Dickens' Inferno: The Moral World of Charles Dickens
Susan B. Jhirad has a Ph.D. in Romance Languages and Literature from Harvard University and is a retired Professor from North Shore Community College, where she taught literature and writing for thirty  years. She is a lifelong activist in causes such as civil rights, peace, women’s liberation and worker’s rights. In recent years she has followed Dickens’ example, joining a local Unitarian-Universalist church, because of their “spirit of toleration” and social engagement. She is the author of numerous articles published in The Women’s Review of Books, The Boston Globe, Cineaste, Ms. and The Radical Teacher, among others. She has a chapter in the upcoming book published by Bloomsbury Press, Class and the College Classroom. She lives in Massachusetts with her husband, Michael Glenn.