Dickens Club… Pattern, repetition, revision, and/or morphing of characters, situations, settings, motifs and/or themes 9 Dec 2022 While each of Dickens’s novels can easily stand alone, when taken together they can be seen, ironically in terms of how they were published, as a serial of 14-1/2 numbers.…
Dickens Club… Martin Chuzzlewit: A Final Wrap-Up 5 Dec 2022 Wherein we conclude our journey with Martin Chuzzlewit and wrap up the final week of discussion (Week 48 of the Dickens Chronological Reading Club); with a look-ahead to our break…
Dickens Club… Martin Chuzzlewit, Week 4 ~ and a Week 3 Wrap-Up 28 Nov 202228 Nov 2022 Wherein we revisit our third week’s reading of Martin Chuzzlewit (Week 47 of the Dickens Chronological Reading Club); with a chapter summary and discussion wrap-up; containing a look-ahead to Week…
Crummles & Co (Dickens on stage and screen)… A Toast…to a “Dickens December”! 24 Nov 2022 Wherein the #DickensClub (The Dickens Chronological Reading Club) Proposes a few ideas on group--and other--events going on in the Dickensian Community over the holidays. by John Leech for A Christmas…
Dickens Club… Martin Chuzzlewit, Week 3 ~ and a Week 2 Wrap-Up 21 Nov 2022 Wherein we revisit our second week’s reading of Martin Chuzzlewit (Week 46 of the Dickens Chronological Reading Club); with a chapter summary and discussion wrap-up; containing a look-ahead to Week…
Dickens Club… Martin Chuzzlewit, Week 2 ~ and a Week 1 Wrap-Up 14 Nov 202214 Nov 2022 Wherein we revisit our first week’s reading of Martin Chuzzlewit (Week 45 of the Dickens Chronological Reading Club); with a chapter summary and discussion wrap-up; containing a look-ahead to Week…
Dickens Club… American Notes: A Final Wrap-Up ~ With a Look-Ahead to Martin Chuzzlewit 7 Nov 20227 Nov 2022 Wherein we revisit our final week's reading of American Notes (Week 44 of the Dickens Chronological Reading Club); with a discussion wrap-up; and a look-ahead to Martin Chuzzlewit. By the…
Dickens Club… American Notes: A Pickwickian Correspondence between Rach and Boze 31 Oct 202231 Oct 2022 Wherein we revisit our second week's reading of American Notes (Week 43 of the Dickens Chronological Reading Club)--with a correspondence between our co-hosts; with a look-ahead to Week Three. Friends,…
Dickens Club… American Notes, Week 2 ~ and a Week 1 Wrap-Up 24 Oct 2022 Wherein we revisit our first week's reading of American Notes (Week 42 of the Dickens Chronological Reading Club); with a summary and discussion wrap-up; and a look-ahead to Week Two.…
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…
All the (Dickensian) Year Round 