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Supplement to Christmas Books

26 Dec 2022
Attached are two chapters from Peter Ackroyd's wonderful little book: "A Christmas Carol & The Chimes" and "The Cricket on the Hearth, The Battle of Life & The Haunter Man…
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Pattern, repetition, revision, and/or morphing of characters, situations, settings, motifs and/or themes

9 Dec 2022
While each of Dickens’s novels can easily stand alone, when taken together they can be seen, ironically in terms of how they were published, as a serial of 14-1/2 numbers.…
Crummles & Co (Dickens on stage and screen)…

A Toast…to a “Dickens December”!

24 Nov 2022
Wherein the #DickensClub (The Dickens Chronological Reading Club) Proposes a few ideas on group--and other--events going on in the Dickensian Community over the holidays. by John Leech for A Christmas…
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Supplement to Introduction to “American Notes” and “Martin Chuzzlewit”

18 Oct 2022
Attached are Peter Ackroyd's chapters on "American Notes" and on "Martin Chuzzlewit". Please note that the "American Notes" chapter also contains his thoughts on "Pictures from Italy" which we'll be…
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Supplements to Introduction to “The Old Curiosity Shop” and “Barnaby Rudge”

28 Aug 2022
It occurred to me that I had failed to post Peter Ackroyd's chapter on "The Old Curiosity Shop" before we began reading it. So here it is, along with his…
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The Marchioness’s Pedigree

16 Aug 2022
SPOILER ALERT - Not of information, rather of a lack thereof. My discussion here will not spoil the resolution of the novel, but will, I think, add substance to it.…
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Supplement to Introduction to “Nicholas Nickleby”

31 May 2022
Attached is Peter Ackroyd’s chapter on "Nicholas Nickleby" !! SPOILER ALERT !! nn-ackroydDownload
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Relationship Patterns

27 May 2022
Part One β€œReading through a writer’s entire oeuvre one is often struck by repetitive patterns. These patterns . . . assume their full significance only as they emerge in work…
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“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…
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Supplement to Introduction to “Oliver Twist”

14 Apr 2022
As promised, here is Peter Ackroyd's chapter on "Oliver Twist". !! SPOILER ALERT !! There is a lot of information in this concise essay. Enjoy! ackroyd-otDownload

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