https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/charles-dickens-200th-anniversary-collection-vol-1-by-charles-dickens-1812-1870--6299713
Volume 1 includes short stories including, amongst others, The Holly Tree, the first part of Holiday Romance and three pieces from Mugby Junction.

Some items requiring a little further explanation are Prince Bull, written as a fairy tale, but in reality a scathing attack on the Government's handling of supplies to the troops in the Crimean War; Old Lamps for New Ones in which Dickens makes clear his low opinion of the ethos of the Pre-Raphaelite school of painting; and Frauds on the Fairies, a polemic against George Cruikshank's bowdlerisation of fairy tales for moralistic purposes, and the interesting revelation that 'product placement' is by no means a new phenomenon. (Introduction by Ruth Golding)]]>enFictionCopyright ciessehttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/e3258bb0abea32b21b63578796a4eabc.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/podcast/charles-dickens-200th-anniversary-collection-vol-1-by-charles-dickens-1812-1870--6299713Mon, 17 Nov 2025 13:55:48 +0000ciesseciessefeeds@spreaker.comThe Charles Dickens 200th Anniversary Collection comprises short works previously unrecorded for LibriVox - fiction, essays, poetry, letters, magazine articles and speeches - and each volume will be a potpourri of all genres and periods of his...
Volume 1 includes short stories including, amongst others, The Holly Tree, the first part of Holiday Romance and three pieces from Mugby Junction.

Some items requiring a little further explanation are Prince Bull, written as a fairy tale, but in reality a scathing attack on the Government's handling of supplies to the troops in the Crimean War; Old Lamps for New Ones in which Dickens makes clear his low opinion of the ethos of the Pre-Raphaelite school of painting; and Frauds on the Fairies, a polemic against George Cruikshank's bowdlerisation of fairy tales for moralistic purposes, and the interesting revelation that 'product placement' is by no means a new phenomenon. (Introduction by Ruth Golding)]]>falseserialhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-hymn-of-the-wiltshire-labourers--61848815https://api.spreaker.com/episode/61848815Mon, 16 Sep 2024 15:56:29 +0000ciesse147false16fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/main-line-the-boy-at-mugby-from-mugby-junction--61848816https://api.spreaker.com/episode/61848816Mon, 16 Sep 2024 15:56:29 +0000ciesse1375false6fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/speech-february-1842-boston--61848817https://api.spreaker.com/episode/61848817Mon, 16 Sep 2024 15:56:29 +0000ciesse692false3fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-holly-tree-second-branch-the-boots--61848818https://api.spreaker.com/episode/61848818Mon, 16 Sep 2024 15:56:29 +0000ciesse1636false19fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/to-be-read-at-dusk--61848819https://api.spreaker.com/episode/61848819Mon, 16 Sep 2024 15:56:29 +0000ciesse1723false12fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/barbox-brothers-co-from-mugby-junction--61848821https://api.spreaker.com/episode/61848821Mon, 16 Sep 2024 15:56:29 +0000ciesse2520false5fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-holly-tree-third-branch-the-bill--61848822https://api.spreaker.com/episode/61848822Mon, 16 Sep 2024 15:56:29 +0000ciesse521false20fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-tale-of-the-good-old-times--61848823https://api.spreaker.com/episode/61848823Mon, 16 Sep 2024 15:56:29 +0000ciesse1381false10fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/prince-bull-a-fairy-tale-from-reprinted-pieces--61848824https://api.spreaker.com/episode/61848824Mon, 16 Sep 2024 15:56:29 +0000ciesse983false1fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/introductory-romance-from-the-pen-of-william-tinkling-esq-aged-eight-from-holiday-romance--61848826https://api.spreaker.com/episode/61848826Mon, 16 Sep 2024 15:56:29 +0000ciesse1068false8fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-amusements-of-the-people-i--61848827https://api.spreaker.com/episode/61848827Mon, 16 Sep 2024 15:56:29 +0000ciesse1087false14fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/speech-london-june-5-1867-to-the-railway-benevolent-society--61848828https://api.spreaker.com/episode/61848828Mon, 16 Sep 2024 15:56:29 +0000ciesse664false17fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/frauds-on-the-fairies-from-household-words-vol-viii-no-184--61848830https://api.spreaker.com/episode/61848830Mon, 16 Sep 2024 15:56:29 +0000ciesse1304false7fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/old-lamps-for-new-ones--61848831https://api.spreaker.com/episode/61848831Mon, 16 Sep 2024 15:56:29 +0000ciesse1040false9fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-ghost-of-the-late-mr-james-barber--61848836https://api.spreaker.com/episode/61848836Mon, 16 Sep 2024 15:56:29 +0000ciesse1040false13fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/some-particulars-concerning-a-lion-from-mudfog-and-other-sketches--61848845https://api.spreaker.com/episode/61848845Mon, 16 Sep 2024 15:56:29 +0000ciesse754false11fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-poor-relation-s-story-from-some-christmas-stories--61848849https://api.spreaker.com/episode/61848849Mon, 16 Sep 2024 15:56:29 +0000ciesse1507false2fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-walk-in-a-workhouse-from-reprinted-pieces--61848855https://api.spreaker.com/episode/61848855Mon, 16 Sep 2024 15:56:29 +0000ciesse1124false15fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/barbox-brothers-from-mugby-junction--61848945https://api.spreaker.com/episode/61848945Mon, 16 Sep 2024 15:56:29 +0000ciesse3643false4fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-holly-tree-first-branch-myself--61848958https://api.spreaker.com/episode/61848958Mon, 16 Sep 2024 15:56:29 +0000ciesse3449false18full