Charles Dickens 200th Anniversary Collection Vol. 1
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Charles Dickens
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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) (7 hr 40 min)
Chapters
Introductory Romance From the Pen of William Tinkling, Esq. (Aged Eight) from '…
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Read by Elizabeth Klett
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What a Treat!
Caroline
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The 200th anniversary collection offers an exceptional opportunity to discover much of Dickens’ less known work, including short stories published in Household Words. Standouts among these are the delightful Bartox Brothers segments from “Mugby Junction,” brilliantly read by Andy Minton. True to Dickens’ own famed reading approach, Minton brings the story’s rich settings and characters to life with unique individual inflections and accents, beautifully expressed by his rich baritone voice. Star Librivox readers make the whole volume a very special compilation.