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Anyone ever read…?
“The Pride of Mankind” by Charles Dickens
This is a very special handmade book, apparently very few Dickensians have read it, so they cannot really claim to have read Dickens if they have not read this one.
But do you know of anyone who has ever really read Charles Dickens, he wrote loads; expect we will see something of his works over Christmas on TV, can you imagine a Christmas without him.
He somehow reminds us about the reallity of Christmas and what it should trully be about.
I had the pleasure of visiting the Charles Dickens Museum in London earlier this year, you can find information about it on the web, stange nostalgic feeling; as though nothing had changed since the 19th century. Almost expected to see Dickens’ characters roaming the streets of London.
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I haven’t read it, but then I’m not the biggest Dickens fan. That’s really great that you’ve discovered such an appreciation for him though. I recently rediscovered Faulkner in the same way and Robert Penn Warren.
Dickens was SO popular in his day. His books were hotter than television shows are for society today. So cool. Makes you wonder if any pop-lit writers will be the next Dickens…nah.
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