Why should we study Dickens?

Dr Robert Douglas-Fairhurst of Magdalen College, Oxford, discusses his current research and proposes why we should still study Dickens.
Date Published: 31 July 2013
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Contributors: Ilana Lassman, Robert Douglas-Fairhurst
In Collection(s): Charles Dickens, What is Literature, and Why Does It Matter?
Keywords: Key Stage 5, lesson, Teaching, #greatwriters, Little Dorrit, victorian, literature, oxford, classics, dickens, english
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