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Charles Dickens



Another offshoot of Shakespeare 2020 is Dickens 2021 Novels. Not sure if I can juggle Transcendentalism, Tale of Ganji, and Thomas Pynchon, plus Dickens and my need to read outside assignments. I read extra books during college, just because I wanted to read things I didn't have to, and I continue to enjoy the freedom of reading whatever. But, it starts today. Maybe I can hop on. I can't remember which ones I've read so I'm thinking I'll have to read them all like I did with Shakespeare.

Charles Dickens was born in 1812 (Thoreau 1817, Emerson 1803, Fuller 1810, Hawthorn 1804, Melville 1919). He was born in Portsmouth Hampshire. He wrote Pickwick Papers by 1836 (Walden 1854, Moby Dick 1851, Scarlet Letter 1850).

The reading schedule is as follows:

Dickens novel/novella reading schedule 2021

The Pickwick Papers: January 4-29

Oliver Twist: February 1-12

Nicholas Nickleby: February 15 – March 12

The Old Curiosity Shop: March 15 – April 2

Barnaby Rudge: April 5-23

Martin Chuzzlewit: April 26 – May 21

Dombey and Son: May 24 – June 25

David Copperfield: June 28 – July 30

Bleak House: August 2 – September 3

Hard Times: September 6-17

Little Dorrit: September 20 – October 8

A Tale of Two Cities: October 11-22

Great Expectations: October 25-November 5

Our Mutual Friend: November 8 – December 3

Mystery of Edwin Drood: December 6-14

A Christmas Carol, The Chimes, &

The Cricket on the Hearth: December 15-24

The Battle of Life & The Haunted Man and the Ghost’s Bargain : December 27-31


Links:

Dickens 2021 Project

Dickens House Museum

BBC 4m video on life

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