#charles dickens

[grexpert]

remember when pip got kidnapped by orlick right after surviving the satis housefire and orlick wouldn’t stop waving a candle in his face and saying shit like “OooOOoohhh the burned child FEARS FIRE!!!!” like what was that guy’s deal

[lyreandlion]

Very orderly and methodical he looked, with a hand on each knee, and a loud watch ticking a sonorous sermon under his flapped waist-coat, as though it pitted its gravity and longevity against the levity and evanescence of the brisk fire. He had a good leg, and was a little vain of it, for his brown stockings fitted sleek and close, and were of a fine texture; his shoes and buckles, too, though plain, were trim. He wore an odd little sleek crisp flaxen wig, setting very close to his head: which wig, it is to be presumed, was made of hair, but which looked far more as though it were spun from filaments of silk or glass. His linen, though not of a fineness in accordance with his stockings, was as white as the tops of the waves that broke upon the neighbouring beach, or the specks of sail that glinted in the sunlight far at sea. A face habitually suppressed and quieted, was still lighted up under the quaint wig by a pair of moist bright eyes that it must have cost their owner, in years gone by, some pains to drill to the composed and reserved expression of Tellson's Bank. He had a healthy colour in his cheeks, and his face, though lined, bore few traces of anxiety. But, perhaps the confidential bachelor clerks in Tellson's Bank were principally occupied with the cares of other people; and perhaps second-hand cares, like second-hand clothes, come easily off and on.

Charles Dickens ❂ A Tale of Two Cities (1859)

[lyreandlion]

'You know that you are recalled to life?' 'They tell me so.' 'I hope you care to live?' 'I can't say.'

Charles Dickens ❂ A Tale of Two Cities (1859)

[missdrummondartvault]

[vida13winter]

Black Books (2000-2004)

[billiam-watterson]

Doctor who’s amazing what do you mean I can watch Charlie Dickens experience The Horrors for 40 minutes straight even though it little to no relevance to the plot and hyper-specific convoluted references throughout. all on my telly

[geekcavepodcast]

A Tale of Two Cities (2026) Trailer

"London, 1782. Tensions run high in the war between France and Britain. An extraordinary young woman, Lucie Manette, has her life upended when she receives a message from Paris – her father, assumed dead for almost 20 years, may in fact be alive. The messenger– idealistic French émigré, Charles Darnay – is arrested and charged with treason. Lucie enlists the help of a brilliant but erratic young lawyer, Sydney Carton, to free Darnay in the hope he will lead her to Paris to track down her father. Lucie’s collision with Darnay and Carton unleashes a powerful and complex love triangle. Both men fight to be worthy of her love and Lucie is torn over which one to choose. Yet neither man – physically so alike, spiritually poles apart – can escape the other. Instead, they find themselves bound together in life and death; through triumphs, tragedies, marriage and murder." (MGM+)

Based on the novel by Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities stars Kit Harington (Sydney Carton), François Civil (Charles Darnay), and Mirren Mack (Lucie Manette). The series is created and written by Daniel West.

A Tale of Two Cities premieres on MGM+ on September 6, 2026.

[weirdstuffmuseum]

reading David Copperfield for the first time and nodding and saying "just like Hetty Feather"