Originally published at: 119. Bleak House, Part 1 - Warhorn Media
The Bookening talks Bleak House.
I’ve just paused this episode at the 16:53 mark to come and register my disgust at your pronunciation of the town “Chatham”.
Consider yourselves scolded!
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So now I have that weird song stuck in my head… 
“If I had a million dollars…”
As always, the context segment was interesting and helpful, thanks, @bschasteen! I didn’t know that Dickens worked in the law for a while, but that makes complete sense, considering how much he wrote about it.
I find his works long and wordy, but not terribly so. And in fact, they’re better reading than most modern novels, even with all that verbosity. Perhaps just because I enjoy the variety in his vocabulary and his descriptive powers, but maybe it’s that I don’t mind the “extra” words because I know there are good story bones underneath.
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I take zero responsibility for the mispronunciation of any British names. I also take zero responsibility for any hack accents. On this show, at least. 
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