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Sadly, I've not been long-listed for this year's Folio Society book illustration competition, but I am now free to post my entries -
For Emily Dickenson's Wild Nights!

"Rowing in Eden -
Ah - the Sea!
Might I but moor - tonight -
In thee!"

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2020-02-14

Meine Haare sind pinker als früher, die Brille ist anders und ich verstecke mich nicht mehr so sehr hinter dicken Pullis und Schals. :3/ https://t.co/HCTra4V75O

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2020-02-12

Despite the fact that they were both in London at the same time, shared many interests and friends (as you can tell from the great pictures I find), I have zero / anecdotes to relate. Not sure why they never seemed to run into each other. 🤷

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2020-02-08

In honor of 208th birthday, here's another find. This was from a 1844 profile on Dickens in the Illustrated London News.

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2020-02-08

"Una multitud de personas y, aún así, soledad"

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2020-02-08

"Hay sombras y oscuros en este mundo, pero la luz los eclipsa"

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2020-02-08

Al poco de morir Dickens, su editor inició una reedición completa de su obra, la cual incluyó finalmente 22 volúmenes ilustrados. En 1908 se reunieron en un único tomo las 866 ilustraciones de la serie íntegra con el título de "Escenas y personajes de la obra de Charles Dickens".

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2020-02-08

Born in 1812: English writer (1812-70)

Portrait drawing by Samuel Laurence (1812-84), 1838

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2020-02-08

Well, here's an image of Dickens you're not likely to have seen before - from a private collection just acquired by . I can't wait to get over there next week with my MA students and have a closer look at some of these!

https://t.co/CFE7QtrDud

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2020-02-07

Charles Dickens was born in 1812 in Portsmouth.

Did you know that he hated sitting for photographs and portraits? Accounts from people who knew him can’t even agree on the colour of his eyes.

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2020-02-07

And here's another find. This one features Victorian comedian as Toby Veck in an 1845 production of "The Chimes" at the Adelphi. Mr. and Mrs. Keeley were the first big name stars Walter Watts signed to play at the Marylebone.

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2020-02-07

Another find while researching Victorian Christmas Pantomimes. This is an adaptation of "A Christmas Carol" at the in 1844.

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2020-02-05

Here is a better inadvertent find - beloved husband and wife comedy team, the Keeleys, starring in an adaptation of Dickens' Christmas story "The Battle of Life" at the in 1846. Mowatt later worked with the Keeleys at the Marylebone and the Olympic.

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2020-02-05

Was portrayal of in his writings a reflection of 19thC attitudes to ageing or was he gerontophobic? I am writing on this subject.

Views welcome





& anyone with a view.
TY

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2020-02-04

in 1838, Dickens set off from London by coach to visit the Yorkshire schools. This research trip was the basis for Nicholas Nickleby, which was serialised from March 1838: https://t.co/ecR5Sjze4r

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2020-01-30


Desidero che tu sappia

che sei stato l'ultimo

sogno della mia anima

-Charles Dickens-






Blak and White L.Alfremov

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2020-01-28

The pain of parting is nothing to the joy of meeting again...Charles Dickens

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2020-01-27

Dickensian characters. I picked these up a few days ago, a bit weathered but I think that gives them more character

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2020-01-24