Charles Dickens produced some of the most famous works of fiction in English literary history. But it appears that his propensity to embellish may have strayed beyond his novels and into his own life story.
Much of the modern (Icon Books), who recently appeared on the podcast – Dickens fed Forster choice information for decades. “Forster managed to reposition Dickens as a tragic figure, who we should feel sympathy for. And this hadn't been the case when Dickens died.”
