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Steven C Watson's avatar

Fascinating. I'm not surprised Dickens got the wrong end of the telescope. All his whingeing about the conditions of the urban poor in the Industrial Revolution neglected their fleeing the even worse rural conditions of their forebears; that urban life was a great improvement; and its' "evils" transitory. The BBC have made some good adaptions of his work; but I've never seen why his books should be part of an English/English Lit curriculum. Unreadable, sentimental, tosh IMHO. "(A)nd so say all of us!" 😉😇

More history mostly unknown to me! I love this; keep 'em coming.

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Dr. Joe P.'s avatar

Wonderful exposition! Thanks!

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