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  1. Justin Cartwright - Christmas

    5/5Justin Cartwright reflects on the place that Christmas occupies in Charles Dickens's work.

  2. Alexander McCall Smith - Episodic Writing

    4/5Writer Alexander McCall Smith salutes Charles Dickens's mastery of the episodic form.

  3. AL Kennedy - No Hope of Return

    3/5AL Kennedy explores Dickens' literary response to the themes of poverty, misery and death.

  4. Romesh Gunesekera - The Orphan Eye

    2/5Romesh Gunesekera on how Dickens addresses the move from childhood into the world beyond.

  5. Tessa Hadley - Rooms and Reality

    1/5Tessa Hadley on how Dickens paints the reality of his world through characters' houses.