40 min
Charles Dickens: A Dickens of a Tale Storical Podcast
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- History
It’s the holiday season which means that the roughly 9 billion adaptations of A Christmas Carol are on television playing in a continuous loop. But who was the man behind the season’s greatest ghost story? Charles Dickens is considered the greatest English writer, behind Shakespeare, to have ever lived. Tune in to learn about his time in the workhouse, how he influenced Edgar Allan Poe, and how his secret double life was almost his undoing.
Fiction
Mr. Dickens and His Carol by Samantha Silva - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34275234-mr-dickens-and-his-carol
Dodger by Terry Pratchett - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13516846-dodger
Grave Expectations by Heather Redmond - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42832913-grave-expectations
Non-fiction
Charles Dickens by Claire Tomalin - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11202585-charles-dickens
The Invisible Woman by Claire Tomalin - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18630581-the-invisible-woman
Podcasts
Charles Dickens and a Christmas Carol by History Goes Bump - http://historygoesbump.com/charles-dickens-and-a-christmas-carol-ep-91/
How the Dickens Stole Christmas by The Allusionist - https://www.theallusionist.org/allusionist/dickens-christmas
Eating with Dickens by HistoryExtra - https://www.historyextra.com/period/victorian/eating-with-dickens/
Charles Dickens was a Master of Social Media by The Bigg Success Show - https://biggsuccess.com/2009/12/21/charles-dickens-was-a-master-of-social-media/
Movies & TV
Great Expectations (1998) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119223/
Pip (Great Expectations retold by South Park) - https://southpark.cc.com/clips/151994/great-expectations
List of the best movie adaptations of Dickens’ work - https://theculturetrip.com/europe/united-kingdom/articles/the-best-screen-adaptations-of-dickens-major-works/
New episodes on Mondays. You can listen on Apple Podcasts/iTunes, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Pocket Casts, or Stitcher. Follow on Instagram or Facebook @storicalpodcast
It’s the holiday season which means that the roughly 9 billion adaptations of A Christmas Carol are on television playing in a continuous loop. But who was the man behind the season’s greatest ghost story? Charles Dickens is considered the greatest English writer, behind Shakespeare, to have ever lived. Tune in to learn about his time in the workhouse, how he influenced Edgar Allan Poe, and how his secret double life was almost his undoing.
Fiction
Mr. Dickens and His Carol by Samantha Silva - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34275234-mr-dickens-and-his-carol
Dodger by Terry Pratchett - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13516846-dodger
Grave Expectations by Heather Redmond - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42832913-grave-expectations
Non-fiction
Charles Dickens by Claire Tomalin - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11202585-charles-dickens
The Invisible Woman by Claire Tomalin - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18630581-the-invisible-woman
Podcasts
Charles Dickens and a Christmas Carol by History Goes Bump - http://historygoesbump.com/charles-dickens-and-a-christmas-carol-ep-91/
How the Dickens Stole Christmas by The Allusionist - https://www.theallusionist.org/allusionist/dickens-christmas
Eating with Dickens by HistoryExtra - https://www.historyextra.com/period/victorian/eating-with-dickens/
Charles Dickens was a Master of Social Media by The Bigg Success Show - https://biggsuccess.com/2009/12/21/charles-dickens-was-a-master-of-social-media/
Movies & TV
Great Expectations (1998) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119223/
Pip (Great Expectations retold by South Park) - https://southpark.cc.com/clips/151994/great-expectations
List of the best movie adaptations of Dickens’ work - https://theculturetrip.com/europe/united-kingdom/articles/the-best-screen-adaptations-of-dickens-major-works/
New episodes on Mondays. You can listen on Apple Podcasts/iTunes, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Pocket Casts, or Stitcher. Follow on Instagram or Facebook @storicalpodcast
40 min