*This Book is annotated (it contains a detailed biography of the author). *An active Table of Contents has been added by the publisher for a better customer experience. *This book has been checked and corrected for spelling errors. "George Silverman's Explanation", published in instalments from January to March 1868, was one of the last pieces of fiction written by Charles Dickens, two years before his death.Silverman is born in a Preston cellar, and spends his early years locked in there, often left alone while his parents go out to seek work.