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If these pages contain a great deal about me, I can only suppose it must be because I have really something to do with them and can't be kept out. - Charles Dickens, Bleak House
and had shared to some extent in its festivities; and had remembered those he cared for at a distance, and had known that they delighted to remember him.
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November 28, 2025 at 6:36 PM
and had shared to some extent in its festivities; and had remembered those he cared for at a distance, and had known that they delighted to remember him.
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I have endeavoured in this Ghostly little book, to raise the Ghost of an Idea …
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November 21, 2025 at 9:09 PM
I have endeavoured in this Ghostly little book, to raise the Ghost of an Idea …
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the other, Hugh, who, sleeping too, lay stretched upon the bench on the opposite side, in the full glare of the blazing fire.
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November 7, 2025 at 11:05 PM
the other, Hugh, who, sleeping too, lay stretched upon the bench on the opposite side, in the full glare of the blazing fire.
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‘Demnition!’ cried Mr. Mantalini, suddenly skipping out of his chair, and as suddenly skipping into it again, to the great discomposure of his lady’s nerves. ‘But no. It is a demd horrid dream. It is not reality. No!’
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September 15, 2025 at 2:22 PM
‘Demnition!’ cried Mr. Mantalini, suddenly skipping out of his chair, and as suddenly skipping into it again, to the great discomposure of his lady’s nerves. ‘But no. It is a demd horrid dream. It is not reality. No!’
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She had shown a proud impatience more than once before, and had rather endured that fierce affection than accepted or returned it.
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August 25, 2025 at 5:47 PM
She had shown a proud impatience more than once before, and had rather endured that fierce affection than accepted or returned it.
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gentlemen, I shall be very much obliged to you, and so will they too, when they come to know me. Your healths, gentlemen.’
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July 10, 2025 at 6:11 PM
gentlemen, I shall be very much obliged to you, and so will they too, when they come to know me. Your healths, gentlemen.’
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Next up is one of Mr Dickens’ greatest creations, #MrJaggers of #GreatExpectations. Here he is in two scenes: Jaggers first appearance in the novel; the second is the wonderful way Dickens tells us about Jaggers by describing, not him, but his room.
June 1, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Next up is one of Mr Dickens’ greatest creations, #MrJaggers of #GreatExpectations. Here he is in two scenes: Jaggers first appearance in the novel; the second is the wonderful way Dickens tells us about Jaggers by describing, not him, but his room.
He also had some majestic, shadowy ideas, which had never been quite fathomed by his intimate friends, concerning the power of his eye.
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May 31, 2025 at 3:39 PM
He also had some majestic, shadowy ideas, which had never been quite fathomed by his intimate friends, concerning the power of his eye.
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and here on summer evenings the more favoured customers smoked and drank—ay, and sang many a good song too, sometimes—reposing on two grim-looking high-backed settles, which, like the twin dragons of some fairy tale, guarded the entrance to the mansion.
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May 21, 2025 at 6:56 PM
and here on summer evenings the more favoured customers smoked and drank—ay, and sang many a good song too, sometimes—reposing on two grim-looking high-backed settles, which, like the twin dragons of some fairy tale, guarded the entrance to the mansion.
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In the year 1775, there stood upon the borders of Epping Forest, at a distance of about twelve miles from London—measuring from the Standard in Cornhill, or rather from the spot on or near to which the Standard used to be in days of yore—a house of public entertainment called the Maypole;
May 21, 2025 at 4:11 PM
In the year 1775, there stood upon the borders of Epping Forest, at a distance of about twelve miles from London—measuring from the Standard in Cornhill, or rather from the spot on or near to which the Standard used to be in days of yore—a house of public entertainment called the Maypole;
and with eyes almost starting from their sockets, cold dew standing on his forehead, and in a fit of trembling which quite convulsed his frame, was calling to him for help.
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February 21, 2025 at 5:31 PM
and with eyes almost starting from their sockets, cold dew standing on his forehead, and in a fit of trembling which quite convulsed his frame, was calling to him for help.
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May that be truly said of us, and all of us! And so, as Tiny Tim observed, God Bless Us, Every One!
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December 25, 2024 at 3:07 PM
May that be truly said of us, and all of us! And so, as Tiny Tim observed, God Bless Us, Every One!
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"I'll raise your salary, and endeavour to assist your struggling family, and we will discuss your affairs this very afternoon, over a Christmas bowl of smoking bishop, Bob. Make up the fires, and buy another coal-scuttle before you dot another i, Bob Cratchit!"
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December 25, 2024 at 1:37 PM
"I'll raise your salary, and endeavour to assist your struggling family, and we will discuss your affairs this very afternoon, over a Christmas bowl of smoking bishop, Bob. Make up the fires, and buy another coal-scuttle before you dot another i, Bob Cratchit!"
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The Spirit was immovable as ever.
Scrooge crept towards it, trembling as he went; and following the finger, read upon the stone of the neglected grave his own name, EBENEZER SCROOGE.
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Scrooge crept towards it, trembling as he went; and following the finger, read upon the stone of the neglected grave his own name, EBENEZER SCROOGE.
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December 23, 2024 at 3:03 PM
The Spirit was immovable as ever.
Scrooge crept towards it, trembling as he went; and following the finger, read upon the stone of the neglected grave his own name, EBENEZER SCROOGE.
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Scrooge crept towards it, trembling as he went; and following the finger, read upon the stone of the neglected grave his own name, EBENEZER SCROOGE.
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4/4 "Come in!" exclaimed the Ghost. "Come in, and know me better, man."
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December 12, 2024 at 5:47 PM
4/4 "Come in!" exclaimed the Ghost. "Come in, and know me better, man."
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and dimly connecting that with its influence over him, he seized the extinguisher-cap, and by a sudden action pressed it down upon its head.
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December 11, 2024 at 6:57 PM
and dimly connecting that with its influence over him, he seized the extinguisher-cap, and by a sudden action pressed it down upon its head.
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The misery with them all was, clearly, that they sought to interfere, for good, in human matters, and had lost the power for ever.
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December 6, 2024 at 10:51 PM
The misery with them all was, clearly, that they sought to interfere, for good, in human matters, and had lost the power for ever.
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2/2 May it haunt their houses pleasantly, and no one wish to lay it.
Their faithful Friend and Servant,
C. D.
December, 1843
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Their faithful Friend and Servant,
C. D.
December, 1843
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December 1, 2024 at 1:56 PM
2/2 May it haunt their houses pleasantly, and no one wish to lay it.
Their faithful Friend and Servant,
C. D.
December, 1843
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Their faithful Friend and Servant,
C. D.
December, 1843
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‘There is no doubt that Marley was dead. This must be distinctly understood, or nothing wonderful can come of the story I am going to relate.’
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25 Days of #AChristmasCarol - It starts TOMORROW!
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November 30, 2024 at 2:41 PM
‘There is no doubt that Marley was dead. This must be distinctly understood, or nothing wonderful can come of the story I am going to relate.’
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25 Days of #AChristmasCarol - It starts TOMORROW!
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I have endeavoured in this Ghostly little book, to raise the Ghost of an Idea …
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Returning Sunday
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Returning Sunday
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November 28, 2024 at 2:49 PM
I have endeavoured in this Ghostly little book, to raise the Ghost of an Idea …
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Returning Sunday
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Returning Sunday
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