Charles Dickens News

“Presumably you liked the original work in the first place but at the same time those compromises and shortcuts are going to be there.”

The Sally Lockhart Mysteries is not your usual costume drama, writes Michael Idato. via The Age

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“We've been fortunate to have a lot of new talent”

Tales of a murderous barber and the remarriage of one of Philadelpia's high-society women will be presented during Wausau Community Theatre's 2008-09 season. via WisInfo

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HISTORIC Sherborne House is going on the market for 3 million. The 18th century grade I listed building is being sold by Dorset County Council. via This is Dorset

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“When I speak of home, I speak of the place where -- in default of a better -- those I love are gathered together; and if that place were a gypsy's tent, or a barn, I should call it by the same good name notwithstanding.”

"When I speak of home, I speak of the place where -- in default of a better -- those I love are gathered together; and if that place were a gypsy's tent, or a barn, I should call it by the same good name ... via Las Vegas Review Journal

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Published by Jon Land for 24dash.com in Local Government on Wednesday 7th May 2008 - 1:14pm Council puts stately home on market for 3 million A historic stately home which hosted writers Charles Dickens and ... via 24dash

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“I f the law supposes that ... the law is a ass - a idiot. If that's the eye of the law, the law is a bachelor; and the worst. I wish the law is that his eye may be opened by experience ...”

In Oliver Twist , Charles Dickens has a delightfully officious character named Mr Bumble. via Jamaica Gleaner

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The Garden of the Finzi Continis by Giorgio Bassani A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess ** David Copperfield by Charles Dickens* The Waste Land by T S Eliot ** The Blue Flower by Penelope Fitzgerald * ... via Bibliobibuli

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“A reconstruction of the events of July 1, 1916, perhaps the blackest day in British history, by a poultry farmer-turned-historian. Calm, detailed and horrifying, it was written at a time (1970) when no one seemed to care.”

They range from the delights of Dr Dolittle to the darkness of A Clockwork Orange , the books that should be on everyone's shelves. via Telegraph.co.uk

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Famous convicts from Oscar Wilde to Ronnie Kray have had their day in the central criminal court. via Guardian Unlimited

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“There hasn't been anybody in our industry who's figured out how to get out of this mess yet.”

MOST OF MY HIGH FINANCE knowledge comes from movies, and Rupert Murdoch's absorption of newspapers evokes the 1951 classic "A Christmas Carol," when Scrooge and Marley seize control of a struggling company with ... via Variety

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