BLEAK HOUSE đź“š: with Stephen Fry
Charles Dickens: A Brain on Fire! 🔥
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The World of Leicster Dedlock Is a World Hierarchy
The world of leicester dedlock is a world hierarchy. Everyone has their place in strata, and he's at the top. But dickens arguestht it's a network of nodes of connection which is not a hierarchy. He shows that they're all actually one, and that mankind is one. It's a fantastic novel of brotherhood, f of connection. A tragic one. No, this is wonderful. What connection can there be between the place in lincolnshire, the house in town, and the whereabout of joe, the outlaw with the broom? And you know, we know this phrase only connecteds the famous fausterian motto of howard's end
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