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… The Pickwick Papers, Week 2 ~ and a Week 1 Wrap-up 7 Mar 20227 Mar 2022 Wherein we glance back at the first week of the #DickensClub Reading of The Pickwick Papers (week nine of the Dickens Chronological Reading Club 2022-23); With General Memoranda, a summary…
Dickens' Works… Sketches by Boz: A Final Wrap-Up 28 Feb 2022 Wherein we take a final glance at the first read of our #DickensClub, Sketches by Boz, With General Mems and a final Discussion Wrap-up for Week Eight's Sketches, with a…
Dickens Club… Dickens Club Week 8 (Final week of Sketches by Boz) and a Week 7 Wrap-up 21 Feb 202221 Feb 2022 Wherein we glance back at the seventh week of the Dickens Chronological Reading Club 2022-23; with a look ahead to week eight, the final week of Sketches by Boz. Well,…
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' Works… “So Frail a Machine” and “The Carnivalesque City” 13 Feb 2022 I offer two articles for your reading pleasure that I feel enhance and add depth to the Sketches and Dickens's/Boz's accomplishment. “Sketches by Boz, ‘So Frail a Machine’” by Danielle…
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…
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