Sunday Under Three Heads by Charles Dickens

Sunday Under Three Heads by Charles Dickens
My rating: 1 of 5 stars

This was a title that had been sitting around in my iCloud library for some time, but the need for space finally prompted me to read it. What I didn’t realise is that it’s not a Dickensian novel. It’s an essay and has a grand total of three chapters which focuses on activities during the Sabbath. What Dickens doesn’t consider is the dilemma that everyone has to work on Sunday at some point, whether it’s the constable enforcing the Sabbath, the vicar that administers Holy Communion, or the simple housewife who has to slave over the hot stove to prepare the Sunday feast. Whatever happens, someone must toil in some manner, so a day of rest is practically impossible. If the Sabbath were to be properly enforced we’d be confined to our beds for prayer. Not everyone can truly be free, unless we take the interpretation that men can be free and women cannot. Try saying that in this day and age.

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