BookWormSat
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Celebrate literature every Saturday with BookWormSat. Hosted by @signemaene.com and @racheldeering.bsky.social
Weekly themes: https://signemaene.com/bookwormsaturday/
Weekly themes: https://signemaene.com/bookwormsaturday/
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‘I wish you to know that you have been the last dream of my soul.’ ~ Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities.
This #BookWormSat celebrates the birthday of Charles Dickens with a day of wholly Dickens, more Dickens with a side of Dickens. Join us.
This #BookWormSat celebrates the birthday of Charles Dickens with a day of wholly Dickens, more Dickens with a side of Dickens. Join us.
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“Art is not a luxury for the rich, nor a bauble for idle hours; it is the birthright of all, the record of our labour and the joy of our lives, woven into the fabric of our common days”, Walter Crane once wrote - read more about him on my blog blw.
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The Velvet-Coated Socialist: of Walter Crane, Fine Lines Drawn for All and Fellowship Being Life
Walter Crane: Pre-Raphaelite spirit, socialist idealist, and master of toybooks who made ‘art for all’ his life’s work.
wunderkammertales.blogspot.com
February 8, 2026 at 6:03 AM
“Art is not a luxury for the rich, nor a bauble for idle hours; it is the birthright of all, the record of our labour and the joy of our lives, woven into the fabric of our common days”, Walter Crane once wrote - read more about him on my blog blw.
wunderkammertales.blogspot.com/2025/08/the-...
wunderkammertales.blogspot.com/2025/08/the-...
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Skafloc and Uhtred and Grimnir, oh my!
A shout-out to some truly memorable Norse characters over at @reactorsff.bsky.social:
reactormag.com/five-unforge...
A shout-out to some truly memorable Norse characters over at @reactorsff.bsky.social:
reactormag.com/five-unforge...
Five Unforgettable Norse Warriors in Historical Fiction and Fantasy - Reactor
Berserkers and shield-maidens, orcs and Vikings, and epic exploits...
reactormag.com
February 8, 2026 at 12:21 AM
Skafloc and Uhtred and Grimnir, oh my!
A shout-out to some truly memorable Norse characters over at @reactorsff.bsky.social:
reactormag.com/five-unforge...
A shout-out to some truly memorable Norse characters over at @reactorsff.bsky.social:
reactormag.com/five-unforge...
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“No wonder, sir;
But certainly a maid.”
(“The Tempest” 2.1)
🎨 Walter Crane
#goldenageofillustration #bookillustration #shakespearesunday
But certainly a maid.”
(“The Tempest” 2.1)
🎨 Walter Crane
#goldenageofillustration #bookillustration #shakespearesunday
February 8, 2026 at 12:10 PM
“No wonder, sir;
But certainly a maid.”
(“The Tempest” 2.1)
🎨 Walter Crane
#goldenageofillustration #bookillustration #shakespearesunday
But certainly a maid.”
(“The Tempest” 2.1)
🎨 Walter Crane
#goldenageofillustration #bookillustration #shakespearesunday
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‘Oh! don’t be angry with me,’ cried the Princess, clasping her hands. ‘I’d rather marry all the dwarfs in the world than die in this horrible way.’
(“The Yellow Dwarf”, after Marie-Catherine d'Aulnoy)
🎨 Walter Crane
#goldenageofillustration #booksky #bookillustration
(“The Yellow Dwarf”, after Marie-Catherine d'Aulnoy)
🎨 Walter Crane
#goldenageofillustration #booksky #bookillustration
February 8, 2026 at 6:03 AM
‘Oh! don’t be angry with me,’ cried the Princess, clasping her hands. ‘I’d rather marry all the dwarfs in the world than die in this horrible way.’
(“The Yellow Dwarf”, after Marie-Catherine d'Aulnoy)
🎨 Walter Crane
#goldenageofillustration #booksky #bookillustration
(“The Yellow Dwarf”, after Marie-Catherine d'Aulnoy)
🎨 Walter Crane
#goldenageofillustration #booksky #bookillustration
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‘The toad winked an eye
into the side of his head,
unrolled his tongue
and snatchgulped slippery
the lozenge of a slug.’ 🐸
@racheldeering.bsky.social from ‘In the Shadow of Gods’.
www.blackboughpoetry.com/rachel-deering
into the side of his head,
unrolled his tongue
and snatchgulped slippery
the lozenge of a slug.’ 🐸
@racheldeering.bsky.social from ‘In the Shadow of Gods’.
www.blackboughpoetry.com/rachel-deering
February 8, 2026 at 10:05 AM
‘The toad winked an eye
into the side of his head,
unrolled his tongue
and snatchgulped slippery
the lozenge of a slug.’ 🐸
@racheldeering.bsky.social from ‘In the Shadow of Gods’.
www.blackboughpoetry.com/rachel-deering
into the side of his head,
unrolled his tongue
and snatchgulped slippery
the lozenge of a slug.’ 🐸
@racheldeering.bsky.social from ‘In the Shadow of Gods’.
www.blackboughpoetry.com/rachel-deering
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A poem of mine, toadish, from In the Shadow of Gods. Have a read of it! 🐸
‘The toad winked an eye
into the side of his head,
unrolled his tongue
and snatchgulped slippery
the lozenge of a slug.’ 🐸
@racheldeering.bsky.social from ‘In the Shadow of Gods’.
www.blackboughpoetry.com/rachel-deering
into the side of his head,
unrolled his tongue
and snatchgulped slippery
the lozenge of a slug.’ 🐸
@racheldeering.bsky.social from ‘In the Shadow of Gods’.
www.blackboughpoetry.com/rachel-deering
February 8, 2026 at 10:06 AM
A poem of mine, toadish, from In the Shadow of Gods. Have a read of it! 🐸
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Suffering has been stronger than all other teaching, and has taught me to understand what your heart used to be. I have been bent and broken, but — I hope — into a better shape.
Great Expectations
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🖼️ Oskar Kokoschka
Great Expectations
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🖼️ Oskar Kokoschka
February 7, 2026 at 5:48 PM
Suffering has been stronger than all other teaching, and has taught me to understand what your heart used to be. I have been bent and broken, but — I hope — into a better shape.
Great Expectations
#BookWormSat
🖼️ Oskar Kokoschka
Great Expectations
#BookWormSat
🖼️ Oskar Kokoschka
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#bookologyThursday
“You are part of my existence, part of myself. You have been in every line I have ever read.“
✍️ Charles Dickens, Great Expectations
“You are part of my existence, part of myself. You have been in every line I have ever read.“
✍️ Charles Dickens, Great Expectations
a book is open to a page that says ' i 'm sorry '
ALT: a book is open to a page that says ' i 'm sorry '
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February 7, 2026 at 6:39 PM
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"Then he went on. “I have no peace or rest for it. It calls to me, for many minutes together, in an agonised manner, ‘Below there! Look out! Look out!’ It stands waving to me. It rings my little bell—"
The SignalMan - Charles Dickens
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The SignalMan - Charles Dickens
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February 7, 2026 at 4:58 PM
"Then he went on. “I have no peace or rest for it. It calls to me, for many minutes together, in an agonised manner, ‘Below there! Look out! Look out!’ It stands waving to me. It rings my little bell—"
The SignalMan - Charles Dickens
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The SignalMan - Charles Dickens
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“The raven gave a short, comfortable, confidential kind of croak;—a most expressive croak, which seemed to say, ‘You needn’t let these fellows into our secrets. We understand each other. It’s all right.’”
(Charles Dickens “Barnaby Rudge”)
🎨 Nellie Joshua (c 1905)
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(Charles Dickens “Barnaby Rudge”)
🎨 Nellie Joshua (c 1905)
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February 7, 2026 at 5:00 PM
“The raven gave a short, comfortable, confidential kind of croak;—a most expressive croak, which seemed to say, ‘You needn’t let these fellows into our secrets. We understand each other. It’s all right.’”
(Charles Dickens “Barnaby Rudge”)
🎨 Nellie Joshua (c 1905)
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(Charles Dickens “Barnaby Rudge”)
🎨 Nellie Joshua (c 1905)
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I recorded the opening of Great Expectations this morning 👇
Weird and uncanny hinterland has always fascinated me.
Today is Dickens’ 214th birthday. To honour him, here’s my reading of the opening of his masterpiece Great Expectations, where Pip shuttles between innocence and knowledge in the indeterminate marshes between the land and the sea #Dickens
Today is Dickens’ 214th birthday. To honour him, here’s my reading of the opening of his masterpiece Great Expectations, where Pip shuttles between innocence and knowledge in the indeterminate marshes between the land and the sea #Dickens
February 7, 2026 at 3:32 PM
I recorded the opening of Great Expectations this morning 👇
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The mountain in the sunset had stopped the five couriers in a conversation. It is a sublime sight, likely to stop conversation. The mountain being now out of the sunset, they resumed.
-Dickens-
📖 To Be Read at Dusk
🎨Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
#BookWormSat
-Dickens-
📖 To Be Read at Dusk
🎨Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
#BookWormSat
February 7, 2026 at 3:20 PM
The mountain in the sunset had stopped the five couriers in a conversation. It is a sublime sight, likely to stop conversation. The mountain being now out of the sunset, they resumed.
-Dickens-
📖 To Be Read at Dusk
🎨Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
#BookWormSat
-Dickens-
📖 To Be Read at Dusk
🎨Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
#BookWormSat
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#BookWormSat Celebrating Charles Dickens' birthday with his gripping 1837–1839 masterpiece, Oliver Twist—a timeless tale of poverty, resilience, and the dark underbelly of Victorian London. “There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.”
― Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist
― Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist
February 7, 2026 at 3:28 PM
#BookWormSat Celebrating Charles Dickens' birthday with his gripping 1837–1839 masterpiece, Oliver Twist—a timeless tale of poverty, resilience, and the dark underbelly of Victorian London. “There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.”
― Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist
― Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist
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"With a fierce action of her hand, as if she sprinkled hatred on the ground, and with it devoted those who were standing there to destruction, she looked up once at the black sky, and strode out into the wild night."
Charles Dickens - Dombey and Son
🎨Phiz [H K Browne]
"With a fierce action of her hand, as if she sprinkled hatred on the ground, and with it devoted those who were standing there to destruction, she looked up once at the black sky, and strode out into the wild night."
Charles Dickens - Dombey and Son
🎨Phiz [H K Browne]
February 7, 2026 at 3:35 PM
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"With a fierce action of her hand, as if she sprinkled hatred on the ground, and with it devoted those who were standing there to destruction, she looked up once at the black sky, and strode out into the wild night."
Charles Dickens - Dombey and Son
🎨Phiz [H K Browne]
"With a fierce action of her hand, as if she sprinkled hatred on the ground, and with it devoted those who were standing there to destruction, she looked up once at the black sky, and strode out into the wild night."
Charles Dickens - Dombey and Son
🎨Phiz [H K Browne]
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#BookWormSat Celebrating Dickens' birthday with The Old Curiosity Shop (1840–1841) a tale of gentle Little Nell & her grandfather fleeing debt through Victorian shadows.
“There are chords in the human heart, strange, varying strings which are only struck by accident." — Master Humphrey
“There are chords in the human heart, strange, varying strings which are only struck by accident." — Master Humphrey
February 7, 2026 at 3:40 PM
#BookWormSat Celebrating Dickens' birthday with The Old Curiosity Shop (1840–1841) a tale of gentle Little Nell & her grandfather fleeing debt through Victorian shadows.
“There are chords in the human heart, strange, varying strings which are only struck by accident." — Master Humphrey
“There are chords in the human heart, strange, varying strings which are only struck by accident." — Master Humphrey
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“The bare idea!”, Mr. Camilla interposing, as Mrs. Camilla laid her hand upon her heaving bosom! ~ Great Expectations, Charles Dickens.
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February 7, 2026 at 2:23 PM
“The bare idea!”, Mr. Camilla interposing, as Mrs. Camilla laid her hand upon her heaving bosom! ~ Great Expectations, Charles Dickens.
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“The shadows upon Redlaw’s mind succeeded thick and fast to one another and obscured its light as the night clouds hovered between the moon and earth and kept the latter veiled in darkness.”
Charlie Dickens - Haunted Man And The Ghost’s Bargain (short story)
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🖼️ Caspar David Friedrich
Charlie Dickens - Haunted Man And The Ghost’s Bargain (short story)
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🖼️ Caspar David Friedrich
February 7, 2026 at 2:57 PM
“The shadows upon Redlaw’s mind succeeded thick and fast to one another and obscured its light as the night clouds hovered between the moon and earth and kept the latter veiled in darkness.”
Charlie Dickens - Haunted Man And The Ghost’s Bargain (short story)
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🖼️ Caspar David Friedrich
Charlie Dickens - Haunted Man And The Ghost’s Bargain (short story)
#BookWormSat
🖼️ Caspar David Friedrich
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Hearts confined with cobwebs would burst at last, and then Love was avenged.
David Copperfield
Charles Dickens
Anselm Feuerbach #BookWormSat
David Copperfield
Charles Dickens
Anselm Feuerbach #BookWormSat
February 7, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Hearts confined with cobwebs would burst at last, and then Love was avenged.
David Copperfield
Charles Dickens
Anselm Feuerbach #BookWormSat
David Copperfield
Charles Dickens
Anselm Feuerbach #BookWormSat
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"Death may beget life, but oppression can beget nothing other than itself"
--Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities
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--Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities
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February 7, 2026 at 1:58 PM
"Death may beget life, but oppression can beget nothing other than itself"
--Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities
#BookWormSat
--Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities
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“… a little straw hat trimmed with cherry-coloured ribbons, and worn the merest trifle on one side-just enough in short to make it the wickedest and most provoking head-dress that ever malicious milliner devised.”
(Charles Dickens “Barnaby Rudge”)
🎨 W.P. Frith “Dolly Varden” (1842)
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(Charles Dickens “Barnaby Rudge”)
🎨 W.P. Frith “Dolly Varden” (1842)
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February 7, 2026 at 2:01 PM
“… a little straw hat trimmed with cherry-coloured ribbons, and worn the merest trifle on one side-just enough in short to make it the wickedest and most provoking head-dress that ever malicious milliner devised.”
(Charles Dickens “Barnaby Rudge”)
🎨 W.P. Frith “Dolly Varden” (1842)
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(Charles Dickens “Barnaby Rudge”)
🎨 W.P. Frith “Dolly Varden” (1842)
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Suffering has been stronger than all other teaching, and has taught me to understand what your heart used to be. I have been bent and broken, but - I hope - into a better shape.’ ~ Dickens, Great Expectations.
@racheldeering.bsky.social here for the rest of a Dickensian #BookWormSat
@racheldeering.bsky.social here for the rest of a Dickensian #BookWormSat
February 7, 2026 at 1:44 PM
Suffering has been stronger than all other teaching, and has taught me to understand what your heart used to be. I have been bent and broken, but - I hope - into a better shape.’ ~ Dickens, Great Expectations.
@racheldeering.bsky.social here for the rest of a Dickensian #BookWormSat
@racheldeering.bsky.social here for the rest of a Dickensian #BookWormSat
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‘A wonderful fact to reflect upon, that every human creature is constituted to be that profound secret and mystery to every other’
📚C.Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities📷 Cover of Serial Vol.5, 1859
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📚C.Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities📷 Cover of Serial Vol.5, 1859
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February 7, 2026 at 10:40 AM
‘A wonderful fact to reflect upon, that every human creature is constituted to be that profound secret and mystery to every other’
📚C.Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities📷 Cover of Serial Vol.5, 1859
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📚C.Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities📷 Cover of Serial Vol.5, 1859
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‘On this matter I’m inclined to agree with the French, who gaze upon any personal dietary prohibition as bad manners.’
📚C.Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities
🖼️ Réunion Gastronomique, French etching C19th
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📚C.Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities
🖼️ Réunion Gastronomique, French etching C19th
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February 7, 2026 at 10:51 AM
‘On this matter I’m inclined to agree with the French, who gaze upon any personal dietary prohibition as bad manners.’
📚C.Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities
🖼️ Réunion Gastronomique, French etching C19th
#BookWormSat
📚C.Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities
🖼️ Réunion Gastronomique, French etching C19th
#BookWormSat
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‘You might, from your appearance, be the wife of Lucifer,” said Miss Pross, in her breathing. “Nevertheless, you shall not get the better of me. I am an Englishwoman.’ ~
Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities. #BookwormSat
Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities. #BookwormSat
February 7, 2026 at 10:52 AM
‘You might, from your appearance, be the wife of Lucifer,” said Miss Pross, in her breathing. “Nevertheless, you shall not get the better of me. I am an Englishwoman.’ ~
Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities. #BookwormSat
Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities. #BookwormSat
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‘…La Guillotine…it was the best cure for headache, it infallibly prevented hair from turning gray, it imparted a particular delicacy to the complexion, it was the National Razor which shaved close.’
📚C.Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities
🖼️ P.-A. Demachy, Une exécution capitale
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📚C.Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities
🖼️ P.-A. Demachy, Une exécution capitale
#BookWormSat
February 7, 2026 at 11:08 AM
‘…La Guillotine…it was the best cure for headache, it infallibly prevented hair from turning gray, it imparted a particular delicacy to the complexion, it was the National Razor which shaved close.’
📚C.Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities
🖼️ P.-A. Demachy, Une exécution capitale
#BookWormSat
📚C.Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities
🖼️ P.-A. Demachy, Une exécution capitale
#BookWormSat