Christmas with Charles Dickens
You're Dead to Me
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Dickens and the Family in the House
Dickens's difficult upbringing and his mixed class background meant he engaged with social issues in a very personally informed way. The idea of 10 children, particularly if he's bringing guests and bachelors, we don't invite any bachelors to our Christmas. I happily get a few more kids and absolutely some friends can come in, but it's a zero bachelor situation. That's too high risk. All that booze, swimming around, or wagravy, it's a mess. And Emily, after a bumpy old childhood where he is in the blacking factory, he has a social consciousness. Absolutely.
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