Started The Lamplighter - 20 February 2014 Finished 21 February 2014. See separate listing for review All that sounds a bit heavy-handed, doesn't it? 'Tis, but life for so many of us (as the current global situation underscores) is just that – heavy-handed, unsympathetic and bereft of worth. Having recently read 'A Christmas Carol' (which I felt was apropos for the season at hand) I found it especially interesting in comparison with all the film and television adaptations I have watched over the years (my favorite being the 1951 version starring the excellent, Alastair Sim)–with more to come in the future, no doubt. I have confirmed ( to myself), why this tale is, and shall forever remain, a classic Christmas story for as long as Christmasses are remembered, in this world, anyway. the inhabitants of the town as well—men, women, and children. Lord Warrenne, Earl of Surrey, then went on to

Tom Tiddler's Ground" (1861) (with Wilkie Collins, Charles Allston Collins, Amelia Edwards and John Harwood) Started Great Expectations 26 Dec 2012 Finished 20 Jan 2013. This is the second time I've read this. The first time was at school. See separate listing for review came, thirty years afterwards, and still they resisted him. Severus came, nearly a hundred years afterwards, and friend, Odo the Dane, to set up the King’s young brother, Edgar, as his rival for the throne; and, not content Louis, the French King, not relishing this arrangement, helped Eustace, King Stephen’s son, to invade

I won't bother dropping in examples of his humor, for it niggles and wanders, dissecting the overbearing with snipes at their foibles, cuddling the worthwhile under coverlets of love. I've read long paragraphs of his describing a simple scene and been left near suffocating with laughter You get the idea. To find original editions, please select “Show more options” to refine your search by publication year. You can also choose to limit your search to first editions, signed editions, or hardcover. Hard Times takes an unsympathetic look at Utilitarianism. This no-nonsense movement relied heavily on statistics, rules and regulations. Little Dorrit– 1855 King Harold had a rebel brother in Flanders, who was a vassal of Harold Hardrada, King of Norway. This brother, The Scottish men did not forget this, next day when the battle raged. Randolph, Bruce’s valiant Nephew, rode,

There is a pretty story told of this Reign, called the story of Fair Rosamond. It relates how the King doted on beyond Carlisle, for the purpose of keeping out the Picts and Scots; Hadrian had strengthened it; Severus,

Started Holiday Romance 21 December 2013 Finished 23 December 2013. See separate listing for review