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Google Celebrates Charles Dickens' 200th Birthday

The Huffington Post | Courteney Palis | Posted 02.07.2012

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In an illustrative nod to the late and great English author Charles Dickens on his 200th birthday, Google's old-fashioned doodle of the day features s...

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PHOTOS: The Mistakes Dickens Didn't Want You To See

Nicole Villeneuve | Posted 04.08.2012

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Unlike for some of his other novels, Dickens didn't use planning notes for Great Expectations. The pages of the manuscript are dense with corrections.

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Picking Favorites: Books That Make Me Sigh With Satisfaction

Nina Sankovitch | Posted 09.05.2011

A great book happens when I pick up a book and can't put it down again; when I cannot suppress the sighs upon finishing it; when I cannot wait to tell everyone I know: read this book! But how to pick a favorite?

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Royal Wedding Questions

Maggie Van Ostrand | Posted 06.30.2011

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Well, I don't know about the rest of you but I'm weddinged out. There hasn't been this much media coverage of an event since Lindsay Lohan's last arre...

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Not 'Great' But 'Adequate Expectations'

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sprouting in the wake of the popular Twitter hashtag #lessambitiousmovies, which became a trending topic yesterday, another more literary hashtag emer...

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Charles Dickens' Holiday Punch, And 4 Reasons Punch Is Great

Max Watman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Punch is the solution for the holidays, for punch has advantages: It sounds innocuous, it can be made in quantities and kept around, and it really is festive and delicious.

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A(nother) Christmas Carol (VIDEO)

Carol Hartsell | Posted 05.25.2011

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Literary Family Dynasties

flavorwire.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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Although we're no longer bound to become blacksmiths or bakers based on our parents' jobs, there are some professional skills that persist from one ge...

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Did Charles Dickens Invent Christmas?

guardian.co.uk | Posted 05.25.2011

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Although Charles Dickens is frequently credited with inventing Christmas and a whole new literary genre with a certain 1843 novella about Ebenezer Scr...

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Oprah Picks 2 Dickens Novels For Book Club

AP | HILLEL ITALIE | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — Better set some time aside for Oprah Winfrey's latest book club pick. The talk show host has selected a pair of Dickens classics, "A...

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Confessions of a Book Slut

Lev Raphael | Posted 05.25.2011

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For as long as I can remember, I was a monogamous reader. I'd start a book and read it straight through no matter how much time that took. Now I'm a book slut.

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Would You Read An eBook In Installments? The Founder Of Smashwords Wants To Know (POLL)

Mark Coker | Posted 05.25.2011

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I wonder what Charles Dickens would think of serialized ebooks. The topic has been on my mind recently as I re-evaluate the policy regarding serial ebooks at Smashwords.

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It's Christmas: Don't Get an MFA -- Write a Story, Win a Prize

Elizabeth Benedict | Posted 05.25.2011

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Plenty of writers proceed without courses, without MFAs. They read voraciously, and learn about writing from reading, the way we learned to write before there were courses in it.

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Are You Dickensian?

Matthew Pearl | Posted 05.25.2011

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The world around us has become more Dickensian lately. At least that's how it seems by the way the word circulates.

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"A Christmas Carol" Updated By Gerald Charles Dickens (VIDEO)

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Associated Press -- Gerald Charles Dickens, the great-great grandson of Charles Dickens, performs a one-man interpretation of 'A Christmas Carol' ...

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Other Economists in the Room

Jane Smiley | Posted 05.25.2011

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I don't disagree with Paul Krugman, but he is missing out on some big issues that also need to be discussed and understood before we actually know what is going on in our world.

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Obama's Second Hundred Days

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Our look back at Obama's second 100 days will begin with a short overview, and then move on to the categories: "the best of times," "the worst of times," and "the age of (media) foolishness."

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Friday Talking Points [87] -- A Tale Of Two Houses

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Simply for acting like a leader this week, Speaker Pelosi wins the Most Impressive Democrat Of The Week award hands-down.

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Quiz: Which Gothic Novel Are You In?

Jilly Gagnon | Posted 05.25.2011

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2008 was a dark and stormy year, full of desperate men and women, and horrible, unspeakable deeds. But under just which heavy pall of gothically-tinged-greys are you living?

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Alastair Sim's Scrooge, and Apologies

Chris Durang | Posted 05.25.2011

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It's easier to find nice apologies and resolution of differences in literature and movies than in life. But blessed are the peacemakers, eh? If only we can figure out how to make peace.

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