Tag Archives: Charles Dickens

Youth by J. M. Coetzee

Posted on March 18, 2013 by

J. M. Coetzee’s Youth is a semi-fictionalized autobiographical novel, published in 2002. In the novel, a young man during the 1960s, after graduating in mathematics and English, flees South Africa and settles in London. He doesn’t want to cope with the political … Continue reading →

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Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen

Posted on February 20, 2013 by

One of my goals this year is to read the remaining five Jane Austen novels on my 1001 list. I already read Pride and Prejudice when I first started the project. Austen is one of my favorite authors. I have … Continue reading →

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Charles Dickens — Check!

Posted on January 16, 2013 by

I did it! I set out to read ten novels my Dickens in 2012. By the end of the year I had finished nine of them. Last week I finished the tenth. As you can see from the photo, there … Continue reading →

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Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

Posted on December 28, 2012 by

In the ninth grade I had a horrible English teacher. His idea of teaching involved sitting at a table in the front of the room and reading to his students. No discussions. No analysis. Day after day I took my … Continue reading →

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A Christmas Carol Readalong

Posted on December 21, 2012 by

I can’t remember how many times I’ve seen A Christmas Carol performed on the stage and how many movie adaptations and cartoon versions I’ve watched. For some reason I have always loved this story. Yet I never sat down and actually read the original. … Continue reading →

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A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

Posted on December 18, 2012 by

Many of you know I set out to read 10 books by Charles Dickens this year. When autumn arrived, I needed a break from Dickens. That’s when I heard that Caroline and Delia were hosting Dickens in December. So I … Continue reading →

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Dickens in December

Posted on November 19, 2012 by

Hello all! I wanted to do a quick post about a reading event I plan to take part in this December. Caroline and Delia are hosting a Dickens in December event. Many of you may remember that I said I … Continue reading →

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The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins

Posted on October 18, 2012 by

The third novel I read for R. I. P. was The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins. He’s an English playwright and writer who wrote during the Victorian era and completed 30 novels, over 60 short stories, and 14 plays. One of … Continue reading →

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Hard Times by Charles Dickens

Posted on September 19, 2012 by

Hard Times by Charles Dickens was his tenth novel. It was published in 1854, and it’s quite different from the other five novels I have read by him. Most of his novels dance around social injustice. This novel deals with … Continue reading →

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Bleak House by Charles Dickens

Posted on September 12, 2012 by

I wasn’t looking forward to reading the next novel by Charles Dickens on my list. Many people had told me that it was one of their favorites, but I wasn’t convinced. Bleak House is a massive tome that’s about a … Continue reading →

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