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A Christmas Rewrite, as Dickens Edits Dickens
cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com - 46 hours ago
A Christmas Rewrite, as Dickens Edits Dickens
— cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com — Charles Dickens was in need of cash when he cranked out his beloved story "A Christmas Carol"... in the six weeks before Christmas 1843. New Yorkers feeling hard times can sympathize. For the first time, they can also inspect his handwritten manuscript ... (more) A Christmas Rewrite, as Dickens Edits Dickens

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What an amazing treat for the holidays, to see this work in the pre-printed state. I had no idea he cranked out the classic in just six weeks, he truly was a genius.
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Looking over the Shoulder of the Creator of “A Christmas Carol”
documents.nytimes.com - 46 hours ago
Looking over the Shoulder of the Creator of “A Christmas Carol”
— documents.nytimes.com — Charles Dickens left behind one, and only one, manuscript for “A Christmas Carol,” the tale he wrote... in 1843 of an unfeeling rich man and the boy who pricked his conscience. Kept under lock-and-key for much of the year at the Morgan ... (more) Looking over the Shoulder of the Creator of “A ...

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Gloves on...
stuck-in-a-book.blogspot.com - 7 hours ago
Gloves on...
— stuck-in-a-book.blogspot.com — Time for another of our sporadic vote-offs, I think. In the past Jane Eyre has triumphed over... Wuthering Heights ; Music over Art; Hardy and Dickens came out equal, and... well, I can't remember the others. But it's been gripping. Today we're taking a step into children's literature. I've ... (more) Gloves on...

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nytimes.com - 46 hours ago
A Closer Look at Charles Dickens's 'Christmas Carol'
— nytimes.com — Zoom in on the images below and examine up close four heavily revised pages, taken from the... one and only manuscript for Charles Dickens’s "Christmas Carol." If you notice something worth sharing, use the Link to This View button below to generate a ... (more) A Closer Look at Charles Dickens's 'Christmas Carol'

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Wednesday Morning LitLinks
authorscoop.com - 39 hours ago
Wednesday Morning LitLinks
— authorscoop.com — Susie Deford chats it up with “poetry rock star” Eileen Myles. ( The Rumpus ) New research... suggests Jane Austen may have died from TB (though had that not killed her, this most assuredly would have ). ( AFP ) Carolyn Kellogg takes a ride on the bumpy road of Rick ... (more) Wednesday Morning LitLinks

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ivebeenreadinglately.blogspot.com - 3 days ago
Hard Times, come again no more
— ivebeenreadinglately.blogspot.com — As I read Hard Times last week, I found myself trying to imagine what it must have... been like to read it as it was published, in Dickens's journal Household Words , in the spring of 1854. Such a reader surely would have come to it with breathless excitement, for its immediate predecessor, Bleak ... (more) Hard Times, come again no more

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eastgarrison.blogspot.com - 4 days ago
LATEST REVISION OF DICKENS' CLASSIC HOLIDAY TALE IS THE BEST YET
— eastgarrison.blogspot.com — This weekend my family and a couple extra kids went to see Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" in... 3D. The one with Jim Carey as Scrooge. Well, at least his voice. I simply loved it. When I got home, I pulled out my illustrated copy that was printed in England, and peered at the drawings of various ... (more) LATEST REVISION OF DICKENS' CLASSIC HOLIDAY TALE IS THE ...

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Damned by Faint Praise
ageofuncertainty.blogspot.com - 7 days ago
Damned by Faint Praise
— ageofuncertainty.blogspot.com — I found this book club newsletter today: If you haven't read Monica Dickens (great-granddaughter of Charles Dickens),... you'll be pleased to know that her books are "always acceptable" . I know that values have changed, but was there ever a time when that was high praise? I'm afraid to say that ... (more) Damned by Faint Praise

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Thursday Quote of the Night
authorscoop.com - 7 days ago
Thursday Quote of the Night
— authorscoop.com — “No one who can read, ever looks at a book, even unopened on a shelf, like one... who cannot.” -Charles Dickens . . . (more) Thursday Quote of the Night

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Book World: Ron Charles reviews 'The Lacuna' by Barbara Kingsolver
washingtonpost.com - 25 days ago
Book World: Ron Charles reviews 'The Lacuna' by Barbara Kingsolver
— washingtonpost.com — 'LACUNA' CHARACTERS: Muralist Diego Rivera, left; his wife, the painter Frida Kahlo; and their house guest, Leon... Trotsky. (more) Book World: Ron Charles reviews 'The Lacuna' by Barbara ...

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Is WaPo’s Book World Podcast Headed for Extinction?
washingtoncitypaper.com - 21 days ago
Is WaPo’s Book World Podcast Headed for Extinction?
— washingtoncitypaper.com — Hopefully not, but Ron Charles, deputy editor of WaPo’s Book World, says the paper’s top brass have... threatened to kill the section’s podcast if it can’t rally more iTunes subscribers. There’s no concrete deadline for ... (more) Is WaPo’s Book World Podcast Headed for Extinction?

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online-literature.com - 20 days ago
Charles the Secon
— online-literature.com — Literature Network Charles Dickens A Child's History of England Ch. 34 - Charles the Secon Ch. 34... - Charles the Secon ENGLAND UNDER CHARLES THE SECOND, CALLED THE MERRY MONARCH THERE never were such profligate times in England as under Charles the ... (more) Charles the Secon

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ivebeenreadinglately.blogspot.com - 20 days ago
"It seemed to be always 3 o'clock," or, Ye Olde Time Sunday Feeling
— ivebeenreadinglately.blogspot.com — When I was a boy, Sundays meant getting up early to watch "The Little Rascals," as the... old "Our Gang" shorts were renamed when they were run on our local television station in the early 1980s. If we were lucky, we could follow it with George Reeves in the "Adventures of Superman" --but if we ... (more) "It seemed to be always 3 o'clock," or, Ye Olde Time ...

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blogjar.blogspot.com - 20 days ago
Reader's Anxiety: The OMG the Year is Almost Over Edition
— blogjar.blogspot.com — Ahhhhh November..... This week the time changed, Hope gave me an exhaustive draft of her Christmas list,... and I realized that the end of the year is fast approaching. THE END OF THE YEAR IS FAST APPROACHING?! How did we get through the entire year, ... (more) Reader's Anxiety: The OMG the Year is Almost Over Edition

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A-Z Wednesday
booknaround.blogspot.com - 15 days ago
A-Z Wednesday
— booknaround.blogspot.com — Reading at the Beach is hosting A-Z Wednesday where bloggers take the time to highlight one book... that starts with the letter of the day. This week is the letter O. Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens is a book I have had for going on twenty years now. And I've never read it. Yes, I am aware ... (more) A-Z Wednesday

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evidenceanecdotal.blogspot.com - 15 days ago
`A Tub of Butter...Amounts to a Platonic Idea'
— evidenceanecdotal.blogspot.com — Thanks to a suggestion from Roger Boylan I’m reading The Lambs of London (2006), a short novel... by Peter Ackroyd about Charles and Mary Lamb, and a young antiquarian bookseller and confidence man, William Ireland. Earlier I read Ackroyd’s lives of ... (more) `A Tub of Butter...Amounts to a Platonic Idea'

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Celebrate My 2 Year Blogiversary: Giveaway- Take Two: International
teddyrose.blogspot.com - 15 days ago
Celebrate My 2 Year Blogiversary: Giveaway- Take Two: International
— teddyrose.blogspot.com — Like I said in the previous post, November 1st marked the second year of So Many Precious... Books, So Little Time! I can't think of a better way to celebrate other than to thank all my readers and subscribers with a giveaway. Note: This giveaway is for my international readers only.  ... (more) Celebrate My 2 Year Blogiversary: Giveaway- Take Two: ...

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Booking Through Posterity
readbookswritepoetry.blogspot.com - 14 days ago
Booking Through Posterity
— readbookswritepoetry.blogspot.com — Do you think any current author is of the same caliber as Dickens, Austen, Bronte, or any... of the classic authors? If so, who, and why do you think so? If not, why not? What books from this era might be read 100 years from now? I am a big fan of Dickens and Bronte, and have read almost ... (more) Booking Through Posterity

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readywhenyouarecb.blogspot.com - 14 days ago
What the Dickens? What the Austen? What the Bronte?
— readywhenyouarecb.blogspot.com — This week from Booking Through Thursday: Do you think any current author is of the same caliber... as Dickens, Austen, Bronte, or any of the classic authors? If so, who, and why do you think so? If not, why not? What books from this era might be read 100 years from now? At the end of the 19 ... (more) What the Dickens? What the Austen? What the Bronte?

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