Sean Grass Gives Lecture on Dickens at New York Public Library

On November 6, 2012, Sean Grass gave the address "The Worst Dickens Ever: Our Mutual Friend" as part of the lecture series accompanying the New York Public Library's bicentennial celebration, "Charles Dickens: The Key to Character." Working from material he discovered while researching his forthcoming book Charles Dickens's Our Mutual Friend: A Publishing History, Grass discussed Henry James's low critical opinion of the novel but pointed out that--though James's criticism is well known--very few critica of the time actually shared his distaste for the book. Streaming video of Grass's presentation is available here http://www.nypl.org/audiovideo/worst-dickens-ever-our-mutual-friend and will be preserved as part of the New York Public Library's permanent archive of the bicentennial exhibit and events.