Dickens Club… Updated Schedule: The Dickens Chronological Reading Club 2022-24 6 Aug 202321 Jul 2024 Wherein we propose the latest amended schedule to accommodate an extended reading time, based on the group's vote. By Rach and Boze Friends and fellow Dickensians, we have had two…
Dickens Club… Dickens Club: Wrapping up Weeks 5 and 6 of Bleak House 24 Jul 202323 Jul 2023 WHEREIN WE REVISIT OUR fifth and sixth week's READING OFÂ Bleak House (WEEKs 80-81 OF THE DICKENS CHRONOLOGICAL READING CLUB 2022-24); WITH A CHAPTER SUMMARY AND DISCUSSION WRAP-UP; CONTAINING A LOOK-AHEAD…
Dickens Club… Responsibility and Its Displacement: A Reflection on Bleak House 23 Jul 202323 Jul 2023 "Jo," by Harry Furniss. Scanned image by Philip V. Allingham for Victorian Web. by Daniel M. “Everywhere and always, when human beings either cannot or dare not take their anger out…
Dickens Club… Dickens Club: Wrapping up Weeks 3 and 4 of Bleak House 10 Jul 20239 Jul 2023 WHEREIN WE REVISIT OUR third and fourth WEEK’S READING OF Bleak House (WEEKs 78-79 OF THE DICKENS CHRONOLOGICAL READING CLUB 2022-24); WITH A CHAPTER SUMMARY AND DISCUSSION WRAP-UP; CONTAINING A LOOK-AHEAD…
Dickens Club… Narration in “Bleak House”: or, Is she or isn’t she??? 2 Jul 2023 SPOILER ALERT My report contains mention of important plot points that may not be known to first time readers of Bleak House. In my quick research into whether Esther is…
Dickens Club… Dickens Club: Wrapping up Weeks 1 and 2 of Bleak House 26 Jun 202326 Jun 2023 WHEREIN WE REVISIT OUR first and second WEEK’S READING OF Bleak House (WEEKs 76-77 OF THE DICKENS CHRONOLOGICAL READING CLUB 2022-24); WITH A CHAPTER SUMMARY AND DISCUSSION WRAP-UP; CONTAINING A LOOK-AHEAD…
Dickens Club… Supplement to “Bleak House” 13 Jun 2023 SPOILER ALERT ALL THREE OF THESE ARTICLES CONTAIN INFORMATION ABOUT PLOT POINTS THAT WILL SPOIL THE FIRST TIME READER'S EXPERIENCE Here are three critiques of the wonderful Bleak House. To…
Dickens Club… Bleak House: An Introduction 13 Jun 202313 Jun 2023 Wherein the Dickens Chronological Reading Club introduces our eighteenth read, Bleak House. (Banner Image: "Night," by Phiz. Image scan by George P. Landow for Victorian Web.) "Tom All Alone's," by…
Dickens Club… Bleak House: The Anti-Dickensian Dickens Book? 7 Jun 2023 ("In an Atmosphere of Booriobooble-Gha," by Fred Barnard. Scanned image by Philip V. Allingham for Victorian Web.) By the Adaptation Stationmaster Note: Like my previous post, David Copperfield and the…
Dickens Club… David Copperfield: A Final Wrap-Up 22 May 202322 May 2023 WHEREIN WE REVISIT OUR sixth and final week of David Copperfield (WEEKs 72 OF THE DICKENS CHRONOLOGICAL READING CLUB 2022-24); WITH A CHAPTER SUMMARY AND DISCUSSION WRAP-UP; CONTAINING A LOOK-AHEAD TO…
All the (Dickensian) Year Round 