Today is the bi-centennial of Charles Dickens birth. London is recognising the occasion with lots of readings of his works. There is an exhibition of Dicken's London at the Museum of London (runs until June 10).The picture today is the courtyard of the Prudential Building in Holborn. In Dicken's day this was the site of Furnival Inn, where Dickens lived for a brief time. It was during his time here that he wrote the Pickwick papers (1836), his first novel that set him on his journey to fame.
In the left hand corner a small gabled grotto houses a bust of Dickens by Percy Fitzgerald.
Nice to be able to walk in his footsteps two hundred years after his birth!
ReplyDeleteThat is an exhibit I would enjoy seeing. Your photo just seems perfect for this subject.
ReplyDeleteLovely photo - the footprints in the snow add something special. The red number 2 looks a little incongruous, I think.
ReplyDeleteBelting photo, Mo! Love the footsteps! And who doens't love Dickens?!
ReplyDeleteThe footsteps are a wonderful touch in this photo! I remember having to read many of his works in my English Lit class :D
ReplyDeleteI was driving to work this morning and heard the radio announcer mention that it was Dickens' birthday and I suddenly remembered that on one of my trips to London, I saw a play called "The Mystery of Charles Dickens" starring Simon Callow. What a treat that was!
ReplyDeleteThis is abeautiful building. I love that red brick! Happy anniversary Dickens. :)
ReplyDeleteGreat pic with the footsteps Mo!
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ReplyDeleteLike Shakespeare, Dickens is an author who I appreciate more as I I get older. Maybe I read them too young?
ReplyDeleteWho didn't read David Copperfield? It was fun because few years later that I read it, I founded the Bleak House in Broadstairs where I went to study English at 17 :-)
ReplyDeleteCharles Dickens! One of the finest authors in our language.
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