# Why should you read Charles Dickens?

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED-Ed
- Speaker: Iseult Gillespie
- Year: 2017
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: History, Literature and writing, Teaching and learning
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/iseult_gillespie_why_should_you_read_charles_dickens)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

The starving orphan seeking a second helping of gruel. The spinster wasting away in her tattered wedding dress. The stone-hearted miser plagued by the ghost of Christmas past. More than a century after his death, these remain recognizable figures from the work of Charles Dickens. But what are the features of Dickens' writing that make it so special? Iseult Gillespie investigates. \[Directed by Asparuh Petrov, narrated by Addison Anderson, music by Ivailo Stefanov, Alexander Daniel & Alexander Evtimov\].

## Lectures

1. [Why should you read Charles Dickens?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/iseult_gillespie_why_should_you_read_charles_dickens/5976c13c5317), 6 min (TED's player)