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Giveaway Winners Announced for The Charles Dickens Devotional

Posted in Victorian Authors, tagged , , , on 23 February 2012 | Leave a Comment »

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 Solitary House

Posted in Victorian Authors, tagged , , , , , on 23 February 2012 | Leave a Comment »

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 [...]

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A Charles Dickens Devotional, edited by Jean Fischer – A Review & Giveaway!

Posted in Victorian Authors, tagged , , , on 7 February 2012 | 23 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 [...]

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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 , , , , , , , , , 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’ [...]

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Little Dorrit Recap & Review of Episode Two on Masterpiece Classic

Posted in Masterpiece Classic, Victorian Authors, tagged , , , , , on 7 April 2009 | 4 Comments »

Affairs of the heart populate episode two with hopes and aspirations for all of the unattached characters in Masterpiece Classic’s miniseries of Little Dorrit. The episode opens with a wrenching blow to John Chivery (Russell Tovey), when Amy Dorrit (Claire Foy) rejects his tender marriage proposal. The touching scene played out with chilling sadness as [...]

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Little Dorrit Recap & Review of Episode One on Masterpiece Classic

Posted in Masterpiece Classic, Victorian Authors, tagged , , , , on 30 March 2009 | 6 Comments »

And so the mystery begins as the opening episode of Masterpiece Classic’s Little Dorrit puts us on the trail of who dunnit. Arthur Clennam (Matthew Macfadyen) the anti prodigal son returns home from abroad after several years to fulfill the mysterious death bed wish of his father “to put it right” by promising to place [...]

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What Little Dorrit Should Have Learned from Jane Austen about Money

Posted in Jane Austen Quotes, Jane Austen's Works, Masterpiece Classic, Victorian Authors, tagged , , , , , , , on 24 March 2009 | 5 Comments »

Next Sunday, March 29th, The Tales of Charles Dickens continue as Masterpiece Classic broadcasts a new adaptation of Charles Dickens novel Little Dorrit on PBS. This new 5 part BBC/PBS miniseries premiered in the UK last fall to much acclaim. It was adapted by veteran classic bonnet drama screenwriter Andrew Davies who has been very generous [...]

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Some Say that Gaskell is Austen embellished with Dickens…

Posted in Jane Austen Inspired, Masterpiece Classic, tagged , , , , , , , , on 3 May 2008 | 5 Comments »

“A comparison (of Elizabeth Gaskell) to Jane Austen for its combination of humor and moral judgment in the observation of character and conduct is often made, not unjustly, though Mrs. Gaskell’s canvas is larger than Austen’s bit of ivory.” Edgar Wright  Victorian author Elizabeth Gaskell (1810-1865) has been said to have a “wit to challenge [...]

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