Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Happy 200th Birthday, Charles Dickens! (Featuring Bonanza!)

Two hundred years ago today, a man named Charles Dickens was born in England.


I don't know very much about Charles Dickens, but I did enjoy the 2008 adaptation of Little Dorrit and A Christmas Carol is a very good Christmas classic! I am interested in becoming better acquainted with his works, though.

I always enjoyed this episode of the show Bonanza where Charles Dickens visits Virginia City. I knew that he visited America and that he was very popular, and though I'm not sure how accurate a protrayal of Charles Dickens this is, I enjoyed the episode nevertheless.



Also, don't forget to head over to Old-Fashioned Charm and Of Trims and Frills and Furbelows for their Dickens events, which will continue for the rest of the week!



 God Bless,
 God Bless, Miss Elizabeth Bennet

3 comments:

  1. Haha, it's young Charles Ingalls!
    Wow, Charles Dickens seems kind of rude... although from what I've read, he wasn't too pleased with the USA and didn't hesitate to make it known. :)

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  2. How did you dig up that old clip? I grew up with Bonanza - one of my mom's favorite shows. Had my fill of Little House on the Prairie, too. However, give me Austen and Dickens' world - more substance - not so contrived.

    By the way - My teatime post features Lady Cordelia taking tea with Mr. Dickens - teasers on some of his works, too, for inquiring minds . . .

    Joy, Milady!
    Miss Kathy

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  3. Miss Dashwood,
    I did not know that! I think I remember reading that when he came to America, he was speaking about copyrights (like in the Bonanza episode), but I didn't know too much about his trip to America.

    Kathryn Ross,
    I remembered seeing that episode on YouTube and searched for it. I think they have the entire episode (plus other episodes) on YouTube.

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