Dickensblog

Of two minds

Did Dickens have multiple personalities? Kenneth A. Nakdimen, M.D., argues that he might have. Thanks to The Buzfuz for the link.

The honors just keep coming

According to Buzzfeed, Dickens had the 9th most impressive beard in literature.

What a bore

Did Dickens invent the word boredom? It seems he did, in Bleak House. Strange for a word like that to come from a man who was probably never bored a minute in his life.

Thanks to David Perdue of Charles Dickens Page for the link.

TCM alert

Great Expectations (1946) airs on Turner Classic Movies at 8 p.m. Eastern tomorrow (Sunday) night.

Good news for B&N Leatherbound Classics fans

Their edition of Great Expectations is back in print!

Sydney Carton is hip

An upcoming London production of A Tale of Two Cities (based on a never-produced adaptation by John Gielgud and Terence Rattigan) "reimagines Dickens's dangerous and doomed antihero Sydney Carton as a member of the 27 Club (which includes Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Kurt Cobain and Amy Winehouse)." Well, that'll be an interesting experience for him. Tickets are available here.

In Dickens's steps

The Edmonton Journal suggests some Dickensian locations to visit in London, and has a nice photo from the recently refurbished Dickens Museum.

Dickensian dads

Dickens is back on the ShortList site again, this time as part of their "30 Most Memorable Literary Fathers" list. Bob Cractchit and Daniel Peggotty made the cut (even though, as they acknowledge, the latter isn't David's biological father).

Dickens on Tour update

I'm a little late with this, but the Dickens on Tour exhibit officially went up at the Dickens Museum last month. But as you can see on the page, they're asking people to continue squiring Mr. Dickens around!

Honoring Sydney Carton

Two author/bloggers, Deborah Nam-Krane and C. J. Brightley, pay tribute to the hero of A Tale of Two Cities.