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My Review Marley’s Ghost This picture is part of Project Gutenberg and may be used provided they are cited. (Original First Edition Cover; 1843 Original Illustrations in Color by John Leech) The Setting: Scrooge and his friends and colleagues, if you can call them, that lived in London, England in 1840. Dickens was perceptive to issues of poverty and social injustice, partly because he had…

My Review https://victorianweb.org/art/illustration/green/101.html [You may use these images without prior permission for any scholarly or educational purpose as long as you (1) credit the photographer and (2) link your document to this URL in a web document or cite the Victorian Web in a print one.] The Setting: Charles Dickens is usually a master at describing the setting. Without saying…

Marsha’s Master Page for #DickensChallenge 2023 ***Add your link (or comment) HERE to join #2023 Dickens Challenge*** Please post or comment from June 9th to June 16th Raffle winners will be announced on June 20th If you did not know about the Dickens challenge, my main post is HERE Brief review: The 2023 #DickensChallenge is to read one (or more) of Dickens’ novellas between February 7th…

The Chimes (1844) “The Chimes aroused public interest and anticipation. Five different stage productions of the book were running within weeks of publication and nearly 20,000 copies were sold in the first three months. It had a high media profile, and was widely reviewed and discussed. Critical opinion was divided; those sympathetic to its social and political message liked the book, but others…

The Battle of Life (1846) I picked the 51-page story, The Battle of Life as my first novella to read and had it delivered free of charge on my Kindle. This is my second post about the novel, and I’ll post one more post because it is a three-part story. Feel free to read along with the posts or speed ahead. It doesn’t take long to finish. If you create a post about the novella, I will list the…

The Battle of Life (1846) I picked the 51-page story, The Battle of Life as my first novella to read and had it delivered free of charge on my Kindle. This is my second post about the novel, and I’ll post one more post because it is a three-part story. Feel free to read along with the posts or speed ahead. It doesn’t take long to finish. If you create a post about the novella, I will list the…

Natalie’s Weekend Coffee Share Good early morning this Saturday, March 4th. My computer lights up the bedroom/my new office, but thankfully Vince’s rhymic breathing tells me he’s able to keep sleep. Best Mind-Numbing Activities to Combat Sadness Write: If you read my post on Wednesday, you know how therapeutic blogging is. News flash: it’s really not the coffee, so if you are reading this…

The Battle of Life (1846) I picked the 51-page story, The Battle of Life as my first novella to read and had it delivered free of charge on my Kindle. This is my first post about the novel, and I’ll post two more posts because it is a three-part story. Feel free to read along with the posts or speed ahead. It doesn’t take long to finish. If you create a post about the novella, I will list the…