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    Explore Charles Dickens' life, works, and political context in Victorian Britain, including his influential friendship with Wilkie Collins and how their literary partnership shaped some of literature's most enduring classics.

    Dickens: Literary Giant in Victorian Britain

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    Biography iof Charles Dickens and major themes and characters from his work set against the background of the political landscape of Britain in his day. Discuss other authors he intersected with including Wilkie Collins

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    Victorian Literary Bromance

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    The Social Reformer's Awakening

    1:23
    1:34
    1:52
    1:58
    2:17
    2:24
    2:47
    2:52
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    The Literary Partnership That Changed Everything

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    3:19
    3:37
    3:40
    3:59
    4:02
    4:22
    4:26
    4

    The Dark Underbelly of Victorian Society

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    4:57
    5:17
    5:23
    5:42
    5:48
    6:08
    6:13
    6:33
    6:37
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    The Craft of Character Creation

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    7:24
    7:26
    7:45
    7:49
    8:08
    8:14
    8:32
    8:41
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    The Revolutionary Art of Serial Publishing

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    9:26
    3:40
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    The Enduring Power of Dickensian Storytelling

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