Dickens: The Writer Who Changed Christmas

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"Oliver Twist", "The Pickwick Papers", "Dombey and Son" and, of course, "A Christmas Carol" - all this is Charles Dickens, the great English writer, philanthropist and public figure. One of the world's first pop idols lived a bright, eventful and even scandalous life, which was far from always like his novels. BOOKS: • Stefan Zweig. Dickens. • G.K. Chesterton. Dickens. • V.Nabokov. Lectures on foreign literature. • Les Standiford. The Man Who Invented Christmas: How Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol Rescued His Career and Revived Our Holiday Spirits • Simon Callow. Charles Dickens and the Great Theatre of the World ???? MY FIRST ONLINE COURSE The history of ancient civilizations through iconic architectural monuments (classes start in January '25). Buy for yourself or as a gift: https://tinyurl.com/49kctrka ???? LIVE PERFORMANCES Lecture "Freedom and Dictatorship in the Modern World" • Denver - March 5 • Palo Alto - March 7 • Los Angeles - March 9 • Seattle - March 11 • Washington - May 15 • Chicago - May 18 • Boston - May 21 Info and tickets: https://eidelman.ru SUPPORT THE CHANNEL • For foreign cards - / eidelman • For Russian cards - https://boosty.to/eidelman/ • Support the release of new history lessons by becoming a sponsor on YouTube - / @tamaraeidelmanhistory Using cryptocurrency: BTC: bc1qepf70kndy4ce6yxg6vxh9j98utx690w529fl9s ETH: 0x0Ebc2cCcD4Fd705CfFC5F25B271871df71c8332B USDT: 0x8d0B26D5f58e4a1B2Cc702C431CB7B444F9452F6 (ERC20 network) USDT: TC5eXDPz8TuXPiHLDLbGkmN2rnQkg3Qe5W (TRC20 network) FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL NETWORKS Instagram — / tamaraeidelman Telegram channel — https://t.me/eidelman * Facebook — / eidelmantn Twitter — / tamaraeidelman TikTok — / tamaraeidelmanhistory Text version — https://tamaraeidelman.com/ #history #eidelman #dickens 00:00:00 Introduction. Lecture Topic 00:01:20 Dickens – a Handsome Man and a Pop Star. Did He Really Invent Christmas? 00:12:37 “A Christmas Carol” – for the Soul or for Money? 00:16:57 How Stingy Scrooge Made Christmas a Holiday of Generosity and Joy 00:21:18 Dickens’s Childhood Suffering – Truth or Artistic Exaggeration? 00:31:12 Dickens the Reporter – Running Around London in Search of a “Roast” 00:33:54 Who is Boz? First Reader Recognition 00:36:25 The Hero of “The Pickwick Papers” Who Brought the Novel Popular Love 00:41:54 The First “Soap Operas”. Why Did the Author “Finish Off” Little Nell? (Spoiler alert!) 00:52:23 Children, the poor, the mentally ill, slaves and fallen women – how Dickens tried to help everyone 01:07:08 Pop or great literature? Why didn’t literary scholars immediately recognize Dickens? 01:14:20 The mystery of the unfinished novel 01:18:00 The life of a celebrity: exhausting scratching, selling merch and fighting for copyright 01:28:48 Dickens’s eccentric behavior – star fever or a manifestation of his eccentricity? 01:31:10 A humanist in books and an abuser in his personal life 01:43:45 Dickens’s rebirth in popular culture – movies, cartoons, musicals and much more

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