Dickens Club… Marnie’s Nickleby Diary, Week Three 16 Jun 202216 Jun 2022 by Marnie F. Chapter 27 - Chapter 28 - Chapter 29 - Chapter 30 - Chapter 31 - Chapter 32 - Chapter 33 - Chapter 34 - Chapter 35 -…
Dickens Club… Nicholas Nickleby, Week 3 ~ and a Week 2 Wrap-Up 13 Jun 202213 Jun 2022 Wherein we glance back at the second week of the #DickensClub reading of Nicholas Nickleby (week 23 of the Dickens Chronological Reading Club); With General Memoranda, a summary of reading…
Dickens Club… Marnie’s Nickleby Diary, Week Two 10 Jun 202210 Jun 2022 by Marnie F. Since we’re reading this week one of the most fun parts of the book – the Portsmouth section – I just wanted to affirm my love for…
Dickens Club… Prologue of a Finale: a reading from Peter Ackroyd on Dickens’ Death Day 9 Jun 20229 Jun 2022 Wherein we celebrate the life of our Beloved Boz on the anniversary of his death--9 June 1870--with a reading from Peter Ackroyd's biography; and a toast. Little Nell and her…
Dickens Club… Nicholas Nickleby, Week 2 ~ and a Week 1 Wrap-up 6 Jun 202216 Jun 2022 Wherein we glance back at the first week of the #DickensClub reading of Nicholas Nickleby (week 22 of the Dickens Chronological Reading Club); With General Memoranda, a summary of reading…
Dickens Club… Marnie’s Nickleby Diary, Week One 3 Jun 2022 by Marnie F. Greetings to all the wonderful commentators here. I’ve been reading as much as I’ve been able and have such admiration for all of your Dickens knowledge and…
Dickens Club… “To Look After a Day that is Gone”: Initial Reflections on Memory in Dickens’ Early Novels 1 Jun 20221 Jun 2022 by Rach “To remember happiness which cannot be restored, is pain, but of a softened kind…and memory, however sad, is the best and purest link between this world and a…
Dickens Club… Nicholas Nickleby: An Introduction 31 May 202231 May 2022 Wherein we are introduced to the third of Dickens’ serial novels, Nicholas Nickleby (the fourth read of our Dickens Chronological Reading Club); with a glance at the context of Dickens’…
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…
All the (Dickensian) Year Round 