We decided to break format this week, and we might do it again at that (it was wonderful). To ring in the holiday week, we had to spend a little time talking about A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. And we must admit we had never read it until now. We sit down with Dean Natalie McKnight at Boston University, and Professor Joel Brattin at Worcester Polytechnic. Both top Dickensian scholars in their field, we ask them why this book still universally resonates….hundreds of years later.
Books mentioned in this week's episode:
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens
Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens
The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens
Barnaby Rudge by Charles Dickens
The Chimes by Charles Dickens
Martin Chuzzlewit by Charles Dickens
The Cricket on the Hearth by Charles Dickens
The Battle of Life: A Love Story by Charles Dickens
The Haunted Man and the Ghost’s Bargain by Charles Dickens
Dombey and Son by Charles Dickens
David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
Bleak House by Charles Dickens
Hard Times by Charles Dickens
Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens
The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Charles Dickens
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