London in the Time of Dickens

Crime and Punishment, London Style

Special Interest Oct 28, 2023 32 min The Great Courses Signature Collection

Available on Prime Video, The Great Courses Signature Collection

S1 E2: Novels like Oliver Twist show Dickens's empathy for the desperate and advocate for progressive reform, yet the novelist also had a strong authoritarian streak. As you will see in this lecture, this contradiction mirrors the debates over crime and policing that were unfolding in London at the time—and that we’re still wrangling with today.

Special Interest Oct 28, 2023 32 min The Great Courses Signature Collection

TV-PG

Information

Released: 2023
Run Time: 32 min
Rated: TV-PG

Languages

Original Audio: English
Audio: English (AAC), English (United States)
Subtitles: English (CC)

Accessibility

: Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.