MR. TONY WELLER, when Mr. Pickwick praised the intelligence of his son Samuel, expressed his pleasure at the compliment as something which reflected honor on himself. “I took,” he said, “ a great deal ...
Anyone who has read the Anne of Green Gables series (bear with me, men) might remember the chapter midway through Anne of the Island when Gilbert Blythe first proposes to Anne. It’s terribly exciting ...
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club (also known as The Pickwick Papers) is Charles Dickenss first novel. He was asked to contribute to the project as an up-and-coming writer following the ...
Two hundred years after Dickens wrote The Pickwick Papers a fascinating collection of documents from a real-life Pickwick Club inspired by the book is to be auctioned 'Mr Pickwick speaks at the club'.
Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...
“There are very few moments in a man’s existence, when he experiences so much ludicrous distress, or meets with so little charitable commiseration, as when he is in pursuit of his own hat.” Yet there ...
On an April evening in 1836, two collaborators working on what would become one of the most popular novels of the 19th century met in London. The guest was the project’s illustrator, the comic artist ...
Owen Paterson emerged from the weekly cabinet meeting in Downing Street on Tuesday looking pleased and clutching a little present. To celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Dickens, ...
The Pickwick Papers was Charles Dickenss first novel. He was asked to contribute to the project as an up-and-coming writer following the success of Sketches by Boz, published in 1836 (most of Dickens ...