Charles Dickens

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Forming that First Link: Dickens’s Place in the 21st-Century Classroom
by Tim Burns

By ⋅ April 30, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

There’s nothing like turning 200 to get people to sit up and notice you again. Such is the fortune of Charles Dickens, England’s most popular novelist for generations, whose bicentennial celebration has merited attention far and wide (well, at least in English teacher circles) and inspired a slew of new books, biographies, journal articles, and celebrations.

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Dickens’ Pessimism

By ⋅ March 23, 2012 ⋅ One comment

‘A man of genius, simple, warm, sincere’, wrote the American poet James Russell Lowell (1819-91) about Charles Dickens: ‘He left a world grown kindlier than he came’. We know that Dickens was anything but simple; we know he could be less than warm.

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Wrap up Charles Dicken’s Birthday Week

By ⋅ February 10, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

Oliver Twisted Sister! Nicholas Nickelback! Bleak House of Pain! Head on over to Twitter to wrap up Dicken’s birthday week with some #musicaldickens

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Happy Birthday, Charles Dickens!

By ⋅ February 7, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

Happy birthday, Charles Dickens! The beloved novelist, social commentator, and travel writer (among his many hats) would have turned 200 today, and his fans are celebrating all year long with events around the world!

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Page Through The Manuscript of Great Expectations with David Wright

By ⋅ January 24, 2012 ⋅ One comment

Head to the Wisbech and Fenland Museum in Wisbech, England, and you can see the original autograph manuscript for Great Expectations, often considered one of Charles Dickens’ finest works. A gift from Dickens to his friend Chauncey Hare Townsend, the manuscript is an amazing window into Dickens’ brain, with clues to his creative process and [...]

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