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Charles Dickens 200th Anniversary Collection Vol. 1

Charles Dickens 200th Anniversary Collection Vol. 1

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 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 bowdlerisation of fairy tales for moralistic purposes, and the interesting revelation that 'product placement' is by no means a new phenomenon. (Introduction by Ruth Golding)Copyright Audiobooks by Librivox Art
Episodes
  • The Holly Tree, Third Branch - The Bill

    The Holly Tree, Third Branch - The Bill
    Feb 8 2026
    9 mins
  • The Holly Tree, Second Branch - The Boots

    The Holly Tree, Second Branch - The Boots
    Feb 8 2026
    27 mins
  • The Holly Tree, First Branch - Myself

    The Holly Tree, First Branch - Myself
    Feb 8 2026
    57 mins
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