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Charles Dickens and the Invention of Christmas

Charles Dickens and the Invention of Christmas

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Charles Dickens and the Invention of Christmas: Griff Rhys Jones reveals how Dickens created the idea of a traditional family Christmas through one of his best-known books, A Christmas Carol. From the moment it was published in 1843, the story of miserly Ebeneezer Scrooge captured the imagination of Victorian Britain.     Santa Claus, Christmas cards and crackers were invented […]

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Plague Fiction

Plague Fiction

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Plague Fiction: In light of the Covid-19 global outbreak, Professor Laura Ashe takes a look back at the literature on the Plague, starting with the 14th century when the Black Death was sweeping the globe.     Going from one of the earliest accounts of plague in 1347 through to Samuel Pepys’s record of the Great Plague of London in

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