Join us on Monday, December 14, for a lecture with Professor John Jordan. He will speculate about the reasons for Dickens’s enduring afterlife and explore how Dickens remains important and relevant for 21st-century audiences.

In this week's installment, Tyger Wright, a Santa Cruz based artist, highlights a passage in 'Barnaby Rudge' where Dickens pays "tender attention to a population that is often marginalized, our elders."

Professor Ian Duncan shares a charming passage from Bleak House in which Mr. Guppy, early in his career as an attorney's clerk, acts as a generous host. At the same time, Dickens explores theories of early evolutionist science.