Charles Dickens' Australia: Selected Essays from Household Words 1850-1859Charles Dickens is little celebrated as a journalist, yet his career spanned nearly 40 years. Starting as a court reporter, parliamentary newspaper columnist, and theatre critic, he developed an instinct for injustice, humbug, and charade. For 20 years, he edited his own weekly journal, Household Words, later known as All the Year Round, publishing articles and stories designed to be interesting, entertaining, and educational. Dickens had a keen