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Charles Dickens 200th Anniversary Collection - Charles Dickens - Book 18, Volume 1, Part 1

Title: Charles Dickens 200th Anniversary Collection

Overview: The Charles Dickens 200th Anniversary Collection comprises short works previously unrecorded for LibriVox - fiction, essays, poetry, letters, magazine articles, and speeches - and each volume will be a potpourri of all genres and periods of his writing. This first volume was released on Dickens' 200th birthday, February 7th, 2012 and further volumes followed during the anniversary year. Volume 1 includes short stories including, amongst others, The Holly Tree, the first part of Holiday Romance, and three pieces from Mugby Junction. Some items requiring a little further explanation are Prince Bull, written as a fairy tale, but in reality a scathing attack on the Government's handling of supplies to the troops in the Crimean War; Old Lamps for New Ones in which Dickens makes clear his low opinion of the ethos of the Pre-Raphaelite school of painting; and Frauds on the Fairies, a polemic against George Cruikshank's bowdlerization of fairy tales for moralistic purposes, and the interesting revelation that 'product placement' is by no means a new phenomenon.

Published: Various

Series: Charles Dickens 200th Anniversary Collection

List: Readers' Choice Collections, 200th #1

Author: Charles Dickens

Genre: Poetry, Short Stories, Short Nonfiction

Episode: Charles Dickens 200th Anniversary Collection - Charles Dickens - Book 18, Volume 1, Part 1

Volume: 1 of 5

Book: 18

Part: 1 of 2

Episodes Part: 10

Length Part: 4:18:26

Episodes Volume: 20

Length Volume: 7:40:38

Episodes Collection: 100

Length Collection: 36:42:15

Narrator: Collaborative

Language: English

Rated: Guidance Suggested

Edition: Unabridged Audiobook

Keywords: determination, persistence, kindness, human spirit, morality play, perception, discovery, hope, betrayal, deceit, social classes, social advancement, wealth, class, growth, change, ambition, self-improvement, social ascent, class structure, exploitation, satire, bleakness, resurrection, transformational, death, sacrifice, tragedy, accident, criticism, corruption, money, obsession, violence, cathedral, Charles Dickens

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