall of 1857, Charles Dickens embarked on a sightseeing trip to Cumberland with his friend, the rising star of literature Wilkie Collins. Writing together, they reported their adventures by the periodic words of the Dickens household, producing a showcase of the two most precious and all-new sides of these well-loved men of letters. With two ghost stories from undisputed masters of the genre, he also uniquely demonstrates his joy in caricaturing each other: Collins assumes the identity of Thomas Idle (a bum-and-bum lazy) and Francis Goodchild's Dickens (painstakingly inactive). Through their fictional counterparts, men relentlessly satirize Dickens 'manic energy and Collins' idleness. The result is an exuberant travel diary and a rare glimpse of one of literature's most famous and intriguing friendships.Charles Dickens - Charles John Huffam Dickens FRSA (February 7, 1812 - June 9, 1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is considered by many to be the best novelist of the Victorian era. His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime, and by the 20th century, critics and scholars recognized him as a literary genius. His novels and short stories are still widely read today.