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Killing Charles Dickens (2023)
- lmm 1y agohttps://archive.li/Ac70V https://archive.li/Ac70V
- 2b3a51 1y agoThanks for posting. Zadie Smith writes to the audience so well in her magazine pieces, it is a delight to read. I'm reading for the style as well as the content with articles like this, very educational.
- bell-cot 1y agoFor those unfamiliar with The New Yorker magazine, the subtitle and author may be more informative than the title: > I did everything I could to avoid writing my historical novel. When I finally started “The Fraud,” one principle was clear: no Dickens. > By Zadie Smith That (2023) historical novel: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fraud https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fraud (Edit: The article's title is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irony https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irony )
- 6LLvveMx2koXfwn 1y agoamusingly, from the Wikipedia article you link: "Not only is [the novel] set in 19th century England with a sprawling cast of characters high and low, but Charles Dickens himself makes an appearance"
- Yeul 1y agoOur modern Western culture was made by the Victorians. They invented everything middle class. Charles Dickens literally made the Christmas we know today.