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Charles Dickens: A Tale of Ambition and Genius

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44min | Aired on May 08, 1997 | TV-PG | CC |

Genius and fame could not keep one of the most prolific writers of Victorian England from the ghosts that haunted him until his death. Find out how Charles Dickens' early pain fueled his ambition.

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