329: Great, Small and Other Expectations: Charles Dickens and His History with America
329: Great, Small and Other Expectations: Charles Dickens and His History with America
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Charles Dickens died 150 years ago this month. A famous chronicler and critic of English industrial capitalism, Dickens was also immensely popular in the United States. But in an age of widespread debate about slave versus wage labor, his writings meant different things to different readers. Music:
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Theme in G by Podington Bear
Refraction by Podington Bear
Stages of Awakening by Podington Bear
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