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A Time Like the Present Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens set his historical novel A Tale of Two Cities (1859) in the French Revolution seventy years before, but it was far from the dead past to him.

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Exit Lord Pudding Charles Dickens

Piqued by the way French and German literati mocked the English, Charles Dickens urged his compatriots to be the better men.

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Fair Rosamund Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens tells the story of King Henry II and the enchantingly beautiful Rosamund Clifford.

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Hereward the Wake Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens tells the story of Hereward the Wake, the last Englishman to stand up to William the Conqueror.

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King Alfred’s Lyre Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens explains how King Alfred the Great overcame the Great Heathen Army in 878, with the help of a little music.

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Presumption and Innocence Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens chastises those who alter the plots of classic tales to push some social agenda of their own.

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