Well, here is another chance for you to grab a sweet treat in Trexler Library. February 7, 2012, Charles Dickens turns 200. While we won’t have plum pudding or Christmas punch, we will have cake! Stop by at 9:00pm on February 7th and have a slice and maybe even pick up a Dicken’s classic.
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Check these sites for more information about Dickens and the celebrations taking place in London.
Dickens 2012
The Dickens Fellowship
Find these titles and many more at Trexler Library.
Bleak House
“Bleak House is the ninth novel by Charles Dickens, published in twenty monthly installments between March 1852 and September 1853. It is held to be one of Dickens’s finest novels, containing one of the most vast, complex and engaging arrays of minor characters and sub-plots in his entire canon. The story is told partly by the novel’s heroine, Esther Summerson, and partly by an omniscient narrator. Memorable characters include the menacing lawyer Tulkinghorn, the friendly, but depressive John Jarndyce, and the childish and disingenuous Harold Skimpole, as well as the likeable but imprudent Richard Carstone.” from Amazon
Christmas Carol
In the history of English literature, Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol, which has been continuously in print since it was first published in the winter of 1843, stands out as the quintessential Christmas story.
Nicholas Nickelby
“Nicholas Nickleby, a gentleman’s son fallen upon hard times, must set out to make his way in the world. Along the way various older, money-grubbing villains attempt to injure him. Eventually, with the assistance of kind patrons, he and his family achieve economic security and a happy home.” Library Journal.
The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit
“in full The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit) Novel by Charles Dickens, published serially by “Boz” from 1843 to 1844 and in book form in 1844. The story’s protagonist, Martin Chuzzlewit, is an apprentice architect who is fired by Seth Pecksniff and is also disinherited by his own eccentric, wealthy grandfather. Martin and a servant, Mark Tapley, travel to the United States, where they are swindled by land speculators and have other unpleasant but sometimes comic experiences. Thoroughly disillusioned with the New World, the pair returns to England, where a chastened Martin is reconciled with his grandfather, who gives his approval to Martin’s forthcoming marriage to his true love, Mary Graham. – The Merriam-Webster Encyclopedia of Literature
