The Final(ish) Plan

Here are my self imposed blogging rules for the project: 1. Approach each novel from a fresh perspective – as though I’ve not read it before (and I haven’t read all of them, so in some cases that won’t be difficult). 2. Mark my progress on the blog daily with reactions to what I’ve read and [...]

Where to start?

So I have my complete works, but where to begin? The temptation is to read the longest novels first before I get too distracted by the better summer weather, or bogged down at work in late spring. Purists may suggest instead that I read the novels in order to track Dickens’ development as a writer [...]

To bio or not to bio?

Missed yesterday’s entry. Not a good start. However, as I don’t really start the reading for a few more days I don’t feel that guilty. I was in Cambridge’s Waterstones today and saw Clare Tomalin’s Charles Dickens : A Life at £10 off. Unfortunately, it’s still more expensive than the Kindle version. I’ll probably treat [...]

The Dickens Quest

Next year (2012) is the Bicentennial of Charles Dickens birth. Dickens is one of the most influential writers in the English language and as well as a novelist, was a commentator on English life and society. As a commentator on modern popular culture (as a co-host on the podcast That 1963 Show) as well as [...]