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X-WR-CALNAME:Dickens and Christmas: A Christmas Carol in its Time and for O
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LOCATION:111 Adams Avenue\nLewes DE 19958
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SUMMARY:Dickens and Christmas: A Christmas Carol in its Time and for Our Ti
 me
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DESCRIPTION:The most enduringly popular of all Dickens’s works\, A Christ
 mas\nCarol is a book that we all seem to have always known without ever\nq
 uite knowing when we first met it. But what led Dickens to write it\nlate 
 in 1843? Why did it strike such a chord with its first Victorian\nreaders?
  And what is it that makes it such a continuing presence in\nthe holiday s
 eason all across the world? This talk will offer some\nanswers to these qu
 estions and explore the Carol’s unmatched place\nin our lives and in Chr
 istmas. Dr. Iain Crawford is Professor of\nEnglish at the University of De
 laware and a former President of the\nDickens Society. He has written and 
 lectured widely on Dickens\, and\nhis Contested Liberalisms: Martineau\, D
 ickens and the Victorian Press\nwas runner-up for the 2020 Colby Prize for
  the Best Book in Periodical\nStudies. NOTE: seating is limited so registr
 ation is required. The\nLewes Spoken Word Society (LSWS) celebrates the tr
 adition and artistry\nof oral storytelling through lectures\, performances
 \, discussions\,\ndemonstrations\, and other publicly-shared experiences. 
 The LSWS is\npartially funded by a grant from the Delaware Humanities\, a 
 state\nprogram of the National Endowment for the Humanities\, and by a gra
 nt\nfrom the Delaware Division of the Arts\, a state agency\, in partnersh
 ip\nwith the National Endowment for the Arts. The Division promotes\nDelaw
 are arts events on DelawareScene.com. Venue: Lewes Public\nLibrary.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:The most enduringly popular of all Dickens’s
  works\, A Christmas Carol is a book that we all seem to have always known
  without ever quite knowing when we first met it. But what led Dickens to 
 write it late in 1843? Why did it strike such a chord with its first Victo
 rian readers? And what is it that makes it such a continuing presence in t
 he holiday season all across the world? This talk will offer some answers 
 to these questions and explore the Carol’s unmatched place in our lives 
 and in Christmas. Dr. Iain Crawford is Professor of English at the Univers
 ity of Delaware and a former President of the Dickens Society. He has writ
 ten and lectured widely on Dickens\, and his Contested Liberalisms: Martin
 eau\, Dickens and the Victorian Press was runner-up for the 2020 Colby Pri
 ze for the Best Book in Periodical Studies. NOTE: seating is limited so re
 gistration is required. The Lewes Spoken Word Society (LSWS) celebrates th
 e tradition and artistry of oral storytelling through lectures\, performan
 ces\, discussions\, demonstrations\, and other publicly-shared experiences
 . The LSWS is partially funded by a grant from the Delaware Humanities\, a
  state program of the National Endowment for the Humanities\, and by a gra
 nt from the Delaware Division of the Arts\, a state agency\, in partnershi
 p with the National Endowment for the Arts. The Division promotes Delaware
  arts events on DelawareScene.com. Venue: Lewes Public Library.
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