Will A.I. change how people read lit, as this New Yorker article claims? Uh, no.
Tag Archives: Bleak House
No, A.I. Will Not Change How We Read Lit
Jo, Nell, Tiny Tim Needed Vaccines
Victorian lit is filled with scenes of children dying of diseases we now have cures for. Does Trumpism want to go back to those days?
Anti-Vaxxers Ignore the Past
Anti-vaxxers should read 19th century novels, which describe high mortality rates
On Telling the Homeless to “Move On”
People want refugees and the homeless to be out of sight, out of mind. Like society with Jo in “Bleak House.”
Donald Trump Is Our Harold Skimpole
Dickens’s Skimpole reminds one of Trump in the way he leeches off other people and always avoid’s responsibility.
Is Twitter Headed for Bleak House?
Twitter’s case against Musk is headed for Chancery Court, bringing up memories of Dickens’s “Bleak House.”
Illness in 19th Century Lit
19th century literature is filled with images of illness. Reading it should make us grateful to the advances in medical science.
Who Is Your Favorite Dickens Character?
Characters from Dickens novels reside so deeply within us as to become virtual lifelong friends.