10 kurze Stücke für das Theater. Es sind Einakter, die sich im Stil, Genre und in der Stimmung gravierend unterscheiden. Sie haben nur das Thema (Die Reize der Untreue) und die Zusammensetzung der Handelnden Personen gemeinsam: Mit einer Ausnahme spielen in allen Stücken nur zwei Personen – ein Mann und eine Frau, oder (in den letzten drei Dramolets) zwei Frauen.
Charles Dickens (1812-1870) was an English short story writer, dramatist, essayist, and the most popular novelist to come out of the Victorian era. Many of his novels, with their frequent concern for social reform, were first published in magazines in serialized form under the pseudonym, Boz. Unlike authors who completed entire novels before serialization, Dickens often created the episodes as they were being serialized. The continuing popularity of his novels and short stories is such that they...
