Dickens Club… Happy Birthday, Boz! ~ and a Look-Ahead to Week 6 of the Dickens Club 7 Feb 202221 Feb 2022 Wherein we wish a "Happy Birthday" to the Inimitable, with a reading from Peter Ackroyd; General Mems; We take a glance back at the fifth week of the Dickens Chronological…
Dickens Club… Dickens Club Week 5 (Sketches by Boz) and a Week 4 Wrap-up 31 Jan 202221 Feb 2022 Wherein we take a glance back at the fourth week of the Dickens Chronological Reading Club 2022-23; With a look ahead to week five. Friends, we’re about halfway through our…
Dickens Club… Dickens Club Week 4 (Sketches by Boz) and a Week 3 Wrap-up 24 Jan 202221 Feb 2022 Wherein we take a glance back at the third week of the Dickens Chronological Reading Club 2022-23; With a look ahead to week four. Friends, we’re about to begin Week…
Dickens' Works… Dickens & Women’s Education 20 Jan 2022 In "Chapter 9 – London Recreations" Dickens pauses to comment causticly on "the course female education has taken of late days” saying: Whether the course female education has taken of…
Dickens Club… Sketches by Boz: A Brief Introduction 4 Jan 202221 Feb 2022 Wherein we are introduced to Sketches by Boz and the Inimitable’s first published story, "A Dinner at Poplar Walk"; On the publication of collected Sketches; On his alias, "Boz"; Touching…
All the (Dickensian) Year Round 