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1 day ago · Charles John Huffam Dickens (/ ˈ d ɪ k ɪ n z /; 7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English novelist, journalist, short story writer and social critic.He created some of literature's best-known fictional characters, and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era.
4 days ago · Contributed by Gordon Curley on Jun 10, 2024 (message contributor) Summary: A Tale of Two Cities – sermon by Gordon Curley (PowerPoint slides to accompany this talk are available on request – email: gcurley@gcurley.info) SERMON OUTLINE: (1). Thessalonica: Paul reasons from the Scriptures (vs 1-9). • (A). Paul’s Method and Message:
4 days ago · Friends can help people feel better about their lives, even during adverse circumstances. Friends can offer support, validation, and kindness, which may significantly bolster a person’s resolve. The strength from social support is akin to finding a safe place in a storm, a place to recover and wait for the worst to pass.
5 days ago · The first is easy for many: accept the inferno and become such a part of it that you can no longer see it. The second is risky and demands constant vigilance and apprehension: seek and learn to recognize who and what, in the midst of inferno, are not inferno, then make them endure, give them space.”. ― Italo Calvino, Invisible Cities.
10 hours ago · For researcher and PhD candidate Krystal Lanais the research highlights the acute need for professional therapeutic support for children in care. “Removing a child from their birth family, in overriding parental rights, and separating children from their parents, is a serious and costly undertaking – and a last resort to address the most ...
2 days ago · As the the bicentennary of the French Revolution draws near, Dickens' historical novel serves as a timely reminder of nineteenth-century reactions to that great upheaval. Set between 1757 and 1793, A Tale of Two Cities views the causes and effects of the Revolution from an essentially private point of view, showing how private experience relates to public history. Dickens' characters are ...
1 day ago · Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), [1] known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist and essayist. He was praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has produced," [2] with William Faulkner calling him "the father of American literature ." [3] His novels include The Adventures of Tom ...
