Genre: Poetry, Short Stories, Short NonfictionĮpisode: Charles Dickens 200th Anniversary Collection - Charles Dickens - Book 18, Volume 1, Part 1 List: Readers' Choice Collections, 200th #1 Series: Charles Dickens 200th Anniversary Collection Some items requiring a little further explanation are Prince Bull, written as a fairy tale, but in reality a scathing attack on the Government's handling of supplies to the troops in the Crimean War Old Lamps for New Ones in which Dickens makes clear his low opinion of the ethos of the Pre-Raphaelite school of painting and Frauds on the Fairies, a polemic against George Cruikshank's bowdlerization of fairy tales for moralistic purposes, and the interesting revelation that 'product placement' is by no means a new phenomenon. Volume 1 includes short stories including, amongst others, The Holly Tree, the first part of Holiday Romance, and three pieces from Mugby Junction. This first volume was released on Dickens' 200th birthday, February 7th, 2012 and further volumes followed during the anniversary year. Overview: The Charles Dickens 200th Anniversary Collection comprises short works previously unrecorded for LibriVox - fiction, essays, poetry, letters, magazine articles, and speeches - and each volume will be a potpourri of all genres and periods of his writing. Title: Charles Dickens 200th Anniversary Collection Charles Dickens 200th Anniversary Collection - Charles Dickens - Book 18, Volume 1, Part 1

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