Happy 200th, Chuck…
One of my literary heroes is celebrating a birthday today…Charles Dickens. Chuck is credited with creating the modern soap opera… and if you haven’t seen the British production of “Bleak House,” you are missing out.
NPR has a radio story on Chuck. Have a listen… and join me in raising a glass of something or the other to our literary pal, Chuck… and to his pet ravens (yah… he had pet ravens… how cool is that?)
Yeah bleak house is a good production. We read a lot of dickens in school, and his writing style has influenced me a lot.
When I am visiting my Mom in Dayton, we usually go for lunch at a place called The Golden Lamb in Lebanon. It was a stage stop on the way to Cincinnati so it is a restaurant and hotel…. and Charles Dickens stayed/ate there. He famously complained about the coffee.