Dickens and the social order

Part one: Nicholas Nickleby. The problem of aggression ; Polite forms and ceremonies

Part two: Barnaby Rudge. The civilized condition ; Natural man ; Lord Chesterfield's conscience ; The riots 1: down with everything! ; The riots 2: as wild and merciless as the elements themselves ; The riots 3: pirates and patriots ; The authority erected by society for its own preservation

Part three: "The republic of my imagination." American notes ; Martin Chuzzlewit in context.