This adaptation is set in Bengal in 1899, where rumours that the British Empire’s plans for partition have spread.
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There were around 5,000 black Georgians and more black Victorians so black Dickens characters are historically feasible.
It is one of Dickens’ best loved novels and an exposé of the class system, but the book’s depiction of women has proved divisive.
Two sequels which show how the Victorian novelist’s stories can be adapted to reflect post-colonial narratives.
Stories like ‘Romeo and Juliet,’ ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’ and ‘Jane Eyre’ are still relevant today.
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Lecturer in Literary Studies, Monash University
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Professor of Victorian Literature, Editorial Board Chair, Keele University
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Associate Professor of Postcolonial and Global Literatures, Nottingham Trent University
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Professor of English, University of Richmond
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Professor of English and World Literatures, University of Oxford
