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Originally Posted by HarryT
A fascinating collection of Charles Dickens' speeches, on both literary and social themes. Dickens, like the celebraties of today, was a "hot ticket" on the after-dinner speaking circuit, and his presence was a guarantee to pull in the crowds.
This book contains more than 50 of Dickens' speeches, given between 1841 and his death in 1870, at events ranging from a dinner organised by the "Gardeners' Benevolant Institution" to the "Metropolitan Sanitary Association" to an international boat race between Oxford and Harvard Universities (which Oxford won).
A fascinating book, giving a much more intimate look at "Dickens the man" than do his novels.
Enjoy!
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Thank you very much!
Possibly, you have something about Conan Doyle work, biography and his relationship with Houdini?