Charles Dickens: life of the week
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From ancient Egyptians and medieval warriors. to daring 20th century spies. Thank you so much for joining me, Pete, for our Life of the Week series. We're going to be talking about Charles Dickens today. And in many ways I think Charles Dickens is a man who needs no introduction. I'm imagining most people will have heard of him, but as someone who's spent many years studying Dickens and his work, I'm quite interested in your personal take to start us off about what makes Dickens
So fascinating. Yeah, thank you, Ellie. I suppose with anyone who needs no introduction, often they're the ones who most need the introduction because we think we know them. And then you find out, well, actually I didn't know them as well, you know? And there's lots about Dickens that It's probably surprising to people. I mean, for one thing, he was a terrific traveller and a Europhile. He spoke fluent French and Italian and lived in French and French Italy as well. So you know, he has this Fascination beyond England, you know. And I think
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