44 Charles Dickens and a Child's Stoic Sacrifice | Philosophy and Literature - Female Empowerment - Bluestocking Society -Women's intellectual history

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In today's episode:

We will be looking at the work of Charles Dickens – specifically The Old Curiosity Shop.

A recurring theme in the work of Charles Dickens is the suffering of children with regard to broader social issues of the time. Today we consider the stoic sacrificewe make, as children.

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