Re-Reading Dickens
Charles Dickens – The Stories of His Life – A Review
This review is contributed by Mads Golding, a playwright, writer, and independent scholar who focuses on Charles Dickens and the long 19th century. She is a staff writer for The Dickens Society. Jesper Soerensen’s new book, Charles Dickens: The Stories of His Life (2023), offers...
From Bleak House to Birmingham: New Perspectives on Dickens at the 29th Annual Symposium
This post was contributed by Dean J. Hill, recipient of the Robert J. Partlow, Jr. Prize at the 2024 Dickens Society Symposium and a postgraduate research student at the University of Birmingham. The Best of Times: A Dickensian Gathering in Birmingham As scholars and literary...
After Dickens: His Influences in Fiction 1879-1914
This piece is contributed by Tom Hubbard, a former Lynn Wood Neag Distinguished Visiting Professor at the University of Connecticut and Professeur invité at the University of Grenoble. He has been an Honorary Fellow at the Universities of Edinburgh and Glasgow. Hubbard’s article Heart and...
Dickens isn’t dead. At least, not to begin with. Thoughts on Zadie Smith’s “The Fraud”; A Book Review
This review is contributed by Mads Golding, a playwright, writer, and independent scholar who focuses on Charles Dickens and the long 19th century. She is a staff writer for The Dickens Society. Zadie Smith’s “The Fraud” can be purchased at The Seminary Co-op, Barnes and...
“Out With Time”, a book review
Out With Time, a prequel to Oliver Twist, is available through Barnes & Noble. This review is contributed by Mads Golding, a playwright, writer, and independent scholar who focuses on Charles Dickens and the long 19th century. Out With Time is a delightful, speculative prequel...
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