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"No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it to anyone else."

Charles John Huffam Dickens died #OTD in 1870.

Dickens edited a weekly journal for 20 years, wrote 15 novels, five novellas, hundreds of short stories and non-fiction articles, lectured and performed readings extensively, was an indefatigable letter writer, and campaigned vigorously for children's rights, for education, and for other social reforms.

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Until after the end of my secondary education, I had avoided reading Dickens, as I always had the impression his books were melodramatic and corny.

Then, after reading Robert Hughes' The Fatal Shore, I decided to try Great Expectations.

And thus I discovered I had been misled all along by the watered down and sweetened representation of Dickens' works by The Walt Disney Company.

Jun 9, 2023 at 10:47amWeb