Read the following taken from The Letters of Charles Dickens

Last updated: 8/8/2022

Read the following taken from The Letters of Charles Dickens at and answer the question that follows. A young Scotch lady whom I don't know (but she is evidently very intelligent and accomplished) has sent me a translation of a German play, soliciting my aid and advice in the matter of its publication. Among a crowd of Germanisms, there are many things in it which are so very striking, that I am sure it will amuse you very much. At least I think it will; it has me. I am going to send it back to her-when I come to Elstree will be time enough; and meantime, if you bestow a couple of hours upon it, you will not think them thrown away. Identify the tone of writing. Desperate Sarcastic Pleading