Twitter’s case against Musk is headed for Chancery Court, bringing up memories of Dickens’s “Bleak House.”
Tag Archives: Charles Dickens
The Top Ten Dickens Characters
Professor Tobias Wilson-Bates names his top ten favorite Dickens characters, along with brilliant summations.
The Fearsome Georgia Bulldogs
To honor the world champion Georgia Bulldogs, I compare them to the bulldog (actually, bull terrier) in “Oliver Twist.”
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Trump’s Havisham-Like Damage
Is Trump, like Miss Havisham, so embittered by his loss that he’s creating little Estelles, designed to break America’s heart.
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Condemned to Read Dickens, Austen
A British judge has ordered a white supremacist to read Dickens and Austen. Why these authors.
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Shots That Signal a Promising Future
I’ve just had my second Covid shot, which has me thinking of Alexander Hamilton’s shot in Miranda’s musical. Pip’s cautious optimism about the future also comes to mind.
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Indecipherable Texts of a Magic Spell
Murakami’s “1Q84” has a magical passage about the power of literature.
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Remember the Real Meaning of Christmas
Jim McPherson’s “Christmas Humbug” reminds us what the Advent season should really be about.
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