Charles Dickens

Master Humphrey's Clock Charles Dickens

Master Humphrey's Clock: Annotated by Charles Dickens "Master Humphrey's Clock" was a weekly publication edited and entirely written by Charles Dickens that ran from April 4, 1840, to December 4, 1841. It started with a frame story about Master Humphrey and his small group of friends. Master Humphrey is a lonely man from London. He keeps old manuscripts in a chimney-corner antique longcase clock. One day, he decides to start a small club called Master Humphrey's Clock, in which members read out their manuscripts to the other members. Master Humphrey is one of the members, a deaf gentleman named Jack Redburn, a retired merchant named Owen Miles, and Mr Pickwick from The Pickwick Papers. Mr Weller's Watch, a mirror club in the kitchen run by Mr Weller, has members such as Humphrey's maid, the barber, and Sam Weller.