[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":30},["ShallowReactive",2],{"episode-dickens-in-america":3},{"id":4,"slug":5,"title":6,"subtitle":7,"pubdate":8,"tags":13,"thumb":14,"excerpt":20,"content":21,"transcript":22,"transcript_file":23,"audio":24,"resources":28,"segments":29},76,"dickens-in-america","Great, Small and Other Expectations","Charles Dickens and His History with America",{"utc":9,"short":10,"medium":11,"long":12},1592568434,"06.19.20","Jun 19, 2020","June 19, 2020",[],{"src":15,"caption":16,"derivatives":17},"https:\u002F\u002Fs3.amazonaws.com\u002Fcdn.backstoryradio.org\u002Fimages\u002Fdickens-in-america\u002FCOPYRIGHT_RESTRICTED-Dickens_Dreams-website.jpg","Drawing of Charles Dickens sits before a desk, sketched characters superimposed. Source: Bridgeman Images",{"square_small":18,"square_medium":19},"https:\u002F\u002Fs3.amazonaws.com\u002Fcdn.backstoryradio.org\u002Fimages\u002Fdickens-in-america\u002Fsquare_small\u002FCOPYRIGHT_RESTRICTED-Dickens_Dreams-website.jpg","https:\u002F\u002Fs3.amazonaws.com\u002Fcdn.backstoryradio.org\u002Fimages\u002Fdickens-in-america\u002Fsquare_medium\u002FCOPYRIGHT_RESTRICTED-Dickens_Dreams-website.jpg","On this episode of BackStory, Joanne is joined by Jonathan Wells and Nancy Metz to tell the story of Dickens tumultuous -- but ultimately triumphant -- relationship to the United States and his American readers. ","\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Charles Dickens died 150 years ago this month. A famous chronicler and critic of English industrial capitalism, Dickens was also immensely popular in the United States. 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