<p>Great Expectations, the story of a boy who turns into a man while being surrounded by a**holes, gets the Elton Reads A Book A Week treatment! Join Elton on a trip down Dickensian way before meeting up with a prime example of Victorian drama. It&#39;s weirder than you think.</p> <p><br></p> <p>The life of Charles Dickens starts like many did in the Georgian Era of England&#39;s history...crap. He was a sickly kid from a big, poor family. Then, as he got older and his entire family was thrown in debtor&#39;s prison, he was factory bound. There he learned to love to hate every day! Later, he learns to spin sh*t into gold. Listen for more...</p> <p><br></p> <p>Thank you for listening!</p> <p><br></p> <p>GET THE BOOK HERE: <a href="https://amzn.to/44H2ZT5" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://amzn.to/44H2ZT5</a></p> <p><br></p> <p>BECOME A CONTRIBUTOR HERE:</p> <p><a href="https://www.patreon.com/eltonreadsabookaweek" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://www.patreon.com/eltonreadsabookaweek</a></p> <p><a href="https://anchor.fm/elton-reads-a-book-a-week" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://anchor.fm/elton-reads-a-book-a-week</a></p> <p>FOLLOW THE PODCAST HERE: <a href="https://linktr.ee/EltonReadsABookAWeek" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://linktr.ee/EltonReadsABookAWeek</a></p> <p>EMAIL: eltonreadsabookaweek@gmail.com</p> <p>SOURCES: https://exec.typepad.com/greatexpectations/what-is-a-gentleman.html</p> <p>https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-17017791</p> <p>https://www.yorkcastlemuseum.org.uk/debtors-prison/#:~:text=It&#39;s%20called%20the%20Debtors&#39;%20Prison,them%20to%20be%20held%20here.</p> <p>https://www.charlesdickenspage.com/dickens-and-the-theatre-moskovitz.html</p> <p>https://thebookhabit.co.uk/2018/11/07/literary-lifestyles-the-writing-habits-of-charles-dickens/#:~:text=In%20order%20to%20ensure%20that,keep%20track%20of%20his%20story</p> <p>https://www.mentalfloss.com/posts/night-soil-men-victorian-era-poop</p> <p>https://www.gastongazette.com/story/news/2012/11/30/today-in-history-charles-dickens/34378631007/</p> <p>https://dickenssociety.org/archives/1630</p> <p>https://www.press.jhu.edu/journals/dickens-quarterly</p> <p>https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charles-Dickens-British-novelist</p> <p><br></p> <p>THE APOLOGIES SECTION</p> <p>Elton would like to apologize to the following people, places, and things: The Dickens Family, Karl Marx, Victorian &amp; Georgian eras of English history, El Debarge, Boys II Men, Lionel Richie, Portsmouth England, and English dentists.</p> <p><br></p> <p>A special thank you to Jenna Fischer and Diedrich Bader</p> --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/elton-reads-a-book-a-week/message

Elton Reads A Book A Week

Elton Edgar

"WTF Charles!" Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

JUL 25, 2023101 MIN
Elton Reads A Book A Week

"WTF Charles!" Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

JUL 25, 2023101 MIN

Description

<p>Great Expectations, the story of a boy who turns into a man while being surrounded by a**holes, gets the Elton Reads A Book A Week treatment! Join Elton on a trip down Dickensian way before meeting up with a prime example of Victorian drama. It&#39;s weirder than you think.</p> <p><br></p> <p>The life of Charles Dickens starts like many did in the Georgian Era of England&#39;s history...crap. He was a sickly kid from a big, poor family. Then, as he got older and his entire family was thrown in debtor&#39;s prison, he was factory bound. There he learned to love to hate every day! Later, he learns to spin sh*t into gold. Listen for more...</p> <p><br></p> <p>Thank you for listening!</p> <p><br></p> <p>GET THE BOOK HERE: <a href="https://amzn.to/44H2ZT5" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://amzn.to/44H2ZT5</a></p> <p><br></p> <p>BECOME A CONTRIBUTOR HERE:</p> <p><a href="https://www.patreon.com/eltonreadsabookaweek" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://www.patreon.com/eltonreadsabookaweek</a></p> <p><a href="https://anchor.fm/elton-reads-a-book-a-week" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://anchor.fm/elton-reads-a-book-a-week</a></p> <p>FOLLOW THE PODCAST HERE: <a href="https://linktr.ee/EltonReadsABookAWeek" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://linktr.ee/EltonReadsABookAWeek</a></p> <p>EMAIL: [email protected]</p> <p>SOURCES: https://exec.typepad.com/greatexpectations/what-is-a-gentleman.html</p> <p>https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-17017791</p> <p>https://www.yorkcastlemuseum.org.uk/debtors-prison/#:~:text=It&#39;s%20called%20the%20Debtors&#39;%20Prison,them%20to%20be%20held%20here.</p> <p>https://www.charlesdickenspage.com/dickens-and-the-theatre-moskovitz.html</p> <p>https://thebookhabit.co.uk/2018/11/07/literary-lifestyles-the-writing-habits-of-charles-dickens/#:~:text=In%20order%20to%20ensure%20that,keep%20track%20of%20his%20story</p> <p>https://www.mentalfloss.com/posts/night-soil-men-victorian-era-poop</p> <p>https://www.gastongazette.com/story/news/2012/11/30/today-in-history-charles-dickens/34378631007/</p> <p>https://dickenssociety.org/archives/1630</p> <p>https://www.press.jhu.edu/journals/dickens-quarterly</p> <p>https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charles-Dickens-British-novelist</p> <p><br></p> <p>THE APOLOGIES SECTION</p> <p>Elton would like to apologize to the following people, places, and things: The Dickens Family, Karl Marx, Victorian &amp; Georgian eras of English history, El Debarge, Boys II Men, Lionel Richie, Portsmouth England, and English dentists.</p> <p><br></p> <p>A special thank you to Jenna Fischer and Diedrich Bader</p> --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/elton-reads-a-book-a-week/message