#thepickwickpapers

This pretty pink gown with vandyke trim was worn by Margaret Ward in 1985 as Mrs.Nupkins in 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘸𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘗𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴.   Interestingly, the dress was used as a prop several years before in the 1982 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘈𝘥𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘕𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘴 𝘕𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘭𝘦𝘣𝘺!   The earliest sighting of this costume was in the 1978 𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘳𝘢𝘦𝘭𝘪: 𝘗𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘙𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘤, where Madelena Nedeva wore it as Lady Henrietta Sykes.   This costume has been used in several more productions over the years. To find out where visit our website Bit.ly/VicEd162  

Just hanging around in Charles #Dickens ‘ house. Some of the the most interesting characters were dreamed up and put to paper within these walls 📚 #olivertwist #thepickwickpapers #nicholasnickleby #barnabyrudge (at The Charles Dickens Museum) https://www.instagram.com/p/CS4v5vRMtbX478Cg4mZibGXer3fKKs4IgXkkB40/?utm_medium=tumblr

«“You are part of my existence, part of myself. You have been in every line I have ever read, since I first came here...”» (Great Expectations, Volume III, Chapter XLIV) ~ #BornOnThisDay: #CharlesDickens (Charles John Huffam Dickens, 1812-1870), English novelist, short story writer and social critic, who is considered as the most popular novelist of the Victorian era, whose highly popular works such as Oliver Twist, A Tale of Two Cities, and Great Expectations have continued to endure in public memory for their vivid characterization, poignant drama, and moral insight; and regarded as a literary genius by many critics and scholars. Dickens brought to the foreground aspects of society that had rarely been depicted. But unlike the great French and Russian realists, Dickens' originality derived from his presentation of interesting characters, or "types", such as Miss Havisham, Ebenezer Scrooge, Uriah Heep, Fagin, Inspector Bucket among countless others, vividly drawn caricatures that endure in memory because Dickens' genius imbues each with an uncanny verisimilitude. ~ Best-known works: • #ThePickwickPapers (1837, novel) • #OliverTwist (1839, novel) • #AChristmasCarol (1843, novella) • #DavidCopperfield (1850, novel) • #BleakHouse (1853, novel) • #HardTimes (1854, novel) • #LittleDorrit (1857, novel) • #ATaleOfTwoCities (1859, novel) • #GreatExpectations (1861, novel) ~ Here is the great part of my Dickens collection. Dickens is my favourite writer. His characterization and imagination have always fascinated me! ~ «‘No one is useless in this world . . . who lightens the burden of it for any one else.’» (Our Mutual Friend, Book the Third: A Long Lane, Ch. IX: Somebody Becomes the Subject of a Prediction) ~ «There are dark shadows on the earth, but its lights are stronger in the contrast...» (The Pickwick Papers, Ch. LVII) ~ «... All partings foreshadow the great final one...» (Bleak House, Ch. LVIII: A Wintry Day and Night) ~ #birthday #Dickens #CharlesJohnHuffamDickens #book #books #bookstagram #novel #novels #novelist #VictorianLiterature #reading #read #instabook #literature #bookworm #bookish #booknerd #bookaddict #classics https://www.instagram.com/p/CK-1ILZApC1/?igshid=gpbaajvo6swp

«There are dark shadows on the earth, but its lights are stronger in the contrast. Some men, like bats or owls, have better eyes for the darkness than for the light...» (Chapter LVII) ~ «... what was over couldn't be begun, and what couldn't be cured must be endured.» (Ch. XLVIII) ~ «“Man is but mortal; and there is a point beyond which human courage cannot extend...”» (Ch. IV) ~ «“... there's no situation in life so bad, Mr. Samuel, that it can't be mended.”» (Ch. LII) ~ #Finished: #ThePickwickPapers by #CharlesDickens. • Rating: 9/10 • Guaranteeing laughter and offering a massive deal of fun with the ridiculous situations, absurdities, misunderstandings, brawls and deceptions, mostly caused by the main characters' behavioral weaknesses, this comic novel also provides a vividly panoramic insight into the life at that time, depicting an election feud, Christmas celebrations, ice-skating, assemblies in Bath, law courts, and dingy cells of the debtors' prison, the last two of which are criticisms of the English law and corruption in the judicial system, and of the penitentiary system. In his first novel, #Dickens' wit and versatility shines forth from the inner stories as well as the main plot, and his characterization, as always, is great: the portrayals of a multitude of varied secondary characters as well as the main ones prove he was an outstandingly keen observer of human behavior and society. Witty and loyal, #SamWeller, is my favourite character, and my favourite chapters are 42, 46, 57, 8, 44, 43, 10, 22 and 53, in that order. ~ «... there are times when ignorance is bliss indeed.» (Ch. VII) ~ «“tears are not the only proofs of distress, nor the best ones.”» (Ch. XLV) ~ «When a man bleeds inwardly, it is a dangerous thing for himself; but when he laughs inwardly, it bodes no good to other people.» (Ch. XXXI) ~ «“... how true the old saying is, that a man never knows what he can do till he tries...”» (Ch. XLIX) ~ #PickwickPapers #Pickwick #SamuelPickwick #MrPickwick #SamuelWeller #NathanielWinkle #TracyTupman #MrWeller #TonyWeller #AlfredJingle #englishnovel #victoriannovel #book #books #bookstagram #literature #novel #bibliophile #read #classics https://www.instagram.com/p/CFBww98A-NV/?igshid=1f8sf7azosd9o

«Mr. Pickwick, it is quite unnecessary to say, was one of the most modest and delicate–minded of mortals.» (Chapter XXII) ~ «“Is it not a wonderful circumstance, . . . that we seem destined to enter no man's house without involving him in some degree of trouble? Does it not, I ask, bespeak the indiscretion, or, worse than that, the blackness of heart—that I should say so!—of my followers, that, beneath whatever roof they locate, they disturb the peace of mind and happiness of some confiding female?”» (Ch. XVIII) ~ Still #Reading: #ThePickwickPapers by #CharlesDickens. Having a wide variety of entertaining moments in each chapter, which I want to enjoy as long as possible, The Pickwick Papers has already become the funniest novel I have ever read and I don't want it to end soon. I love the variety of the inner stories within the main story, which are further proofs of Dickens' wit and genius already observable in the main plot, foreshadowing how great and successfully versatile an author #Dickens would be. ~ «“'Cos ugliness and svindlin' never ought to be formiliar with elegance and wirtew”» (Ch. XXV) ~ «And numerous indeed are the hearts to which Christmas brings a brief season of happiness and enjoyment. How many families, whose members have been dispersed and scattered far and wide, in the restless struggles of life, are then re-united, and meet once again in that happy state of companionship and mutual good-will, which is a source of such pure and unalloyed delight . . . How many old recollections, and how many dormant sympathies, does Christmas time awaken!» (Ch. XXVIII) ~ «“... how the long-forgotten thoughts of former days rushed upon his mind, as he almost ran up and down the narrow yard—as if intelligence would arrive the sooner for his hurrying—and how bitterly a sense of his helplessness and desolation rushed upon him, when he heard the truth!”» (Ch. VI) ~ #PickwickPapers #Pickwick #SamuelPickwick #MrPickwick #SamWeller #SamuelWeller #NathanielWinkle #TracyTupman #AugustusSnodgrass #AlfredJingle #englishnovel #victoriannovel #book #books #bookstagram #literature #bibliophile #novel #currentlyreading #currentread #read #bookworm #booknerd #classics https://www.instagram.com/p/CEoh_BDh5BR/?igshid=1410luu8y03wv

«There is no month in the whole year in which nature wears a more beautiful appearance than in the month of August. Spring has many beauties, and May is a fresh and blooming month, but the charms of this time of year are enhanced by their contrast with the winter season. August has no such advantage...» (Chapter XVI) ~ «“... He (Mr. Pickwick) would not deny that he was influenced by human passions and human feelings (cheers)—possibly by human weaknesses (loud cries of “No”); but this he would say, that if ever the fire of self–importance broke out in his bosom, the desire to benefit the human race in preference effectually quenched it. The praise of mankind was his swing; philanthropy was his insurance office.”» (Ch. I) ~ «“In the cause of friendship,” he fervently exclaimed, “I would brave all dangers.”» (Ch. II) ~ #CurrentlyReading: #ThePickwickPapers by #CharlesDickens. This highly comic novel, the full title of which is #ThePosthumousPapersOfThePickwickClub, is #Dickens' first #novel, consisting of episodic adventures, initiated for scientific observations, of the amiable, gullible, benevolent yet slightly hot-tempered #SamuelPickwick, the chairman of the #PickwickClub, along with the three interesting members of his club, the amorous #TracyTupman, the poetic #AugustusSnodgrass and ineptly sportive #NathanielWinkle; and the quick-witted and humorous boot-cleaner #SamWeller, who joined the group later as Mr. Pickwick's valet. #AlfredJingle, a cunning and disloyal trickster, is also an iconic character. Dickens' laughter-provoking humor and excellent observation of the wide variety of human behaviour can be observed even from the first pages. ~ «It is painful to reflect upon the perfidy of our species...» (Ch. X) ~ «Great men are seldom over scrupulous in the arrangement of their attire...» (Ch. II) ~ «“Ah! poetry makes life what light and music do the stage—strip the one of the false embellishments, and the other of its illusions, and what is there real in either to live or care for?”» (Ch. III) ~ #Pickwick #MrPickwick #SamuelWeller #englishnovel #victoriannovel #book #books #bookstagram #literature #bibliophile #currentread #reading #read #bookworm #classics https://www.instagram.com/p/CER8uIegWxH/?igshid=4iwlp1zwoigz

📚Another one! These books were given to my Grandad at Boys Brigade back in 1932 (so they are nearly 90 years old!). They were then passed onto my Dad who passed them onto me. Feel lucky to have a bit of my family’s past on my bookshelf 🙂#nicolasnickleby #thepickwickpapers #charlesdickens #nostalgia #vintagebooks #throwbackthursday #boysbrigade (at Markyate) https://www.instagram.com/p/CC-0_7gBBhJ/?igshid=1xsazafkjg2vo

New books I received in the past week. I was really impatient for their arrival for a while! I know, all of them are by Dickens, because, as I may have mentioned before, I want to have all his novels and read them! Some are by Vintage classics, because I love the covers and want to collect from that series more! ~ P. S. Because I started my first job as an English teacher a while ago and I have been really busy since then, I haven't recently been active in Instagram as much as I used to be. Also for the same reason, I am not able to read as much as I have done before. So, from now on, I will not force myself to finish a book within a certain number of weeks or within a month (as I have done for 4 years), but I am going to read whenever I feel like reading, and may give long breaks. ~ #newbooks #CharlesDickens #ThePickwickPapers #TheOldCuriosityShop #BarnabyRudge #MartinChuzzlewit #PickwickPapers #VictorianNovel #Dickens #dickensian #bookhaul #novel #book #books #bookstagram #bibliophile #reading #read #booklove #instabook #literature #bookworm #booknerd #classics https://www.instagram.com/p/B7LEYpsg-PGjOnt4buIs7X4LOnYdxbTbZJPDuc0/?igshid=1ul0locxr3k0g