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    Photograph: Popperfoto/Getty Images A letter to Charles Dickens on his 200th birthday - what would he make of the 21st century?

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    A letter to Charles Dickens on his 200th birthday - what would he make of the 21st century?

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    1. zulublu answered: that it has changed somuch
    2. jjarichardson reblogged this from guardian
    3. macpoodle answered: Nothing’s changed social injustice is still alive and well?
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    6. dabnotu answered: “…the period was so far like the present period…in the superlative degree of comparison only” not so much visionary as insightful. maybe.
    7. brianfdouglas answered: 200 years of technological progress, but no perceptible change in human behaviour.
    8. daughtersoftheair reblogged this from guardian and added:
      Be shocked that being able to read the Bible hasn’t magically cured all crime and be disturbed at how independent and...
    9. cailleach-bheur reblogged this from guardian and added:
      He lamented the endemic exploitation of women and prostitution in London in...time…...
    10. jetlaggedinparis reblogged this from guardian and added:
      Happy 200th Birthday...Great Expectations is my favorite novel, here’s a manuscript...
    11. stephavery reblogged this from guardian and added:
      Leaving the C19th prediliction for underage females...here is a man who would’ve had a lot...
    12. bristolswing answered: “There’s not as much snow as there used to be…”
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    16. rantraverewind answered: kindles pfft
    17. greatleapsideways answered: Plus ça change…
    18. venhabaiano answered: Iria sugerir fazer sopa das crianças de rua
    19. onthestrand reblogged this from guardian
    20. sirmaxie answered: Frist of all:He would understand our time and better technology to use, and. Would it make us a vivid and process them in his novels.
    21. miguelangelrolland answered: Obviously… Great Expectations.
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