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.
What can we learn about the Industrial Revolution from Dickens’ work?
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Meet The Creators
- 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
