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...working-class readers were particular fans of Dickens. East-Ender George Acorn was punished by his parents for wasting 3½d on a second-hand copy of David Copperfield, but later changed their minds by reading the saddest passages aloud to them (UK RED: 2368). Arthur Harding, a Victorian professional criminal, enjoyed A Tale of Two Cities and Dombey and Son when he read...

...work through the course, the key terms discussed are highlighted in bold. Definitions for these terms are provided in the glossary at the end of the course. This OpenLearn course provides a sample of Level 1 study in Arts and Humanities...What is poetry?: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: understand the common techniques underlying...

...work at two universities...Higher Education enjoyed a huge expansion during the 1960s with new universities and polytechnics being opened and many older universities expanding their numbers. One man, Asa Briggs, played significant roles at the first of the new universities of the decade, the University of Sussex located just outside Brighton, which opened in 1961, and the...