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Tag Archives: George Cruikshank
DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS
Although Dickens based William Dorrit as well as Mr. Micawber, on some of the superficial mannerisms and idiosyncrasies of his father, the fundamental humiliation of Dorrit, his shame and fears , helplessness and concealments, are in all likelihood Dicken’s own. … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexander Welsh, Chales Dickens Mr. Micawber, Charles Dickens, Charles Dickens Childhood, Charles Dickens William Dorrit, Dickens Great Expectations, Dickens Marshalea Prison, Dickens Newgate Prison, Edmund Wilson, Edmund Wilson Dickens, George Cruikshank, John Dickens, Shakespeare, Shakespeare King Lear, William Heath, William James, William Powell Frith
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TILL DEBT DO US PART
Abandoned children and orphans are everywhere in the work of Charles Dickens, a reflection of the the child abuse and exploitation he saw in the pre-Victorian and Victorian England his work. His own, and the general sense abandonment and bertrayal … Continue reading
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Tagged Casual Ward, Charles Dickens, Charles Dickens Childhood, Daily Mail, Dickens David Copperfield, G.J. Saville Caricatures, George Cruikshank, Jeremy Paxman, John Dickens, Marshalsea Prison, Warren's Blacking Factory, William Dorrit
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SELF RESTRAINT TO SELF INDULGENCE
”If Horace Walpole was right—that the world is a comedy to those who think and a tragedy to those who feel—the English were the most thoughtful people in the world. They were polite and considerate, not pushy or boastful; the … Continue reading
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Tagged Beau Brummel, Beau Nash Bath, Charles Dickens, Duke of Rutland, Emma Hamilton, Fanny Burney, George Cruikshank, Horace Walpole, Isaac Cruickshank, Isaac Cruikshank, Lady Emma Hamilton, Lady Huntingdon, Lord Chesterfield, Lord Dartmouth, Samuel Johnson, Samuel Pepys, Samuel Shellabager, Theodore Dalrymple, Thomas Gainsborough, Tony Mayer
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