Charles Dickens documentary

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  • Charles John Huffam Dickens FRSA (7 February 1812 - 9 June 1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. His works enjoyed unprecedented popularity during his lifetime and, by the 20th century, critics and scholars had recognised him as a literary genius. His novels and short stories are widely read today.
    Charles Dickens documentary
    2006

Komentáře • 99

  • @martnal
    @martnal Před rokem +25

    Finally, 50 years after being forced to read Great Expectations, I am thoroughly enjoying reading his work. I am currently on Oliver Twist.

    • @HansDelbruck53
      @HansDelbruck53 Před rokem +2

      It's time to get off him.

    • @cwptrsn
      @cwptrsn Před 8 měsíci

      I did the same myself and have just finished. I skipped rereading Great Expectations though, mever my favorite.

  • @franknemeth7430
    @franknemeth7430 Před rokem +32

    Anytime I want to escape the madness of American society - I turn to Charles Dickens never fails .

    • @Delicious_J
      @Delicious_J Před 11 měsíci +2

      Pshht everytime I want to escape the madness of British society I open Charles Dickens

    • @rmp7400
      @rmp7400 Před 10 měsíci +2

      Because American society ....is captive to the unholy grip of the very same Central Bankers of the City of London that Dickens powerfully protested through his gifted literary accounts.

    • @a.d.5952
      @a.d.5952 Před 7 měsíci +6

      ...and American society is a mess. I am happy I fled in 1999, never to return. I can't imagine living in the United States. I do love the USA of my childhood (1960s) but that nation vanished long ago. Now it is sheer madness.

    • @mckavitt13
      @mckavitt13 Před 6 měsíci

      ​@@a.d.5952 Ditto stories, yours & mine.

    • @mckavitt13
      @mckavitt13 Před 6 měsíci

      You said it!

  • @susanyates4233
    @susanyates4233 Před rokem +5

    My Mother told me that my great grandfather, John Davis heard Charles Dickens in The Leather Bottle, Cobham. He lived in Rochester, before going into the Workhouse. My late husband trained in the dockyard at Sheerness then transferring to the dockyard at Chatham. Thank you for this video.

    • @deedeedodo8092
      @deedeedodo8092 Před rokem

      I used to work at the Leather Bottle and even stayed there for a birthday treat one year. I loved it and tried to stay awake as long as I could incase I could encounter the ghost that reportedly haunts it 🤣

  • @jacquelineharrod6386
    @jacquelineharrod6386 Před 2 lety +18

    Being a Londoner myself, Dickens has always been one of my very favourite authors. Thank you for posting this.

  • @WiseQuotesLS
    @WiseQuotesLS Před rokem +29

    “There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humor.„
    _Charles Dickens

  • @jennyhirschowitz1999
    @jennyhirschowitz1999 Před 2 lety +6

    Exquiste narration….. poignant images…. thank you for posting. Miss jenny

  • @alcoholfree6381
    @alcoholfree6381 Před 2 lety +23

    I have read all of Charles Dickens and am getting ready to start an old, illustrated book of his: Dombey and Sons. His books are remarkable. If you compare his writing to Stephen King’s output you will know why Harold Bloom loved Dickens and never read King who he called a modern penny-dreadful writer. Dickens is amazing and everyone would enjoy reading him although the modern reader may have to read longer and more focused. This documentary is enjoyable! Thanks

    • @viggycat8592
      @viggycat8592 Před rokem +2

      Thank you! I couldn’t agree more!

    • @simonedwards9450
      @simonedwards9450 Před rokem +2

      I love both Dickens and King. I’d disagree with Harold Bloom. King is a great writer, someone who has been a major influence on me.
      Harold Bloom was nothing but an ignorant moron who was in reality a sexual deviant. Will never listen to him when it comes to discussing writing. He doesn’t even have any idea what he’s talking about

    • @vanessamay3689
      @vanessamay3689 Před rokem +2

      Have only read The Curiosity Shop which was my first Dickens book. Now I know what influenced his writing this makes it special.A great novel ❤

    • @hirakaiko5570
      @hirakaiko5570 Před 5 měsíci +1

      Different categories to be fair, King is genre fiction, Dickens is literary fiction. King is nuts IRL tho so maybe it's that.

  • @steveosullivan5262
    @steveosullivan5262 Před 2 lety +9

    That debtors prison must have been hideous. It would mark any child. Such a well told story of one of my favorite writers. I knew so little about him, thank you for this excellent video. The Hograth family seems worth a story of their own.

  • @patriciajrs46
    @patriciajrs46 Před 2 lety +7

    I like the introductory music, thank you.
    These looks at history and how people thought, is quite interesting.

  • @robnewman6101
    @robnewman6101 Před rokem +5

    One day, when returning from France on June 19th 1865. All of Charles Dickens's Railway Nightmares came true, until he was involved in a terrific train crash accident at Staplehurst in Kent.
    Ten people died in the accident.
    The accident would prop Dickens to write his finest Ghost Story called The Signalman.

    • @deedeedodo8092
      @deedeedodo8092 Před rokem +2

      I didn't know that, thank you for sharing. I live very close to the staplehurst/Medway area and love learning even more about this great man 👍

    • @robnewman6101
      @robnewman6101 Před rokem +2

      You're welcome.

    • @robnewman6101
      @robnewman6101 Před rokem

      Have you heard of The Railway Policeman?
      I have the book of it.

    • @deedeedodo8092
      @deedeedodo8092 Před rokem

      @@robnewman6101 no, I'll definitely have to check it out though!

    • @robnewman6101
      @robnewman6101 Před rokem +1

      The Railway Policeman.
      The Story of the Constable on the Track.
      By J. R. WHITBREAD.

  • @RedcoatsReturn
    @RedcoatsReturn Před rokem +9

    These documentaries are truly capital and exemplary work! 😲 Beautifully narrated and profoundly well researched, I discovered several facts not known to me as a Dickens life long admirer. My sincere thanks and God bless you sir 😊

  • @joansavage1857
    @joansavage1857 Před 2 lety +13

    Thank you for a fascinating documentary….

  • @traciebecker6669
    @traciebecker6669 Před 2 lety +13

    Wonderfully done documentary.
    Thank you

  • @LorettaKayfeld
    @LorettaKayfeld Před rokem +6

    Thank you for this documentary. It is was so beautifully narrated. I believe Charles Dickens was also very in interested in magic and would give performances of magic to children on a Sunday afternoon l happen to have one of his magic programs we here he produced shiny sixpenies from a Christmas pudding. I have enjoyed all of his books, his characters are so vital and filled with curiousity. Thank you once again

  • @robnewman6101
    @robnewman6101 Před rokem +2

    A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.
    December 19th 1843.

  • @clah399
    @clah399 Před 2 lety +5

    Great account of Dickens... Thanks

  • @vicnurse5
    @vicnurse5 Před 2 lety +11

    Thank you a wonderful story and photographs of the man and his times.

  • @MarciaMatthews
    @MarciaMatthews Před 2 lety +5

    Pickwick Papers was popular serial. Inspired Louisa May Alcott and me.

  • @user-sf3fe4bh2q
    @user-sf3fe4bh2q Před 7 měsíci +1

    I have always been SO SORRY that he hadn't finished " The Mystery of Edwin Drood"!

  • @robnewman6101
    @robnewman6101 Před rokem +3

    Robert Peel (1788-1850) was the Founder of the first new Metropolitan Police Force at Scotland Yard in 1829.

  • @bubblehead78
    @bubblehead78 Před rokem +1

    Mr. Dickens is perhaps my favorite author.

  • @dancingdingo
    @dancingdingo Před měsícem

    I lived on the same street that Charles Dickens lived as a kid! Bayham Street in Camden, London. I lived across the street from where he grew up. It has since been demolished and council housing is now in its place. I found this out at the local library. I was astonished. 😮
    I went to the George Inn and Pub in Southwark for my birthday celebrations too! I'm a massive CD fan in case you haven't guessed by now.😜

  • @dadodydo
    @dadodydo Před 6 měsíci

    Great documentary, walking in the great author's footsteps. I love Dickens.

  • @jovialneha
    @jovialneha Před 2 lety +1

    Thank you 🌟

  • @stevenclarke2559
    @stevenclarke2559 Před 2 lety +2

    thanks enjoyed v much

  • @loonylinda
    @loonylinda Před rokem

    i really enjoyed this thanks

  • @pamelamckenzie2685
    @pamelamckenzie2685 Před rokem +1

    Love this documentary.

  • @flxtuoh3327
    @flxtuoh3327 Před rokem +1

    Fantastic presentation...titles of accompanying background music, please...

  • @tilakbhandari3466
    @tilakbhandari3466 Před rokem +1

    great work

  • @nononouh
    @nononouh Před 2 lety +5

    As part of your project have you considered sharing the huge dictionary of literary biography?
    Some are uploaded, but most not!

    • @AuthorDocumentaries
      @AuthorDocumentaries  Před 2 lety +4

      I have not heard of that until now. Wow, 1600 authors in 375 volumes if I'm reading it right. I scanned through it. I didn't realize there were so many lost to time. I see Gutenberg has it in pdf form. I'll reference it for authors I do bios on. Thanks!

  • @tomgeorgearts
    @tomgeorgearts Před 2 měsíci

    I have often wondered why so many Dickens characters have bizarre and comic names, even if the story is not comic. I like them, and it makes them memorable, but I have never been able to find any kind of literary explanation of why Dickens does this. It's surely one of the most recognisable aspects of his style.

  • @krishnantampi5665
    @krishnantampi5665 Před rokem +1

    Very good video so no comment it's sharp and to the point good voice and pleased😄 to hear Dickens is immortal words reverberation is still hunting the memory of evry reader and the trader. That's all great man he was let him rest in peace sky

  • @robnewman6101
    @robnewman6101 Před rokem +1

    Regin of Queen Victoria 1837-1901.

  • @gabrielacobian9137
    @gabrielacobian9137 Před 2 lety +4

    The greatest britain has ever had

    • @edwinawareing2395
      @edwinawareing2395 Před 2 lety +1

      I totally agree with you Gabriel , a wonderful writer. 🖊

  • @zharapatterson
    @zharapatterson Před rokem +1

    There's Another Charles Dickens Documentary I think you should upload made by the BBC maybe in 2002 or 2003 named Dickens or named uncovering the real Charles Dickens presented by Peter Ackroyd, Starring Anton Lesser as Charles Dickens, and Miriam Margolyes as Catherine Dickens.

  • @jonathangeddes9786
    @jonathangeddes9786 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Bad piano... goodbye 😢

  • @yersiniapestis6049
    @yersiniapestis6049 Před rokem

    What's that music in the background?

  • @Rico-Suave_
    @Rico-Suave_ Před 3 měsíci

    Great video, thank you very much , note to self(nts) watched all of it 28:32

  • @garyproffitt5941
    @garyproffitt5941 Před rokem +1

    Time were hard Charles Dickens reciting 10 years old and I believe in placed procedure Charles Dickens did not go to school. The City of London of big ships and Saint Pauls Cathedral dominates everything for ship building and the old father Thames and pity for thee debtors Prison and remembering works The Pickwick Papers, Oliver Twist, Nicholas Nickleby, A Christmas Carol, David Copperfield, Bleak House, Little Dorrit, A Tale of Two Cities & Great Expectations.

  • @lukasmiller486
    @lukasmiller486 Před 4 měsíci

    How many of his books have you read? Mine are 1. A Tale of Two Cities 2. Great Expectations 3. David Copperfield 4. A Christmas Carol 5. Nicholas Nickleby

  • @robnewman6101
    @robnewman6101 Před rokem

    Sir Arthur Wellesley (1769-1852) best known for as His Grace The 1st Duke of Wellington. Became a Prime Minister in 1828.

  • @crazycathostel5544
    @crazycathostel5544 Před rokem

    ❤️

  • @robnewman6101
    @robnewman6101 Před rokem +1

    Interesting.

  • @robnewman6101
    @robnewman6101 Před rokem +1

    Oliver Twist.
    David Copperfield.

  • @jestermoon
    @jestermoon Před 11 měsíci

    Shiver my timbers 🎉 3:29
    Stay Safe
    Stay Safe and Stay Free 4:02

  • @kieranmclaughlin8920
    @kieranmclaughlin8920 Před 2 měsíci

    Means nothing to me about my life...
    Didn't then and doesn't now...

  • @forrestdupre87
    @forrestdupre87 Před 2 lety +1

    Now Do H. G. Wells!!!

  • @christopherp.hitchens3902

    He stipulated in his will that upon his death, his horses should be shot. They were. I have hated his work ever since!

  • @normlor
    @normlor Před 7 měsíci

    I LOVED DICKENS' WRITING ESPECIALLY "A CHRISTMAS CAROL" I MUST HAVE READ THIS STORY 500 TIMES AND WATCHED MOVIES AND AUDIOBOOKS THE SAME. BUT LOST A GREAT AMOUNT OF RESPECT WHEN I FOUND OUT HE BELIEVED OUR (CANADIAN) INUIT ATE FRANKLIN'S CREW WITHOUT ONE SHRED OF EVIDENCE. BUT FOUND IT ALL LIES WHEN HIS TWO SHIPS WERE FOUND!!!!

  • @MarciaMatthews
    @MarciaMatthews Před 2 lety +4

    Also see The Dickens Museum czcams.com/video/9AGzrkfqUSY/video.html

  • @crazycathostel5544
    @crazycathostel5544 Před rokem

    😘

  • @bonnymcdermott1240
    @bonnymcdermott1240 Před 2 lety +1

    Love this subject but this dialogue was boringly slow so didnt finish

    • @AuthorDocumentaries
      @AuthorDocumentaries  Před 2 lety +1

      The next 4 will be different presenters in different styles. Stay tuned 📺📺

    • @itamardias17
      @itamardias17 Před 2 lety +5

      @@AuthorDocumentaries Boring? Well... I love your videos.

    • @deedeedodo8092
      @deedeedodo8092 Před rokem +1

      It was just the right timing for me, sometimes the narrators speak so quickly I have to keep backtracking to take it all in. This suited me much better.

    • @margaretr5701
      @margaretr5701 Před 6 měsíci

      No need to complain, you can change the speed of delivery to your preference.

  • @tarnopol
    @tarnopol Před rokem

    Is that Dikkens with two k’s, the noted Dutch author?

  • @robnewman6101
    @robnewman6101 Před rokem

    The Lifestyle of the Victorian Policeman was particularly harsh and the pay was poor.

  • @cruachankeith
    @cruachankeith Před rokem +1

    A 'Charles Dickens documentary' with no mention of 'A Christmas Carol' is a bloody joke. why?????

  • @llwyde1104
    @llwyde1104 Před rokem +1

    This film is informative but glosses over the treatment of his wife and his duplicity regarding his affair... talk's cheap Charles! Action is what counts...but he was some writer.!!

  • @seanwebb605
    @seanwebb605 Před 3 měsíci

    This is dull.

  • @peterchaloner2877
    @peterchaloner2877 Před 2 lety

    The Zulu Dickens is of course indignant that-- solely because of White Privilege-- the works of the Zulu polymath remain unrecognised compared with Dickens' output.

  • @ssake1_IAL_Research
    @ssake1_IAL_Research Před 2 lety +2

    Charles Dickens was not the original author of "A Christmas Carol." He didn't even improve it--he hurriedly watered down an existing manuscript for popular consumption, to avoid impending debt. Then he concocted a theatrical lie about supposedly writing it in a fit of inspiration, "walking the black streets of London many a night." The evidence can be found in my paper, entitled "Evidence That ‘A Christmas Carol’ Was Originally Written by Mathew Franklin Whittier and Abby Poyen Whittier, Rather Than by Charles Dickens," which can be downloaded from the link below, or it can be found by searching on the paper's title on Academlia.edu.
    www.ial.goldthread.com/MFW_APW_Carol.pdf

    • @AuthorDocumentaries
      @AuthorDocumentaries  Před 2 lety +4

      This is very interesting. I'll give it a read. If evidence exists I'm open to it.

    • @jacquelineharrod6386
      @jacquelineharrod6386 Před 2 lety +3

      Absolutely untrue.

    • @alcoholfree6381
      @alcoholfree6381 Před 2 lety

      Give me a break. Why moderns have to do everything possible to tear down others is beyond me! Next you’ll discover that Santa Claus, a white entitled fat guy who was gender nonspecific, really wrote all of Dickens and 50% of Shakespeare. A better thing for you to do is out-write Dickens. I will read it but really do something constructive on your own. Please.

    • @autumn5852
      @autumn5852 Před 2 lety +1

      @@jacquelineharrod6386 what’s absolutely untrue?

    • @jacquelineharrod6386
      @jacquelineharrod6386 Před rokem +1

      @@autumn5852 His not being the author of "A Christmas Carol", a stupid and untruthful slur.