Category Archives: Book Reviews etc

Reviewed by Kim Hapgood. The first of Sketches By Boz that I chose to read was “Seven Dials”: I should have chosen otherwise! It took me a very long time to read this very short story – but that’s exactly … Continue reading →

Publisher: Cedric Dickens and Elvendon Pres (1989) – Reviewed by Brigitte Lucey.   Alan S. Watts when writing Dickens at Gad’s Hill was Honorary General Secretary of the Dickens Fellowship. He later became its President (1990-92). His insight into Charles … Continue reading →

Publisher: Sinclair-Stevenson Limited (London 1990) – Reviewed by Dr Noel Wallis. Dickens’ birth, life & death…a gleaning from Peter Ackroyd’s book: My wife and I recently spent a week at Caloundra on the Queensland Sunshine Coast, and on one day … Continue reading →

Publisher: The Religious Tract Society (London 1890) – Reviewed by Dr Noel Wallis. I was browsing one of my ‘ancient’ library books and came across this piece of Dickensian history in London Pictures: drawn with Pen and Pencil by the Rev Richard … Continue reading →

Ashgate Publishing (Farnham, Surrey 2014) – Reviewed by Malvina Yock. This book explores the dogs in Charles Dickens’ life, both real and fictional. It begins with a lively introduction from the author, asserting that the streets of London where Dickens … Continue reading →

Ashgate Publishing (Farnham, Surrey, 2014) – Reviewed by Jennifer Gribble. As Sean Grass notes, in this second title in the new Ashgate series of publishing histories, Our Mutual Friend holds a special place among the works of Dickens. As the … Continue reading →