The Tale of Years

The clock in Victoria railway station, Bombay.

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Tale of Years

1842

in The Copy Book

There are four posts in The Copy Book assigned to 1842. To see all our posts in chronological order, go to the Tale of Years.

Tom Pinch Goes Up to London

Tom Pinch, who has seen at last what kind of man his apprentice-master Seth Pecksniff is, leaves Salisbury to seek a new life in London.

‘Come in and Know Me Better’

Mill owner William Grant was deeply hurt by a scurrilous pamphlet circulated by a fellow businessman, and vowed the miscreant would live to regret it.

Virtue in Rags and Patches

Charles Dickens explains to the young men of Boston MA what it is that motivates him to write.

The Railway Clearing House

All but forgotten today, the RCH was one of the most important steps forward in British industrial history.