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Cecil Aldin (1870–1935) The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens (1836-1837) Source
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Cecil Aldin (1870–1935) The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens (1836-1837) Source
What your favourite Dickens novel says about you:
(bear in mind, most of these are severely vibes-based)
The Pickwick Papers: You're most likely gay and have a close group of friends. Your favourite hobby is prank calling your local pizza place. You miss Vine.
Oliver Twist: This is the only Dickens novel you've read or you just really like the musical. You feel extremely sorry for Nancy. You're really attached to your pet(s).
Nicholas Nickleby: You have a strong sense of justice. You either have a travel blog or want to have one. Despite everything you believe that people are fundamentally good.
The Old Curiosity Shop: You're the oldest sibling. You're interested in lost media because you're hoping to find that one cartoon that scarred you as a child. You believe that things aren't what they used to be.
Barnaby Rudge: You've watched at least one major 90s sitcom in its entirety. You love gossip. You call yourself "a little gremlin" unironically.
Martin Chuzzlewit: Oh wow, you exist? Good for you, good for you... You like nature and I mean REALLY like it. You're a completionist. You love Tom Pinch with all your heart.
Dombey and Son: You have daddy issues (duh). You're very lonely but too proud to admit it. You love gothic literature and movies about creepy children.
David Copperfield: You relate to Aunt Betsey an ungodly amount. You like listening to podcasts and imagining that the hosts are talking directly to you. You just love life, man, and all that it has to offer.
Bleak House: You're academically gifted. You know how to knit/crochet/cross stitch/all of the above. In every social situation you're the "mom friend".
Hard Times: You're not like the other girls. You had a steampunk phase. You like to read about famous shipwrecks in your spare time.
Little Dorrit: You love Downton Abbey and/or The Gilded Age. You prefer Jane Bennett to Lizzie. You are on good terms with your parents.
A Tale of Two Cities: You're a centrist. Biopic is your favourite genre of film. You don't like going to concerts because they are too loud.
Great Expectations: There's a good chance you've read this because of South Park. You think Estella deserved better (and you're right). You read a lot of fanfiction.
Our Mutual Friend: You like your characters to be actual characters and not caricatures. You call tell a Cabernet from a Merlot. You have many dating horror stories.
The Mystery of Edwin Drood: You've been on at least one ghost tour. You dislike BBC's Sherlock because it is unfaithful to the books. You strongly considered going to mortuary school at some point.
A silent look of affection and regard when all other eyes are turned coldly away - the consciousness that we possess the sympathy and affection of one being when all others have deserted us is a hold, a stay, a comfort, in the deepest affliction, which no wealth could purchase, or power bestow.
Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers
I just learned that Charles Dickens family, still, to this day, has a yearly family Christmas dinner, at Dickens' favorite pub, the George and Vulture, which if you've read Dickens' first book, The Pickwick Papers, he mentions the pub at least 20 times, I guess he really liked it.
Read like the Marches
Part Two:
“We needed that lesson, and we won’t forget it. If we do, you just say to us as Old Chloe did in Uncle Tom, ‘Tink ob yar marcies, chillen, tink o byer marcies,’” added Jo, who could not for the life of her help getting a morsel of fun out of the little sermon, though she took it to heart as much as any of them."
“What in the world are you going to do now, Jo?” asked Meg, one snowy afternoon… “Going out for exercise,” answered Jo, with a mischievous twinkle in her eyes… Meg went back to toast her feet and read Ivanhoe, and Jo began to dig paths with great energy."
"As secret societies were the fashion, it was thought proper to have one; and, as all of the girls admired Dickens, they called themselves the Pickwick Club…And the weekly newspaper, called The Pickwick Portfolio, to which all contributed something while Jo, who revelled in pens and ink, was the editor…Meg, as the eldest, was Samuel Pickwick; Jo, being of a literary turn, Augustus Snodgrass; Beth, because she was round and rosy, Tracy Tupman; and Amy, who was always trying to do what she couldn’t, was Nathaniel Winkle…No one ever regretted the admittance of Sam Weller, for a more devoted, well-behaved and jovial member no club could have."
"Jo spent the morning on the river, with Laurie, and the afternoon reading and crying over The Wide Wide World up in the apple-tree."
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Hat fell into the street and I gotta get it back, hope the carriage drivers don't mind :)
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artfulurchin-deactivated18390105
Everyone's always like 'Oh child gangs are bad' and 'Crime is rampant in London.' No one ever asks 'How was the business today? The business seemed like a lot of fun.'
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I hope everyone who reblogged this stupid post gets shipped off to Australia just like OP
#oh it's just a bit of fun! it's just a joke!! #get back to me when people are filching the handkerchiefs from YOUR patrons #you're all losers
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To commemorate my dear father and I...
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I hauve consumption
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We all know you got your ass handed to you by that child lmaoooo
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Say that to my face so I can slap it with a glove
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We all know you'd fire right into the sky
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Guys, I think op killed him
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Christmas celebrators die challenge
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AITA for using my niece (young? I forgot her birth date) to try and reel in some rich business associates of mine? Yeah they're a little creepy, but like, money is money. But at the end of the night she left my house crying - just like my brother's child to do that - and I almost felt, bad??
AITA?
YTA
NTA
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I'll track you down to the ends of the Earth to rectify the evil you have visited upon my sister and our family. You took in your only nieces and nephews in order to destroy and ruin them to benefit yourself. I hope you never sleep again at night. I curse your name and turn from you. If you were begging in the street I should be revolted by you and not give a single crust, I, in my infinite mercy should walk past you as you vanish into the shadows of obscurity.
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Anyone in this thread smoke opium?
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Finally arrived in London! Anyone want to meet up?
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Sure! Address is:
Bill Sykes Lair Whitechapel Road, Whitechapel London, England
Me and my friend would love to show you around!
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Yay!
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Choosing Our Next Novel
People of tumblr! I may also send out an email about this, but I just want to gauge initial thoughts for our next novel. The below is every work that would start in April or earlier. It’s probably too short notice to start Martin Chuzzlewit, but there are several other options.
Jan 2025 - July 2026 (1 year and a half) - Martin Chuzzlewit Mar 2025 - Sep 2026 (1 year and a half) - Nicholas Nickleby Mar 2025 - Sep 2026 (1 year and a half) - Bleak House Apr 2025 - Nov 2026 (1 year and a half) - The Pickwick Papers Apr 2025 - Feb 2026 (11 months) - The Old Curiosity Shop Apr 2025 - Aug 2025 (5 months) - Hard Times Apr 2025 - Nov 2025 (8 months) - A Tale of Two Cities Apr 2025 - Sep 2025 (6 months, but unfinished) - Edwin Drood
When I’ve run polls in the past, all the most successful options have been books that run for under a year. The only Dickens novels left that were serialised over the course of less than a year are the bolded ones above. Not including the unfinished The Mystery of Edwin Drood, there is a way to plan well in advance to minimise gaps and favour shorter-running works (so we read The Old Curiosity Shop Apr 2025 - Feb 2026, then A Tale of Two Cities Apr 2026 - Nov 2026, then Hard Times Apr 2027 - Aug 2027).
Does this appeal to people as an option? Or does such far-advanced planning seem overkill? And would it be better to keep some of the shorter ones for further down the line? Should we have another vote to allow for the possibility of a longer work winning this time? Help me make up my mind about this!
What should we do?
Plan in advance to do the remaining short works all in a row
Let us vote between all of the options above
A secret third thing (tell me, please!)
Thank you in advance for voting or letting me know your thoughts, and thank you to everyone who has joined in so far with Great Expectations and Barnaby Rudge!
Alfred Jingle & Job Trotter
from The Pickwick Papers (1837) by Charles Dickens
are Jingle & Trotter queer?
yes, they've at least kissed
yes, they have feelings for each other but wouldn't act on it
yes, they're both queer but platonic
one of them is queer / unrequited feelings / another infinitely nuanced answer
no, they're not queer
I don't know these characters / see results
Propaganda:
several characters in the book remark that their relationship is unconventionally close
Trotter followed Jingle into the debtor's prison (it is emphasized that Trotter himself is not a prisoner, so that means he decided to stay there to be with Jingle)
Trotter literally gives up a well-paying job for near slave labor in Demerara so that he and Jingle could be together
in general, they look out for each other in a rather touching manner
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