the lives of others.In those days before television and the Internet,books were one of the most important ways of persuading people to think about the rest of the world.In Chapters 5 and 17 of his novel Hard Times,Charles Dickens describes Coketown,an industrial city in the north of ...
an album title like this is reserved for a gang from the wrong side of the tracks who are not only there to kick your ass but also have the charm of street-wise rogues from a Charles Dickens novel. This is an album title THIN LIZZY may have chosen. Nuff said. I asked good ol’ ...
the lives of others.In those days before television and the Internet,books were one of the most important ways of persuading people to think about the rest of the world.In Chapters 5 and 17 of his novel Hard Times,Charles Dickens describes Coketown,an industrial city in the north of ...
For example, Charles Dickens' novel Hard Times opens with the pompous and narrow-minded teacher Thomas Gradgrind, a 'man of realities', lecturing his students. Gradgrind is described with short, compact and informative telling at first: 'A man of facts and calculations. A man who proceeds upon...
The fire was an uncontrolled entity, appearing with a vengeance as it “bounded up, as if each flame had a tiger’s life, and roared through, as though, in every one, there was a hungry voice” in Charles Dickens words. Dickens captured how insatiable urban fires roared as they consumed...
Charles Dickens Museum Known as the “Little London”, Clerkenwell is also home to many gastropubs which gives you great food and drinking experience. In fact, you will find London’s first gastropub, the Eagle, in this area. Covent Garden If you’re looking for entertainment and shopping, ...
Did you find Alice as magnetic and hard to look away from as the narrator does? I was so intrigued by the portrayal and characterization of Alice in the book. She’s described as always being in motion. There’s this manic current of energy around her. I love description like this, ...
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens* The God of the Woods by Liz Moore Foster by Claire Keegan Here One Moment by Liane Moriarity How Strange a Season by Megan Mayhew Bergman Husbands & Lovers by Beatriz Williams James by Percival Everett Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder by Salman...
Charles Dickens imparted invaluable wisdom through his characters and their journeys, offering profound insights into the human condition and the life-changing power of compassion, resilience, and personal growth.
Trouble is my Beat by James Scott Bell If you’re in the mood for less emotionally heavy fare, like a collection of pulp-style, hardboiled detective novellettes, you will want to check out International Thrillers Writers Award winner James Scott Bell’s Trouble is My Beat. The stand-alone...