A Christmas Carol Staves
By Patrick Hilleary Image: Pixabay Hello and Seasons Greetings to you all. I hope you are having a very Merry Christmas Season and are able to spend it with those you love. It’s been some…
Tag: Charles Dickens
From the Workhouse to Narnia: A Crossover Story
“Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive” The events that I will relate are 'neither fish nor fowl'. Although very important to Narnian history, much of what follows takes place in the 'great…
What Tiny Tim Really Taught Us: How Charles Dickens Accidentally Revived Christmas
It is the year 1843. A young Victoria is on the British throne, supported by her consort, Prince Albert. The prince has introduced the German Christmas custom of a decorated fir tree — to…
A Tale of Two Men: A Character Comparison between Sydney Carton and Dermot
One couldn’t think of two books more dissimilar than a work of French Gothic fiction such as Charles Dickins’s A Tale of Two Cities and Agatha Christie’s psychological, semi-autobiographical love story that ends badly, Unfinished…