Dickens for our time

The Browser links to the essay on Dickens that Theodore Dalrymple wrote for TAC’s previous issue. Dalrymple says that the lack of philosophical consistency in Dickens’ moral outlook is actually a strength: Dickens is often reproached for his absence of firm and unequivocal moral, political, and philosophical outlook. He veers crazily between the ferociously reactionary … Continue reading Dickens for our time