If you listened to our Brit Lit Book Club Podcast about Dickens Illustrators, you can see some of their artwork here! John Leech A Christmas Carol (the original 1843 color plates!) The Chimes The Cricket on the Hearth Georeg Cruikshank Sketches by Boz (Dickens’s early stories) Oliver Twist (the original serialized illustrations) Hablot Knight Browne...Read More

A wonderful serenity has taken possession of my entire soul, like these sweet mornings of spring which I enjoy with my whole heart. I am alone, and feel the charm of existence in this spot, which was created for the bliss of souls like mine. I am so happy, my dear friend, so absorbed in...Read More

A wonderful serenity has taken possession of my entire soul, like these sweet mornings of spring which I enjoy with my whole heart. I am alone, and feel the charm of existence in this spot, which was created for the bliss of souls like mine. I am so happy, my dear friend, so absorbed in...Read More