Audio: The Earliest Known Letter by Dickens

Hear in this audio track the earliest known letter by Dickens as 13-year-old schoolboy in 1825. In the letter he promises to return his friend’s Latin dictionary, known as a ‘leg’ in schoolboy slang, but cannot resist making a joke first.

 

 

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