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Charles Dickens, Bleak House instead of A Tale of Two
Charles Dickens, Bleak House instead of A Tale of Two Cities... “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…” Who doesn’t remember b...

Charles Dickens was well acquainted with the sign. In The
Charles Dickens was well acquainted with the sign. In The Uncommercial Traveller (1860) he describes seeing him on his walks in the city: My day’s n...

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens - This seminal and beloved
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens - This seminal and beloved novel proves that visitors from the other side don’t merely come to torment and hara...

Warren’s Blacking was a leading manufacturer of shoe-black
Warren’s Blacking was a leading manufacturer of shoe-black (shoe-polish) in the 19th century. Available as a liquid in bottles or as a paste in pot...

“Have I yet to learn that the hardest and best-borne trials are
“Have I yet to learn that the hardest and best-borne trials are those which are never chronicled in any earthly record, and are suffered every day!�...

Butterfingers: Charles Dickens used the term in his 1836 The
Butterfingers: Charles Dickens used the term in his 1836 The Pickwick Papers (more properly called The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club): At eve...

Top ten most haunting female characters... 1. Miss Havisham -
Top ten most haunting female characters... 1. Miss Havisham - Great Expectations, Charles Dickens 2. The ghost - The Woman in Black, Susan Hill 3. La...