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The BBC presentation of the extraordinary one-man show, based on Peter Ackroyd's Dickens biography. The brilliant British actor Simon Callow portrays Dickens as he acts out his most memorable characters, from Bill Sikes to Oliver Twist to Nancy, and more. Callow also relives Dickens's own life story, with its gruesome, poverty-stricken childhood that came to infuse his work. This acclaimed performance provides fascinating dual insight to the man and...
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[2008]
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This video follows Dickens through a wide range of city locations, visiting the sites of the debtor's prison where his father was held, and to the blacking factory where Charles, a newly impoverished child, worked with the poorest of the poor. It takes in the House of Parliament where he served his time as reporter and honed his skills as a writer, and his home near King's Cross Station. It also includes a visit to Poet's Corner in Westminster Abbey,...
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David Copperfield is the novel Dickens regarded as his 'favourite child' and is considered his most autobiographical. As David recounts his experience from childhood to the discovery of his vocation as a successful novelist, Dickens draws openly and revealingly on his own life. Among the gloriously vivid cast of characters are David's tyrannical stepfather, Mr Murdstone; his brilliant, but ultimately unworthy, school-friend Steerforth; his formidable...
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2007.
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English
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Dickens remains a firm favorite, with renowned novels such as Oliver Twist, Great expectations, David Copperfield, and more. Major film and TV adaptations of his work have brought many new fans. The life of Charles Dickens is as fascinating, and often shocking, as any of his novels. From generating social reform to transforming Christmas into the festival we know today, his influence was widespread and is still felt today.
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