Dominic is Joined by the brilliant Dr. Claire Wood, who is a lecturer in Victorian Literature at the University of Leicester and a former research associate at the University of York. Claire’s writing on Dickens includes: Dickens and the Business of Death, published by Cambridge University Press. Claire is also a founder of the Dickens Code which seeks to crack the mysteries of Dickens’ unique form of shorthand - a project that has just been nominated for a Times Education Award ..
Also joining us to read extracts from The Old Curiosity Shop the excellent actor, Gunnar Cauthery.
Jane Austen’s House is the most treasured Austen site in the world! Step back in time and walk the very rooms where Jane Austen lived, wrote and revised her globally beloved novels: Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion ...
Situated in the beautiful Hampshire village of Chawton .
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Host: Dominic Gerrard
Series Artwork: Léna Gibert
Original Music: Dominic Gerrard
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