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… 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… Dickens Reading Club Check-in ~ Please Vote! 20 Apr 202220 Apr 2022 Wherein we make a proposal for a possible change to our reading schedule; with a poll. Mr. Guppy files a declaration... Friends, a quick check-in after these months of Dickensian…
Dickens Club… Supplement to Introduction to Sketches & Pickwick 3 Mar 2022 To supplement the absolutely fabulous introductions provided by our own Inimitable Wren I've attached below those provided by Peter Ackroyd for both "Sketches by Boz" and "Pickwick Papers". His little…
Dickens' Works… “So Frail a Machine” and “The Carnivalesque City” 13 Feb 2022 I offer two articles for your reading pleasure that I feel enhance and add depth to the Sketches and Dickens's/Boz's accomplishment. “Sketches by Boz, ‘So Frail a Machine’” by Danielle…
All the (Dickensian) Year Round 