The Novel: Early Victorian England and Charles Dickens

Duration: 30

Year Published: 1962

Creator: Encyclopaedia Britannica Educ Corp

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Description: Examines the civilization of Victorian England which Dickens reflected, attacked, and transcended. Uses excerpts from Great Expectations, Little Dorrit, and A Christmas Carol to point out contrasts Dickens showed as characteristics of Victorian England--contrasts such as the age's morality and hypocrisy, respectability and criminality, splendor and squalor. Closes with the graveyard scene from Great Expectations. Discussion is by Clifton Fadiman with dramatic excerpts by members of England's Old Vic Company.

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