Tag Archives: Pickwick Papers

Pickwickian Anger at Dems’ Surrender

By Robin Bates | Published: December 15, 2024

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.

By Robin Bates | Published: December 19, 2022

Dickens didn’t so much invent Christmas–or even reinvent it–as supercharge it. “A Christmas Carol” was key in the endeavor.

By Robin Bates | Published: December 22, 2016

Dickens’s “Christmas Carol” didn’t so much invent Christmas as we have come to know it as take it back to its medieval roots.

By Robin Bates | Published: December 23, 2014

Dickens’ “Christmas Carol” returned the Christmas celebration to its medieval folk roots.

By Robin Bates | Published: April 18, 2012

Characters from Dickens novels reside so deeply within us as to become virtual lifelong friends.

By Robin Bates | Published: February 9, 2012

Charles Dickens was especially severe on lawyers, who show up in 11 of his 15 novels.

By Robin Bates | Published: December 22, 2011

Charles Dickens helped solidify the idea of Christmas in the minds of 19th century England by his descriptions in “The Pickwick Papers.”

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