22 of you left comments qualifying you for a chance to win one of three copies of The Charles Dickens Devotional, edited by Jean Fisher. The winners drawn at random are: June who left a comment on February 08, 2012 Julie who left a comment on February 08, 2012 Dawn Teresa who left a comment [...]
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Giveaway Winners Announced for The Charles Dickens Devotional
Posted in Victorian Authors, tagged Charles Dickens, Giveaways, Swag, The Charles Dickens Devotional on 23 February 2012 | 5 Comments »
Giveaway Winners Announced for The Solitary House
Posted in Victorian Authors, tagged Charles Dickens, Fiction, Giveaways, Lynn Shepherd, Swag, The Solitary House on 23 February 2012 | 4 Comments »
24 of you left comments qualifying you for a chance to win one of three advanced readers copies of The Solitary House, by Lynn Shepherd. The winners drawn at random are: Aurora who left a comment on February 07, 2012 Debra E. Marvin who left a comment on February 07, 2012 Melissa who left a [...]
A Charles Dickens Devotional, edited by Jean Fischer – A Review & Giveaway!
Posted in Victorian Authors, tagged A Charles Dickens Devotional, Books, Charles Dickens, Nonfiction on 7 February 2012 | 24 Comments »
Guest review by Br. Paul Byrd, OP Hidden like gems among the pages of [Dickens’] novels are numerous religious images and biblical references: in Great Expectations, Pip praying for the Lord to be merciful to Abel Magwitch, a sinner and formidable criminal; in Bleak House, the image of Christ ‘stooped down, writing with his finger [...]
In Celebration of Charles Dickens’ 200th Birthday: From Jane Austen to Charles Dickens: Guest blog by Lynn Shepherd, & a Giveaway
Posted in Victorian Authors, tagged Bleak House, Books, Charles Dickens, Fiction, Giveaways, Lynn Shepherd, Murder Mysteries, Swag, The Solitary House, Tom-All-Alone's on 7 February 2012 | 25 Comments »
We are basically a tried and true Janeite, but quietly confess to admiration of another nineteenth-century novelist also born in Hampshire; – Charles Dickens. His style is entirely different than the witty underpinnings of our beloved Miss Austen, but one cannot ignore his fabulous characterizations and amazing plot twists. Today is the bicentenary of Dickens’ [...]
Preview of Cranford, by Elizabeth Gaskell (Oxford World’s Classics) New Edition
Posted in Jane Austen Book Sleuth, Victorian Authors, tagged Books, British literature, Cranford, Elizabeth Gaskell, Historical Fiction, Oxford World's Classics on 4 June 2011 | 6 Comments »
We have several of Oxford World’s Classics editions in our library and are quite partial to their expanded editions. From Austen to Radcliffe to Burney to Gaskell, whatever they take on, their introductions and supplemental material are excellent. The news of this new revised paperback edition of Elizabeth Gaskell’s Cranford is quite exciting. Due out [...]
Jane Eyre 2011: A Film Review by Syrie James
Posted in Victorian Authors, tagged Books, Charlotte Bronte, Films, Historical Fiction, Jane Eyre 2011, Mia Wasikowska, Michael Fassbender, Movies, The Secret Diaries of Charlotte Bronte on 11 March 2011 | 20 Comments »
Inquiring Readers: We are very fortunate to welcome author, screenwriter and Janeite Syrie James for a guest film review today. She recently attended an advance screening of the new movie adaptation of Charlotte Brontë’s classic Gothic romance Jane Eyre which premieres in limited release today in the US. Welcome Syrie – and thanks for the [...]
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