[From: Matt Fullerty] Why are we still reading Dickens?

Matt Fullerty spotted this on the guardian.co.uk site and thought you should see it.

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Why are we still reading Dickens?

The great Victorian is probably even more ubiquitous now than he was in his lifetime. How he remains such vital reading is an intriguing question

Jon Michael Varese
Friday September 4 2009
guardian.co.uk