Speeches: Literary and Social
The voice behind the novels. These speeches reveal Dickens as his Victorian audience knew him: a magnetic orator who could make a banquet hall weep or burst into laughter with equal ease. Delivered at charitable benefits, literary dinners, and public gatherings, they capture his wit, his social fury, and his belief that literature could reshape the world. Here he speaks on behalf of the poor, defends the power of reading, and reflects on his own improbable journey from debtor's prison to the most famous writer in England. For anyone who has loved his novels, these speeches offer something rarer than any preface: Dickens, unscripted, in his own charismatic voice.
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