September 2010
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“It is miserable to see great works of art— something of the Souls of...”
– Pictures from Italy, by Charles Dickens
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“An uncommon snug little box, this,” said Mr. Lenville, stepping into the...”
– Nicholas Nickleby, chap. 24
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“Mature affection, homage, devotion, does not easily express itself. Its voice is...”
– David Copperfield, chap. 41
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The Modern Dickens Project: A new old approach to... →
The serialized novels of Dickens inspire a new project:
The collective story of contemporary Iowa is a mystery. That much was determined in August, when John Domini wrote the first chapter for The Modern Dickens Project, a collaborative serial novel that aims to showcase potentially unknown Iowa authors.
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“Mrs. Gamp shook her head mysteriously, and pursed up her lips....”
– Martin Chuzzlewit, chap. 29
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“When I speak of home, I speak of the place where — in default of a better —...”
– Charles Dickens, Nicholas Nickleby (via peace-riot)
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“Among men who have any sound and sterling qualities, there is nothing so...”
– Nicholas Nickleby, chap. 35
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“There are some people who can be merry and can’t be wise, and some who can...”
– The Old Curiosity Shop, chap. 7
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“But the windows of the house of Memory, and the windows of the house of Mercy,...”
– Somebody’s Luggage, by Charles Dickens, chap. 2
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“Within the first week of my passion, I bought four sumptuous waistcoats—...”
– David Copperfield, chap. 26
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“He was tortured by anxiety for those he had left at home; and that home itself...”
– Barnaby Rudge, chap. 61
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“A mob is usually a creature of very mysterious existence, particularly in a...”
– Barnaby Rudge, chap. 52
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Haiku by Charles Dickens →
According to this “news release” a vast collection of haiku poetry by Charles Dickens has been discovered ;) Check it out here.
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Unraveling an unfinished novel →
Another upcoming production of an Edwin Drood musical where the audience chooses the unfinished story’s ending.
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Literary theme park hurts like the Dickens →
Article on the Dickens World amusement park
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“In such a lonely, melancholy state, that he was more like a pump than a man, and...”
– Martin Chuzzlewit, chap. 32
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“Matrimony is proverbially a serious undertaking. Like an overweening...”
– Tales (Sketches by Boz), chap. 10
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“He’s a deal pleasanter without his senses than with ‘em. He was the...”
– Nicholas Nickleby, chap. 41
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“What an idle time! What an unsubstantial, happy, foolish time! Of all the times...”
– David Copperfield, chap. 33
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“There was so much dust in his own faded chambers, certainly, that they reminded...”
– The Uncommercial Traveller, chap. 14
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“It was a fundamental principle of the Gradgrind philosophy, that everything was...”
– Hard Times, book 3, chap. 8
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“My meaning simply is, that whatever I have tried to do in life, I have tried...”
– David Copperfield, Charles Dickens (via adri-eee)
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“I was as pleased and as proud as a Pug-Dog with his muzzle black-leaded for an...”
– Doctor Marigold, by Charles Dickens
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“The lady in question was by this time in the doorway, curtseying to Mrs. Mould....”
– Martin Chuzzlewit, chap. 25
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“Mr. Pecksniff was surrounded by open books, and was glancing from volume to...”
– Martin Chuzzlewit, chap. 5
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“It was a prettily furnished room, with a piano, and some lively furniture in red...”
– David Copperfield, chap. 15
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“I believe that Tim Linkinwater was born a hundred-and-fifty years old and is...”
– Nicholas Nickleby, chap. 37
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“So, he stopped the unstamped advertisement— an animated sandwich, composed...”
– Sketches by Boz, chap. 9
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“What a city Lyons is! Talk about people feeling, at certain unlucky times, as if...”
– Pictures from Italy
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“Already impressed, beyond all telling, by the silent building and the peaceful...”
– The Old Curiosity Shop, chap. 54
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Dickens Village Photo Gallery →
Pictures from the animatronics Christmas display at the Macy’s in downtown Philly (formerly at Strawbridge’s)
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“Oh! I have a heart to be stabbed in or shot in, I have no doubt,” said...”
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“They’re so fond of liberty in this part of the globe, that they buy her...”
– Martin Chuzzlewit, chap. 17
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“There is no month in the whole year, in which nature wears a more beautiful...”
– The Pickwick Papers, chap. 16
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“So, I must be taken as I have been made. The success is not mine, the failure is...”
– Great Expectations, Charles Dickens (via thebeautifulramblings) 