Characters from Dickens
HAVE listened now to several items in the BBC series on Dickens Characters and have found them very good entertainment-and very good Dickens. Such jewels as Dick Swiveller and Mr. Micawber have been plucked almost whole from their settings, without losing any of their original brilliance. But the best to date, I think, has been Sam Weller ¢‘Do you spell it with a V or a W?" inquired the judge. "That depends upon the taste and fancy of the speller," replied Sam. "I never had occasion to spell it more than once or twice in my life, but I*spells it with a ‘V.’") All the rich humour of the Cockney dialect, which may be missed in reading is brought out. in this radio version -the interchange of V’s and W’s which
Dickens lavished so gloatingly on Sam’s speech is recorded with faithful extravagance. But perhaps the success of this particular character lies as much in Dickens’s original portrayal of him, as in the BBC’s. Having renewed my acquaintance with him, I can well understand how the introduction of Sam Weller in the fifth episode of the serial brought instant popularity to the Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, and success to the young reporter who created him.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 17, Issue 425, 15 August 1947, Page 11
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210Characters from Dickens New Zealand Listener, Volume 17, Issue 425, 15 August 1947, Page 11
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