Going into Society by Charles Dickens

Author: Charles Dickens | Published: 1858

Going into Society Synopsis

"Going into Society" is a short story by Charles Dickens. It was published in 1858.

Once, a man established a circus in a respectable neighborhood, with the main attraction being a dwarf named Mr. Chops. Mr. Chops always dreamed of entering high society. One lucky day, he won a lottery and received a substantial amount of money as a prize. Mr. Chops took two other circus members with him to enjoy the winnings. It took a lot of work for the circus people to be accepted into high society. However, Mr. Chops took a chance with his winnings and tried to make it work.

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At one period of its reverses, the House fell into the occupation of a Showman.  He was found registered as its occupier, on the parish books of the time when he rented the House, and there was therefore no need of any clue to his name.  But, he himself was less easy to be found; for, he had led a wandering life, and settled people had lost sight of him, and people who plumed themselves on being respectable were shy of admitting that they had ever known anything of him.

About Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens is one of the most renowned authors of English literature. He is best known for works such as Great Expectations, Oliver Twist, and A Tale of Two Cities, considered among the greatest novels ever written. His meteoric rise to fame began with his first book, The Pickwick Papers, published in 1836 when he was 24. He was born on February 7th, 1812, in Portsmouth, England, and died on June 9th, 1870, in Gad's Hill Place, Kent. Find out more about Charles Dickens at sevenov.com.