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“A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens – and Megan Willome

By Glynn Young 1 Comment

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Megan Willome loves “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens, and she has created an edition that’s a joy to read.

Filed Under: article, book reviews, Books, Britain, Christmas Poems

Literary Friends: Charles Dickens, John Forster, Jane Carlyle, and Me

By Callie Feyen 8 Comments

Literary Friends Dickens Carlyle Forster lambs playing

“I’d decided going to graduate school was a mistake, and began to make plans to give up,” says Callie Feyen. “Enter Charles Dickens, John Forster, and Jane Carlyle.”

Filed Under: Blog, Friendship Project, Literary Friends, Patron Only

“The Old Curiosity Shop:” Charles Dickens and a Road Trip!

By Glynn Young 9 Comments

Trees The Old Curiosity Shop Road Trip

“The Old Curiosity Shop” by Charles Dickens, with some of the author’s most memorable characters, isn’t about a shop at all — it’s about a road trip.

Filed Under: article, book reviews, Books, Britain, Classic Books, English Teaching

Rediscovering “Great Expectations” by Charles Dickens

By Glynn Young 7 Comments

Boy near water Great Expectations

“Great Expectations” by Charles Dickens is one of his best and most beloved novels, one he initially described as “fine, new, and grotesque.”

Filed Under: article, book reviews, Books, Britain, English Teaching, Fiction, Literary Analysis, London

The Strangeness of “A Tale of Two Cities” by Charles Dickens

By Glynn Young 9 Comments

Snow scene A Tale of Two Cities

“A Tale of Two Cities” by Charles Dickens, one of the most quoted works of English literature, continues to speak to the human condition.

Filed Under: article, book reviews, Books, Britain, Fiction, Literary Analysis

The Surprise of “Oliver Twist” by Charles Dickens

By Glynn Young 13 Comments

Oliver Twist Charles Dickens

Surprisingly, “Oliver Twist” by Charles Dickens isn’t one of his best works, but it contains elements of the genius for which he’d become famous.

Filed Under: article, book reviews, Books, Britain, London

“David Copperfield”: Why Charles Dickens Has Endured

By Glynn Young 6 Comments

Autumn Child David Copperfield Charles Dickens

“Pickwick Papers” explains why Charles Dickens first became popular, but “David Copperfield” demonstrates why Dickens has endured.

Filed Under: article, book reviews, Books, Britain, Classic Books

Dickens and the World in 1851: “The Turning Point” by Robert Douglas-Fairhurst

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“The Turning Point” by Robert Douglas-Fairhurst tells the story of Charles Dickens in 1851, between “David Copperfield” and “Bleak House.”

Filed Under: article, book reviews, Books, Britain, London

Desperation, a Speech, and a Sick Child: Dickens and “A Christmas Carol”

By Glynn Young 4 Comments

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“A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens transformed the Victorians’ understanding and celebration of Christmas; it has also transformed our own.

Filed Under: article, book reviews, Books, Britain

In Praise of Small Museums

By Glynn Young 7 Comments

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London is famous for great museums, but it is the small museums, like one for Charles Dickens, that will steal your heart.

Filed Under: article, Books, John Keats, Libraries, London

Children’s Book Club: A Very Haunted Christmas

By Megan Willome 2 Comments

purple amethyst gems haunted

It’s a very haunted Christmas in “The Box of Delights” and “The Children of the Green Knowe.” The night is dark, but the kids are all right.

Filed Under: Blog, Children's Authors, Children's Book Club, Children's Stories, Christmas Poems

Celebrate! A Christmas Carol Illustrated + Poetry Prompt

By T.S. Poetry 8 Comments

A Christmas Carol Street

Come write a poem, to celebrate the release of the TS Classic edition of A Christmas Carol! This edition has prompts from poet Megan Willome.

Filed Under: article, Blog, Books, Christmas Poems, Classic Books, English Teaching Resources, poetry prompt, writing prompt, writing prompts

Tuesday, Jan. 11: It’s Poetry at Work Day 2022!

By Glynn Young 2 Comments

james crews-how to love the world-poems of gratitude and hope

For Poetry at Work Day 2022, consider the names of the people you’ve worked with or work with now. You’re going to find poetry!

Filed Under: article, Poems, Poetry at Work, Poetry at Work Day, work poems

Reading Generously: Perspective Glass

By Megan Willome 4 Comments

stairs to nowhere, China

This year we are reading generously through the theme of Perspective. Grab your perspective glass and join us.

Filed Under: Blog, Perspective, Reading and Books, Reading Generously

The Enduring Appeal of “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight”

By Glynn Young 2 Comments

“Sir Gawain and the Green Night” continues to find readers and audiences, helped by modern translations and a movie with Dev Patel.

Filed Under: article, book reviews, Books, Epic Poetry, Poems, poetry, poetry reviews

Reading Generously: Sacred Reading with Jane Eyre

By Megan Willome 6 Comments

Christmas pine tree sunset

Some books bear up under rereading generously, like Charlote Brontë’s “Jane Eyre.” Especially with sacred reading.

Filed Under: A Story in Every Soul, Blog, book reviews, Classic Books, Reading Generously

Reading the 1913 Edition of ‘Cassell’s Illustrated Shakespeare’

By Glynn Young 3 Comments

Crete old village house

To read “Cassell’s Illustrated Shakespeare” is to rediscover the great playwright and step into a time when families read Shakespeare.

Filed Under: article, book reviews, Books, Dave Malone, Shakespeare

Reading Generously: Violent Stories

By Megan Willome 4 Comments

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Why do we read violent stories? In this month’s Reading Generously column, Megan Willome reads Cormac McCarthy and Angie Thomas.

Filed Under: A Story in Every Soul, Blog, book reviews, Reading Generously

Reading Generously: Happy Endings

By Megan Willome 7 Comments

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Are happy endings audacious? For this month’s Reading Generously column, Megan Willome considers the hope they offer.

Filed Under: Blog, Reading Generously

A Ritual to Read to Each Other … Generously

By Megan Willome 5 Comments

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As a boy Ebeneezer Scrooge was reading generously—so can we. Come along as we launch into 2021 with a new reading roundup column.

Filed Under: A Ritual to Read to Each Other, A Story in Every Soul, book reviews

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