CATHY: Presumably some current students and lecturers will come?
GRAHAM: I would imagine so, but we’ve been told to concentrate on the other categories of people.
CATHY: Right. We don’t have to cover the whole range of 19th-century literature, do we?
GRAHAM: No, it’s entirely up to us. I suggest just using Charles Dickens.
CATHY: That’s a good idea. Most people have heard of him, and have probably read some of his novels, or seen films based on them, so that’s a good lead-in to life in his time.
GRAHAM: Exactly. And his novels show the awful conditions that most people had to live in, don’t they: he wanted to shock people into doing something about it.
CATHY: Did he do any campaigning, other than writing?
GRAHAM: Yes, he campaigned for education and other social reforms, and gave talks, but I’m inclined to ignore that and focus on the novels.
CATHY: Yes, I agree.
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