Dickens Club… Supplement to Little Dorrit 29 Oct 2023 SPOILER ALERT Below please find Peter Ackroyd's and G.K. Chesterton's brief discussions of Little Dorrit, as well as a very recent article by Sharon Aronofsky Weltman. “. . . in…
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… From The Sketches to The Chimes: A Year-One Dickens Club Retrospective 4 Jan 20234 Jan 2023 Wherein we revisit the first year of the Dickens Chronological Reading Club (4 Jan 2022-4 Jan 2023); with links to Introductions and Wrap-Ups; with a little correspondence from your co-hosts.…
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)… Supplement to Introduction to “Nicholas Nickleby” 31 May 2022 Attached is Peter Ackroyd’s chapter on "Nicholas Nickleby" !! SPOILER ALERT !! nn-ackroydDownload
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 Club… The Dickens Chronological Reading Club 2022-23 2 Jan 202213 May 2022 Wherein the 2022-23 DCRC is defined, and schedule proposed; Taking its cue from the Corresponding Society of the Pickwick Club, the DCRC’s resident Wren promises to “forward, from time to…
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