Presumption and Innocence

After his friend George Cruikshank took it upon himself to rewrite well-loved fairytales to promote Victorian values, Dickens responded with an essay, warning that such indoctrination would quickly get out of hand if not checked. He believed that myths and legends need to be treated with the same respect as history itself.

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