THE WRECK OF THE ROYAL CHARTER" by CHARLES DICKENS

1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales

Jon Hagadorn

Fiction, Arts

4.2 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 6 February 2017

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Charles Dickens had heard the news of the wreck of the Royal Charter in Wales in October of 1859 and traveled to that area during Christmas. The salvage operation was still in progress, and the small village and the churches were still suffering the shocks of handling so much tragedy in so short a time. Dickens wrote of his visit in Chapter Two of his collection 'THE UNCOMMERCIAL TRAVELER" and shares his thoughts and experiences with the reader. #CharlesDickens #royalcharter #wrecks Check out our first E Book (May 2018) at Amazon Kindle and leave us a kind review Thanks! https://www.amazon.com/Classic-Short-Stories-Fireside-Collection-ebook/dp/B07CRW2RZ9/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1525854517&sr=8-4&keywords=kindle+books+1001+classic+short+stories Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:07.0	Today's story takes place here at 1001 Classic Stories and Tales,
1:11.5	with Charles Dickens recounting of the actual wreck of the gold laden ship
1:16.5	Royal Charter at Melfry on the coast of the tiny island of Anglesie in Wales in 1859.
1:24.0	Wales has many stories to tell with castles and Roman fortifications,
1:28.3	ancient graveyards, and legends going back to ancient times.
1:32.2	The little island of Anglesie on the north tip of
1:35.0	Wales is about 20 miles long and has very rocky coastlines. It is the only
1:41.0	part of Wales which is not mountainous.
1:44.0	For a moment, put yourself in this small town as a huge disaster unfolds,
1:49.0	and hundreds of bodies are pulled from the sea over a course of days and weeks and laid on your church floor.
1:56.0	There's no 911, no nearby hospital, no emergency crews.
2:01.0	Only you and the people around you can identify the dead and somehow
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