It was the best of Dickens, it was the worst of Dickens
As no lady or gentleman, with any claims to polite breeding, can possibly sympathise with the Chuzzlewit Family without being first assured of the extreme antiquity of the race, it … Continue reading
January 4, 2018 · Leave a comment
On the origin of Dylan Thomas
I awoke in the midsummer not to call night, in the white and walk of the morning. Dylan Thomas has such a distinctive voice that we assume he was born … Continue reading
April 30, 2014 · Leave a comment
A Reader’s Diary, 1 January 2014
The essays that Dickens published under the title of The Uncommercial Traveller were written towards the end of his life and mostly made their first appearance in his new weekly … Continue reading
January 1, 2014 · Leave a comment
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