Dickens Club… The Christmas Books & Pictures from Italy: An Introduction 20 Dec 2022 Wherein we are introduced to Dickens’s five Christmas books (the first of which, A Christmas Carol, is the tenth read of our Dickens Chronological Reading Club 2022-24), along with the…
Crummles & Co (Dickens on stage and screen)… American Notes and Martin Chuzzlewit: An Introduction 18 Oct 202218 Oct 2022 Wherein we are introduced to the sixth of Dickens’ serial novels, Martin Chuzzlewit (the ninth read of our Dickens Chronological Reading Club 2022-24), along with the preceding travelogue American Notes…
Dickens Club… Barnaby Rudge: An Introduction 6 Sep 20226 Sep 2022 Wherein we are introduced to the fifth of Dickens’ serial novels, Barnaby Rudge (the sEventh read of our Dickens Chronological Reading Club 2022-24); with a glance at the context of…
Dickens Club… Fairies, Fish-Bones and Playing Parliament: In Praise of Dickens’s “Holiday Romance” 30 Jul 202229 Jul 2022 "The Pirate Colonel and His Captive," by Sir John Gilbert. Scanned image and text by Philip V. Allingham. https://victorianweb.org/art/illustration/holiday/6.html by Boze Herrington “Let us in these next holidays, now going…
Dickens Club… Master Humphrey’s Clock and The Old Curiosity Shop: An Introduction 19 Jul 202219 Jul 2022 Wherein we are introduced to the fourth of Dickens’ serial novels, The Old Curiosity Shop (the fifth and sixth reads of our Dickens Chronological Reading Club 2022-24), and the accompanying…
Dickens Club… Nicholas Nickleby: An Introduction 31 May 202231 May 2022 Wherein we are introduced to the third of Dickens’ serial novels, Nicholas Nickleby (the fourth read of our Dickens Chronological Reading Club); with a glance at the context of Dickens’…
Dickens Club… “All Those Thieves and Pickpockets Lurking in Dark Alleyways”: Oliver Twist Onscreen 23 May 202223 May 2022 by Boze We’ve talked before on this blog about the visual nature of Oliver Twist. In terms of cinematic images per page it’s rivaled only by A Tale of Two…
Dickens Club… Making Sense of Fagin, Dickens’ Most Troubling Character 13 Apr 2022 By Boze Herrington What’s a Dickens-lover to make of Fagin? The iconic gang leader and child-stealer in Dickens’ second novel, dark mentor to the orphaned Oliver Twist, has long made…
All the (Dickensian) Year Round 