18 min

The real horror in Dickens' A Christmas Carol | Hidden Horrors with Devon Harding Hidden Horrors with Devon Harding

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To celebrate Christmas, in this episode we delve into the history of the most commercialized holiday in the world from the lens of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol and the impoverished Victorian era following the Industrial Revolution. Dickens grew up in a world where Christmas was wildly different from Christmas today. Through the iconic story, he reminds us that real horror comes from viewing others as mere products of an economy. Check out the video version with chockful of reference images: https://youtu.be/ySp-D9FwnDU

To celebrate Christmas, in this episode we delve into the history of the most commercialized holiday in the world from the lens of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol and the impoverished Victorian era following the Industrial Revolution. Dickens grew up in a world where Christmas was wildly different from Christmas today. Through the iconic story, he reminds us that real horror comes from viewing others as mere products of an economy. Check out the video version with chockful of reference images: https://youtu.be/ySp-D9FwnDU

18 min