I am a Charles Dickens fan, and I re-read this little novel every Christmas Season. I have read most of his novels throughout my life, and admire his I am a Charles Dickens fan, and I re-read this little novel every Christmas Season. I have read most of his novels throughout my life, and admire his storytelling, his use of language, his imagery and characterizations that leap off of the page for me, and his sense of social justice and injustice. I recently learned more about Dickens from the book, The Man Who Invented Christmas and am looking for a good biography on Dickens to read. ...more
I am a Jane Austen fan. I love her depictions of the period, the imagery that her language evokes, the stories of girls and women, friendship and romaI am a Jane Austen fan. I love her depictions of the period, the imagery that her language evokes, the stories of girls and women, friendship and romance, family. ...more