Tag Archives: Charles Dickens

Pickwickian Anger at Dems’ Surrender

As I watch Democrats surrendering to Trump in advance, I am as appalled as Mr. Pickwick is when he watches his lawyer praise opposing counsel.

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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?

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Responding to the Verdict: Trump & Fagin

How did Trump feel as the verdict was delivered? Perhaps like Fagin in “Oliver Twist.”

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Literature on Why Taxes Are Good

Edgar A. Guest has a fun poem in favor of taxes. And Dickens unloads on those with money who avoid paying them.

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GOP Politicians as Dickens Villains

Certain GOP pols are behaving like Dickens villains when it comes to the poor.

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Sir Gawain and the Winter Solstice

“Sir Gawain and the Green Knight” pits paganism’s Winter Solstice against Christmas. But reconciliation is possible.

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Pachinko and the Miracle of Teaching

Min Jin Lee’s “Pachinko” has a scene that goes to the heart of literature teaching.

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The Social Novel Tackles Our Dilemmas

Maureen Corrigan says the social awareness novel is thriving and gives reasons.

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Best of Times or Worst of Times?

The opening lines of “Tale of Two Cities” capture our reality only too well.

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