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The hosts read an extended passage from this 1836 novel depicting an election scene in the fictional East Anglian town of Eton Swill (based on Bury St. Edmunds). They use it to introduce their discussion of the history of election campaigns, noting that Dickens had been a parliamentary reporter and held contempt for politicians throughout his life.

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Tom compares the staccato style of Goebbels' diary entry to the character Alfred Jingle from this Dickens novel

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Mentioned as one of Dickens' earlier successful books before A Christmas Carol