Podcast Bio: Charles Dickens

10/18/20 • 9 min

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Charles Dickens has a most amazing run in the history of Christmas. His greatest Christmas work, A Christmas Carol, has seen continuous play on stage, on film and in print since December 1843. How many other literary works can you think of that has that kind of history, popularity and staying power? And that’s the [...]

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