Charles Dickens Once Recited ‘A Christmas Carol’ From Memory in Boston
On this day in the year 1867, English author Charles Dickens did something impressive: He recited much of his 1843 book A Christmas Carol from memory to the gathered and rapt …..
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Who Hated Jane Austen So Much?
Was it Rudyard Kipling? Or Mark Twain? Which popular author hated Jane Austen so much? Jane Austen’s 200th deathday is July 18th, and The New York Times is celebrating with a Jane Austen quiz. …..
Happy Birthday, Charles Bukowski
Writer Charles Bukowski was born in Germany on 16 August 1920. He was drunk by 17 August 1920.