In “Rules of Civility,” Towles compares reading Dickens to that first cup of morning coffee.
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Tag Archives: Charles Dickens
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.”
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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.”
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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