Why should you read Charles Dickens? - Iseult Gillespie
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The starving orphan seeking a second helping of gruel. The spinster wasting away in her tattered wedding dress. The stone-hearted miser plagued by the ghost of Christmas past. More than a century after his death, these remain recognizable figures from the work of Charles Dickens. But what are the features of Dickens’ writing that make it so special? Iseult Gillespie investigates.
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- Educator Iseult Gillespie
- Director Asparuh Petrov
- Producer Vessela Dantcheva
- Art Director Asparuh Petrov
- Animator Atanas Filipov
- Layout Artist Atanas Filipov, Asparuh Petrov
- Designer Atanas Filipov
- Sound Designer Ivailo Stefanov, Alexander Daniel, Alexander Evtimov
- Composer Ivailo Stefanov, Alexander Daniel, Alexander Evtimov
- Associate Producer Elizabeth Cox, Jessica Ruby
- Content Producer Gerta Xhelo
- Editorial Producer Alex Rosenthal
- Narrator Addison Anderson