Tom Hodgkinson: Be gregarious or live alone in the bee-loud glade?

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Tom Hodgkinson on the pros and cons of making journeys

Henry Eliot describes the early career of Charles Dickens, his first literary adventures and his meteoric rise to celebrity

Henry Eliot presents the second act in the prodigious career of Charles Dickens: his novels, travels and attacks on Victorian society

Henry Eliot explores the great late masterpieces of Charles Dickens, describing how his personal relationships affected them