Dickens Club… Working Notes for Dickens’s Dombey and Son 22 Feb 2023 Relative to Dickens's "writing lab": on the working notes for Dombey and Son. (Banner Image: from the V & A Collection, linked here.) By Rach and Boze For those who,…
Dickens Club… Dombey and Son: An Introduction 21 Feb 202321 Feb 2023 Wherein we introduce the fifteenth read of the Dickens Chronological Reading Club 2022-24, Dombey and Son; with a reading schedule and a look-ahead to the coming week. (Banner image by…
Dickens Club… This Week in the Dickens Club: The Battle of Life 31 Jan 202331 Jan 2023 A “GENERAL MEMS” POST: THIS WEEK (31 JAN - 6 FEB 2023), THE DICKENS CHRONOLOGICAL READING CLUB 2022-24 WILL READ DICKENS’S FOURTH CHRISTMAS BOOK, THE Battle of Life. (Banner images by…
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)… 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…
Dickens Club… 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…
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, Week 2 ~ and a Week 1 Wrap-Up 12 Sep 202214 Sep 2022 Wherein we revisit our first week's reading of Barnaby Rudge (Week 36 of the Dickens Chronological Reading Club); with a summary and discussion wrap-up; and a look-ahead to Week Two.…
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… 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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