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Tag Archives: Charles Dickens
Dickensian Celebration
To celebrate the exact 155th anniversary of Charles Dickens‘s death and the 100th anniversary of the opening of the Charles Dickens Museum in London, the museum will be free of charge to all visitors on June 9 when it will … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Europe, History, Museums, Tourism, Writing
Tagged A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens, David Copperfield, London
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London time travel
Sometimes web surfing serendipity ticks all of the boxes. Regular readers are au fait with my life-long love of cartography, my near obsession with historic travel guides, and my background as an erstwhile history teacher, so you won’t be too … Continue reading
God Bless Us, Everyone
On this date in 1843, Charles Dickens published A Christmas Carol. Dickens wrote the novel after his first commercial failure. His previous novel, Martin Chuzzlewit had flopped, and he was suddenly strapped for cash. Martin Chuzzlewit had been satirical and pessimistic, and Dickens … Continue reading
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Tagged A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens
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An Alternative Christmas Carol
Carol For Another Christmas was directed by Joseph L. Manckiewics for the United Nations and was written by the inimitable Rod Serling. The unusual 1964 television special was presented without commercial interruptions. It was the first of a series of … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Film, Theater, USA
Tagged A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens, Rod Serling, Twilight Zone
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Whodunit ?
The best kept secret for book lovers visiting New York City is the fabulous Grolier Club in Manhattan. On November 30, the Grolier Club is set to explore a history of detective stories and murder mysteries in the exhibition Whodunit? … Continue reading
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Tagged Agatha Christie, Arthur Conan Doyle, Charles Dickens, New York City, Wilkie Collins
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Breaking the Dickens Code
An international campaign to decipher the complex code that Charles Dickens used to write his notes has won a Times Higher Education Award, one of the most prestigious prizes in UK Higher Education. The University of Leicester, in collaboration with … Continue reading
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Tagged Charles Dickens, code breaking, English Literature
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A Ghost Story of Christmas
I HAVE endeavoured in this Ghostly little book, to raise the Ghost of an Idea, which shall not put my readers out of humour with themselves, with each other, with the season, or with me. May it haunt their houses pleasantly, and … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Europe, History, Libraries, Writing
Tagged A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens, Christmas
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Brooklyn Public Library’s Most Borrowed Book
When I was a young child I spent quite a lot of time in Brooklyn. I did the usual things that Brooklyn kids did; I played stick ball in the street and stuffed my face at the corner candy store. … Continue reading
Posted in Books, History, Libraries, USA, Writing
Tagged Brooklyn, Brooklyn Public Library, Charles Dickens, Maurice Sendak, New York City
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Summer Reading
Posted in Art, Books
Tagged Cartoons, Charles Dickens, Comics, Emily Bronte, Ernest Hemingway
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Travel Between The Pages 