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Dickens vs. the playwright Marc Connelly
The birthday of playwright Marc Connelly is noted in the Dec. 13 edition of The Writer’s Almanac. I’d never heard of him, although I’m vaguely familiar with his collaborator George S. Kaufman. (Both were members of the Algonquin Round Table.) … Continue reading
Filed under Dickens in unexpected places
Another Atkinson reference
In Started Early, Took My Dog, Kate Atkinson’s private investigator Jackson Brodie examines the folder he’s just stolen from social worker Linda Pallister’s desk and remembers: the Dickensian piles of papers and files in her messy office. You could hide … Continue reading
Filed under Dickens in unexpected places
Dickens in Atkinson
Just read this in When Will There Be Good News, by Kate Atkinson: Reggie’s block of flats showed no sign of either up or coming. The close always smelled unpleasant, and Reggie was the only one who ever cleaned the … Continue reading
Filed under Dickens in unexpected places
State of Dickens
Dickens looms over my literary landscape like no other—even when I’m not on the hunt for him. Whenever I cast my eyes on a book or a magazine, I manage to reel in Dickens. I just finished State of Wonder … Continue reading
Filed under Dickens in unexpected places
