We conclude The Old Curiosity Schlock with a little comic strip piece of literary biography from our dear friend Thom Cuschieri, who reveals the names Dickens went through before settling on the familiar alliterative sound we’ve come to associate with the diminutive hero of The Christmas Carol… Click on the image to enlarge. This concludes [...]
Charles Dickens may be one of the most famous writers in the Western literary canon, but this does not mean that he is universally loved. In fact, it could mean quite the opposite – that his enduring popularity might lead many to throw their hands into the air and exclaim, “but what’s the big deal?!” [...]
Depending on which part of the globe you call your home, February is both bleak and festive – weather-wise, the winter is usually giving it worst before spring ushers in, but it’s also the season of carnival for some. Schlock, however, has been eagerly preparing for a celebration of a more bookish kind – the bicentennial [...]
“My meaning simply is, that whatever I have tried to do in life, I have tried with all my heart to do well; that whatever I have devoted myself to, I have devoted myself to completely; that in great aims and in small, I have always been thoroughly in earnest.” – Charles Dickens, David Copperfield [...]
“I saw that everything within my view which ought to be white, had been white long ago, and had lost its lustre, and was faded and yellow…” – Charles Dickens, Great Expectations Part of Schlock’s Dickens bicentennial celebrations.
“Heart of London, there is a moral in thy every stroke! as I look on at thy indomitable working, which neither death, nor press of life, nor grief, nor gladness out of doors will influence one jot, I seem to hear a voice within thee which sinks into my heart, bidding me, as I elbow [...]
In the run up to Charles Dickens’ bicentennial celebrations – the great Victorian author was born on February 7 – Schlock will join in the fun worldwide with a podcast focused on his work and more. But in the meantime, we’ll be regaling you with a series of images recalling – however loosely – the [...]
