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I love this happy illustration by Norman Rockwell of a Victorian couple dancing. It was painted for the December cover of The Saturday Evening Post in 1928. It reminds me of Mr. Fezziwig from Dickens' A Christmas Carol.

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2021-12-22

Smoking Bishop is a type of mulled wine, punch or wassail. It was especially popular in Victorian England at Christmas time and it is mentioned in Dickens' story A Christmas Carol.

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2021-12-17

Dickens's timeless classic is now available in this beautiful HarperCollins Children’s Classics edition

This audio download is a heritage-rich collection showcasing some of the best-loved characters in children’s literature.

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2021-11-03

🎉Welcome to Cloisterham🎉
🗓️30 Aug
⏰10am – 4pm
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A relaxed, bring-a-picnic, day-long celebration of Charles Dickens' life and work with a 21st century twist

👉 https://t.co/AqdwkPAg16

In partnership with Wordsmithery

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2021-07-31

RT : Take your cue from Sairey Gamp ("the greatest of all Dickens's great creations," according to the back of this cigarette csrd). You definitely need to carry your umbrella at all times this May! https://t.co/ctXmyt3Odx

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2021-05-24

Similar to later female characters such as Mrs. Badger and Mrs. Jellyby (Bleak House), Mrs. Leo Hunter dominates her (adoring) husband and carries out multiple public activities.

The text satirizes her belief in her own importance - but does the same to Pickwick!

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2021-05-23

Take your cue from Sairey Gamp ("the greatest of all Dickens's great creations," according to the back of this cigarette csrd). You definitely need to carry your umbrella at all times this May! https://t.co/4P3nRxJXIo

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2021-05-18

"The Goblins Who Stole The Sexton" was a popular embedded story in Pickwick Papers. It was frequently illustrated. Which version do you prefer?

W. R. Hill
Joseph Grego
Thomas Nast
or Phiz's original

Images from this great page:
https://t.co/7FbQDJyMAW

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2021-05-01

Sharing just one of the many charming from Charles Dickens' 'The Magic Fishbone'. 🧚 Art by F.D. Bedford. (Public domain)
https://t.co/94V7Xf7hLB

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2021-04-26

Her grief at sudden death in 1870 was extreme and long-lasting, with Mamie steadily refusing to ever again hear public readings of her father's works

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2021-03-21

Thinking about the opening to Dickens' Hard Times. "In this life, we want nothing but Facts, Sir; nothing but Facts!" The world is overwhelmingly filled with facts but people are in desperate want for wonder.
(art by Gabriella Barouch)

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2021-03-16

Good afternoon Twitter and welcome to Tuesday's history quiz (and shameless book promo)!
Georgina Weldon was a self-proclaimed medium. What ISN'T true though? She...
A. lived in Dickens's old house?
B. managed a choir of orphans?
C. went to prison?
D. advocated eating meat daily?

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2021-03-09

Happy birthday to ! In our A Boy Called Dickens, the amazing brings Dickens's difficult time in the blacking factory to life for young readers. https://t.co/6XV6KhuKY0

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2021-02-08

Scenes of drinking in Charles fiction often provide clues as to the moral integrity of characters.

In particular, how individuals use tea-time can be extremely revealing 🫖

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2021-01-31

Smoking Bishop is a type of mulled wine, punch or wassail. It was especially popular in Victorian England at Christmas time and it is mentioned in Dickens' story A Christmas Carol.

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2021-01-07

In addition to the usual monthly illustrations for "Dombey and Son," Phiz made several character sketches including this utterly charming Little Paul held in Philadelphia at the .

https://t.co/Fd04HQzDkR

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2020-12-29

Dickens's Ghost of Christmas Present, by John Leech, 1843, a version of Father Christmas & dressed in green: https://t.co/O7kaSZf4j3

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2020-12-23

Charles Dickens' Books series had five novellas published in the 1840s--all had social and moral messages.⁠ "The Chimes: A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In" was published in 1844.

Read it in HaithiTrust:
https://t.co/x4kwPvqHbs

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2020-12-23

Just four more sleeps! 🎄🎅

Of course we had to get all festive up in here with this week's

We've got John Gould's classic red robins, and an illustration from our first edition of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'.

Have a go now: https://t.co/Kfli44Kbe2

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2020-12-21

You know of Tiny Tim, but have you ever heard of Watch as Philip Palmer and Daria Rose Foner unpack the writing (and rewriting) of Dickens' "A Christmas Carol"!

See this Instagram video by y https://t.co/pwgRdAU2Cg

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2020-12-18