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  "The Dark and Dreadful Interest": Charles Dickens, Public Death, and the Amusements of the People 

  Brandwood, Katherine (Georgetown University, 2013)

  A vocal opponent of public execution throughout his career, Dickens deplores the dramatization of capital punishment in numerous letters and public statements; the culture of carnival surrounding the scaffold produces a ...