Slow Reading: Charles Dickens' Pictures from Italy

Slow down, read closely, think and discuss - that's what we are asking you to do in this club. Did you know that Charles Dickens visited the Portico Library a few days before he set off for a family holiday to Italy in June 1843? Let's join him from Manchester.

Turn off your smart phones, step away from the hectic pace of life, and discuss words.

Includes a tea or coffee.

Dr Debbie Challis is Creative Producer of the Portico Library and a cultural historian with an expertise on the reception of classical antiquity in the nineteenth century. She is currently researching and writing about the life of a mid Victorian female artist called Mary Severn. She is an expert on Alex Andreou's Podyssey and her work can be found on drdebbiechallis.com.

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