Tag Archive | Charles Dickens
Five tips for writing good prose
Originally posted on Nail Your Novel:
How do we learn to write good prose? Indeed, what is it? How do we develop our use of language, play our literary instrument with more elan and flair? We were probably all encouraged at school to use difficult words instead of simple ones. I see plenty of work…
The most important thing in life …
Originally posted on Routine Matters:
The most important thing in life …
History’s Top 11 Haunted House Novels
Originally posted on Horror Novel Reviews:
Written by: Matt Molgaard I recently returned to Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House. It’s one of the finest pieces of fiction to take readers by storm, and it also got me thinking about haunted house stories. While this isn’t necessarily a sub-genre that I’m madly in love…
Did you know where Dickens got the character Scrooge from? It was a bit of mistake actually…
Originally posted on BRIDGET WHELAN writer:
It is clear from any Dickens’ novel that the great man enjoyed names. His friend and biographer, John Forster, said that Dickens made “characters real existences, not by describing them but by letting them describe themselves.” You can find a comprehensive list of all Dickens’ characters HERE a website…
Christmas stories. ‘A Christmas Carol’ and ‘The Selfish Giant’
Originally posted on Just Olga:
Hi all: Normally on Fridays I bring you new authors and books, but today, as we’re in the Christmas week, I though I’ve bring you some classics. First, Charles Dickens and A Christmas Carol: Author Charles Dickens There are many links to versions of ‘A Christmas Carol’, and many movie versions.…
Cuentos navideños. Historia (Cuento) de Navidad, de Charles Dickens y ‘El gigante egoísta’ de Oscar Wilde.
Originally posted on Just Olga:
Hola a todos: Normalmente los viernes os traigo novedades literarias y escritores invitados, pero como es Navidad se me ocurrió que quizás os apetecería algún clásico. Author Charles Dickens Charles Dickens es muy conocido por sus novelas, y su Cuento (Historia) de Navidad. Hay muchas versiones tanto en película como…
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