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Ante Up
http://www.lowenkopf.com/ 2008/ 10/ ante-up.htmlAs George Orwell notes in his comprehensive essay on Charles Dickens, this author was a serious muckraker, a class and social critic, a fierce gadfly of The Industrial Revolution, and yet he attracted considerably more readers than he did political enemies or detractors.
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http://todaythedragonwins.blogspot.com/ 2008/ 10/ fridays-inspirational-quote-of…
Friday's Inspirational Quote of the Day "The whole difference between construction and creation is exactly this: that a thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists." — Charles Dickens Fantasy Author Sandy Lender wishes you a day where you create something you love!
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Tear-Jerkers
http://1truebeliever.wordpress.com/ 2008/ 10/ 02/ tear-jerkers/October 2, 2008 — wickle No, I’m not talking about the Vice-Presidential debate, which is sure to be worth more than a few tears. I’m talking about books. Books, specifically, which have made me tear up recently. As I thought about the books in the past few months, I found it interesting that all but one were children’s/young adult books.
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Book Review | Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
http://www.clareswindlehurst.com/ bookreviews/ 2008/ 09/ 30/ book-review-great-e…Great Expectations by Charles Dickens Rating 4 stars - a challenging read — but worth it in the end Great Expectations is about… A boy called Pip, who has a chance encounter with an escaped convict, is given into service of the ancient Miss Havisham, and comes into some great expectations which change his life for ever.
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British Broadway Rebuttal
http://www.broadway.tv/ blog/ broadway-magazine/ british-broadway-rebuttal/British Broadway Rebuttal September 28th, 2008 UK Cultural Supremacy? There is a conceit in some circles that British = superiority when it comes to live theatre. Perhaps this stems from the false claim that William Shakespeare was born in England.
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Dim City Lights: New musical 'A Tale of Two Cities' could do without its songs
http://www.nypress.com/ blogx/ display_blog.cfm?bid=40937095&day=25&star…Dim City Lights: New musical 'A Tale of Two Cities' could do without its songs Charles Dickens remains the sturdiest of novelists, one whose books are so solidly constructed that they can withstand almost any mistreatment. Just look to the annual reinventions of A Christmas Carol—starring everyone from Bill Murray to Vanessa L.
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Dim City Lights: New musical 'A Tale of Two Cities' could do without its songs
http://www.nypress.com/ blogx/ display_blog.cfm?bid=40937095Charles Dickens remains the sturdiest of novelists, one whose books are so solidly constructed that they can withstand almost any mistreatment. Just look to the annual reinventions of A Christmas Carol—starring everyone from Bill Murray to Vanessa L. Williams—for proof.
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Drood By Dan Simmons
http://hellnotes.com/ drood-by-dan-simmons/Drood By Dan Simmons 22 Sep Subterranean Press has announced the limited edition of Dan Simmons’ epic (over 280,000 words) novel of Charles Dickens’ final years. If all goes according to plan, their edition of Drood will be released simultaneously with the trade edition in early 2009.
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Critics Mostly Find Musical Tale As Worst Of Times
http://steveonbroadway.blogspot.com/ 2008/ 09/ critics-mostly-find-musical-tale-…Critics Mostly Find Musical Tale As Worst Of Times Last spring, London had its inglorious over-the-top literary-derived flop with Gone With The Wind - The Musical. Apparently, now it's Broadway's turn, as critics gleefully dug and twisted their knives into A Tale Of Two Cities - The Musical, which opened last evening at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre.
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How Apropos for Today!
http://blog.brianblock.com/ public/ item/ 212983We Live in Interesting Times "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times; it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness; it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity; it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness; it was the spring of hope, it was the
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