Tillys Shelf | Facial Stigma in Dickens Part 1 @tillysshelf | Uploaded October 2022 | Updated October 2024, 4 hours ago.
*Part One - cuts off abruptly - Part Two to follow*

In this video I explore how stigma around facial disfigurement appears in the work of Charles Dickens that I have read so far. This was my pick for Kate's challenge on disability and representation in Victorian literature.

Books mentioned:
Face It by James Partridge (2020)
Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens (1837)
Great Expectations (1860)
Our Mutual Friend (1865)
Bleak House (1853)

Relevant charities for facial stigma:
Changing Faces - changingfaces.org.uk
The Katie Piper Foundation - katiepiperfoundation.org.uk
Dan's Fund for Burns - dansfundforburns.org


Part of #victober
#victober2022