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Tina P.
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Posted: Aug 19 2005 at 11:45am | IP Logged Quote Tina P.
I stumbled upon this site and was dismayed to read how cruelly slanted Dicken's prose was against Catholics.

http://www.classicbookshelf.com/library/charles_dickens/a_ch ild_s_history_of_england/

Check out King Henry VIII for a sample. I didn't know Dickens leaned so strongly toward protestantism.    All of his works of which I know seemed so unbiased to religious preferences.

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Posted: Aug 19 2005 at 8:24pm | IP Logged Quote Leonie
Dickens is very opinionated in his Child's History - but he "has a go" at both Catholics and Anglicans.

I must admit that I like his book - it is in story form, I now he is biased and so can discuss this bias with the dc. I like an author with opinions - it gives us a chance to discuss and helps my dc be aware of bias in writings.

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Posted: Aug 20 2005 at 3:56pm | IP Logged Quote Kathryn UK
Dickens was a great author of fiction, but not of history . I don't think he had any particular axe to grind - I seem to remember he wasn't a religious man - but I guess he had imbibed a fair few of the prejudices of his day. And as Leonie says, he was certainly opinionated!

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