What a Creep: Charles Dickens (Literary Creep)

<h2 style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style= "font-size: 12pt;">What a Creep: Charles Dickens</span></strong></h2> <h2 style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style= "font-size: 12pt;">Season 9, Episode 2</span></strong></h2> <h2 style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style= "font-size: 12pt;">Old-Timey Author Creep</span></strong></h2> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style= "font-size: 12pt;"><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/176387/Dickens_Gurney_head.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="439" /></span></strong></p> <p> </p> <h2><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Charles Dickens is one of the most successful authors of the 19</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">th</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Century who attracted a rock star-like following around the world for his dramatic readings. He is considered as close to Father Christmas as any man has ever been and was a champion of working-class people and liberal causes.</span></span></h2> <h2><span style="font-weight: 400; font-size: 12pt;">His work influenced writers for several generations including Willkie Collins, Jules Verne, Gorge Orwell, Roald Dahl, and Jonathan Nolan (screenwriter for The Dark Knight.)</span></h2> <h2><span style="font-weight: 400; font-size: 12pt;">He was also a massive creep to several important women in his life which is what we will focus on today. </span></h2> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Trigger warnings: Shitty husbands</span></em></span></p> <p><strong>Sources for this episode include:</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href= "https://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/authors/charles-dickens-was-an-abuser-of-women-says-miriam-margolyes/"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">The London Telegraph (2016)</span></a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href= "https://www.bates.edu/magazine/recent-favorites/catherine-dickens-lillian-nayder/#:~:text=After%2022%20years%20of%20marriage,young