Dickens Club… “All Those Thieves and Pickpockets Lurking in Dark Alleyways”: Oliver Twist Onscreen 23 May 202223 May 2022 by Boze We’ve talked before on this blog about the visual nature of Oliver Twist. In terms of cinematic images per page it’s rivaled only by A Tale of Two…
Dickens Club… Oliver Twist: A Final Wrap-Up 16 May 2022 Wherein we say farewell to our little sojourner as we glance back at the fifth week of the #DickensClub journey with Oliver Twist (week nineteen of the Dickens Chronological Reading…
Dickens Club… Oliver Twist, Week 5 ~ and a Week 4 Wrap-up 9 May 2022 Wherein we glance back at the fourth week of the #DickensClub reading of Oliver Twist; With General Memoranda, a summary of reading and discussion, and a look ahead to week…
Dickens Club… Oliver Twist, Week 4 ~ and a Week 3 Wrap-up 2 May 2022 Wherein we glance back at the third week of the #DickensClub reading of Oliver Twist; With General Memoranda, a summary of reading and discussion, and a look ahead to week…
Dickens Club… Oliver Twist, Week 3 ~ and a Week 2 Wrap-up 25 Apr 202225 Apr 2022 Wherein we glance back at the second week of the #DickensClub reading of Oliver Twist; With General Memoranda, a summary of reading and discussion, and a look ahead to week…
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… Oliver Twist, Week 2 ~ and a Week 1 Wrap-up 18 Apr 202218 Apr 2022 Wherein we glance back at the first week of the #DickensClub reading of Oliver Twist (week sixteen of the Dickens Chronological Reading Club 2022-23); With General Memoranda, a summary of…
Dickens Club… Making Sense of Fagin, Dickens’ Most Troubling Character 13 Apr 2022 By Boze Herrington What’s a Dickens-lover to make of Fagin? The iconic gang leader and child-stealer in Dickens’ second novel, dark mentor to the orphaned Oliver Twist, has long made…
Dickens Club… Oliver Twist: An Introduction 12 Apr 202213 Apr 2022 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: A Final Wrap-Up 11 Apr 202211 Apr 2022 Wherein we reluctantly say farewell to our Pickwickian friends as we glance back at the sixth week of the #DickensClub journey with The Pickwick Papers (week fourteen of the Dickens…