Dickens in Context

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Author:

British Library

Subject:

Arts

Institution Name:

British Library

Collection:

British Library

Grade Level:

Secondary, Post-secondary

Abstract:

These resources will allow you to investigate the key themes of Dickens's novels alongside original source material from the British Library. Literary manuscripts, newspapers, letters, workhouse menus and many more fascinating collection items will help students open up the social, cultural and political context in which Dickens was writing. This website includes performances by Simon Callow and discussions by Professor of English, John Mullan, filmed at the Charles Dickens Museum, London.

Languages:

English

Material Type:

Activities and Labs, Readings, Other

Media Format:

Audio, Graphics/Photos, Text/HTML, Video

Conditions of Use:

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The content of this website can be accessed, printed and downloaded in an unaltered form (altered including being stretched, compressed, coloured or altered in any way so as to distort content from its original proportions or format) with copyright acknowledged, on a temporary basis for personal study that is not for a direct or indirect commercial use and any non-commercial use.

Copyright Holder:

The British Library Board