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If each person’s world were a vast and intricate “House,” mine would probably be filled with many Random Rooms: for fabric art, for opera, for books (especially the Inimitable), a green Room for the Twelve fascinating frights who ruled France in 1793-94, cozy Hobbit-sized Rooms, vast halls for Jedis and Mandalorians and redemption-worthy scoundrels. The House would have a Bleeding Heart Yard and a courtyard of flowers and herbs and wild birds and ineffably mysterious blue roses. I would adopt Susanna Clarke’s flag of the Raven in flight as its banner. (I hope she one day publishes Thomas Lanchester's Treatise Concerning the Language of Birds.) I’d finish revising my novel (represented by Green Light Literary Agency) in a room overlooking the Sea, naturally. And naturally, a Woman in White would haunt the East Wing of the House, as in any respectably Gothic habitation. But I would spend most of my time in the Dickens Room. But then again, I find him in every Room, haunting the House pleasantly. After all, Dickens is a way of life.

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Wow, Russian Medievalist Tolkien?? I can't stop admiring the weird beauty of these works of art by Sergey Yuhimov. Fantastic post from @PilgrimInNarnia (twitter) at: https://t.co/m1hNmLsI6K - from the post by Grimmella. 1. A Long Expected Party; 2.) Council of Elrond; 3.) King of the Golden Hall; 4.) "I am no man!" There are many more...I didn't know how to choose. #LordoftheRings #art #bookstagram #booksbooksbooks#fantasyart #fantasy #tolkien #inklings https://t.co/20aCRMbX7I

Twilight reading. Remembering Roger Rees, just after the anniversary of his death (July 10, 2015). Just received my used copy of Finding Roger, whose beautiful, heavy/glossy pages are filled with photos...already scanning it to see that Rick Elice includes the elegies from Rog's funeral. (To be crying already when I've hardly begun...this doesn't bode well. 💘💔) But gosh, just look at that face! ❤️ #rogerrees #royalshakespearecompany #rickelice #theater #theatre #nicholasnickleby #bookstagram #books

I feel like I need to write a blog post in praise of Sam Weller, the consummately loyal, hilarious, plucky manservant of Mr Pickwick. Listening yet **again** to Simon Prebble's brilliant audiobook of The Pickwick Papers, and the Wellerisms that were making me laugh out loud on my walk today. (Hence, maybe a blog post in praise of alleyways--where the embarrassing laughter at randomness is less noticeable--is also called for.) "Avay with melincholly, as the little boy said ven his schoolmissus died." "I only assisted natur, ma'am; as the doctor said to the boy's mother, after he bled him to death." #charlesdickens #thepickwickpapers #samweller #bookstagram #books #booksbooksbooks #alleyways #walking #audiobooks #simonprebble

Finishing up a nice gothic, perhaps a little more appropriate for a blustery autumn evening (I wish!) than a slightly smoky July morning but still...it was due at the library so I'm walking it back. 💚 I am only afraid that the thing I will remember most is the slimy baddie that made me want to gag 😜 #theorphanofsaltwinds #gothic #booksbooksbooks #books #bookstagram #walking #amreading

Remembering the great Roger Rees (May 5, 1944-July 10, 2015) and his legendary Nicholas Nickleby. From my site, a love letter to Roger and his Nicholas: https://wreninkpaper.com/2021/07/09/remembering-roger-rees-and-his-nicholas-nickleby/ #rsc #nicholasnickleby #dickens #rogerrees #rickelice #edwardpetherbridge #alunarmstrong #johnmcenery #suzannebertish #davidthrelfall #theater #royalshakespearecompany #ianmcneice #johnwoodvine #trevornunn #davidedgar #johncaird #lilakaye #leonrubin

I wasn't going to put a book in the Little Free Library until the painting was done (it's not yet!) but our awesome neighbors have taken the bull by the horns and have added many books already! So, my first contribution is ~ you guessed it ~ A TALE OF TWO CITIES, complete with a little coffee card, bookmark, and a Public Service Announcement NOT TO READ THE INTRODUCTION BECAUSE IT GIVES AWAY THE ENDING! Why, oh WHY do introductions and back covers so often give away the endings to classic books? They seem to assume one of two things: 1.) It's a classic, so you already know what happens. 2.) It's a classic, so you don't really care about being surprised, or just don't care, period. ARGHHHH! :) I say to that: bah, humbug. When I first read A TALE, I was one of the lucky ones who didn't know what was going to happen, though I was a Dickens nut already (I started with the less-often-read ones like Dombey & Son, and Pickwick. So, when, near the end, I started to have an inkling of what was going to happen, it was one of the great reading moments of my life. 💙 Although I did very much appreciate the author of the intro describing the book's hero as "the Gothic hero, handsomely imperfect." 😍❤️📚📚 #booksbooksbooks #dickens #ataleoftwocities #favoritebook #books #bookstagram #littlefreelibrary #read

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