Dickens Club… A Passage from John Forster, on the Sketches 16 Feb 202221 Feb 2022 Wherein we take into consideration the opinion on Sketches by Boz of Dickens' close friend, John Forster, from the fifth chapter of Volume One of his "Life." (Supplement to the…
Dickens Club… Dickens Club Week 7 (Sketches by Boz) and a Week 6 Wrap-up ~ Please Vote! 14 Feb 202221 Feb 2022 Wherein we take a cue from Mr Guppy on Valentine's day; followed by a vote on how to proceed after "Sketches by Boz"; with a glance back at the sixth…
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' Works… “. . . the observer as the observed”: supplementary to Sketches by Boz 27 Jan 202228 Jan 2022 In an effort to gain a better understanding of Dickens's / Boz's vision in the Sketches, I visited my basement library of Dickens criticism and pulled out S.J. Newman's wonderful…
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… Dickens Club Week 3 (Sketches by Boz) and a Week 2 Wrap-up 17 Jan 202221 Feb 2022 Wherein we take a glance back at the second week of the Dickens Chronological Reading Club 2022-23; With a look ahead to week three. Friends, we’re about to begin Week…
Dickens Club… Dickens Club Week 2 (Sketches by Boz) and a Week 1 Wrap-up 10 Jan 202221 Feb 2022 Wherein we take a glance back at the first week of the Dickens Chronological Reading Club 2022-23—with agenda items, including the Member List; With a look ahead to week two.…
Dickens Club… Member List for the Dickens Chronological Reading Club 2022-23 10 Jan 202222 May 2023 The Dickensians. Dear Fellow Dickensians! Here is our running list for members of the Dickens Chronological Reading Club 2022-23, in case you wish to follow any of the other members!…
All the (Dickensian) Year Round 