Not surprisingly, this magician claims as his favorite book the Charles Dickens novel that bears his name
Dickens' Professional Career - The Victorian Web [PAR] I begin to doubt whether I had anything to do with a book called "Dombey," or 
ever sat over ... Letter from Charles Dickens to his wife, December 5, 1853 ... To 
the virtual truth of this statement Charles Dickens' early life bears witness.