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… Prologue of a Finale: a reading from Peter Ackroyd on Dickens’ Death Day 9 Jun 20229 Jun 2022 Wherein we celebrate the life of our Beloved Boz on the anniversary of his death--9 June 1870--with a reading from Peter Ackroyd's biography; and a toast. Little Nell and her…
Dickens Club… “To Look After a Day that is Gone”: Initial Reflections on Memory in Dickens’ Early Novels 1 Jun 20221 Jun 2022 by Rach “To remember happiness which cannot be restored, is pain, but of a softened kind…and memory, however sad, is the best and purest link between this world and a…
Crummles & Co (Dickens on stage and screen)… Supplement to Introduction to “Nicholas Nickleby” 31 May 2022 Attached is Peter Ackroyd’s chapter on "Nicholas Nickleby" !! SPOILER ALERT !! nn-ackroydDownload
Dickens Club… Relationship Patterns 27 May 2022 Part One “Reading 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…
Dickens Club… 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
Dickens Club… Oliver Twist: An Introduction 12 Apr 202214 Jan 2024 Wherein we are introduced to the second of Dickens’ serial novels, Oliver Twist (the third read of our Dickens Chronological Reading Club 2022-23); with a glance at the context of…
Dickens Club… The Pickwick Papers: An Introduction 1 Mar 202214 Jan 2024 Wherein we are introduced to the first of Dickens' serial novels, The Posthumous Papers of The Pickwick Club; with a glance at the context of Dickens' life at the time,…
Dickens' Works… Sketches by Boz: A Final Wrap-Up 28 Feb 2022 Wherein we take a final glance at the first read of our #DickensClub, Sketches by Boz, With General Mems and a final Discussion Wrap-up for Week Eight's Sketches, with a…
Dickens Club… Dickens Club Week 8 (Final week of Sketches by Boz) and a Week 7 Wrap-up 21 Feb 202221 Feb 2022 Wherein we glance back at the seventh week of the Dickens Chronological Reading Club 2022-23; with a look ahead to week eight, the final week of Sketches by Boz. Well,…
All the (Dickensian) Year Round 