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1. Justin Cartwright - Christmas

   5/5 Justin Cartwright reflects on the place that Christmas occupies in Charles Dickens's work.
2. Alexander McCall Smith - Episodic Writing

   4/5 Writer Alexander McCall Smith salutes Charles Dickens's mastery of the episodic form.
3. AL Kennedy - No Hope of Return

   3/5 AL Kennedy explores Dickens' literary response to the themes of poverty, misery and death.
4. Romesh Gunesekera - The Orphan Eye

   2/5 Romesh Gunesekera on how Dickens addresses the move from childhood into the world beyond.
5. Tessa Hadley - Rooms and Reality

   1/5 Tessa Hadley on how Dickens paints the reality of his world through characters' houses.