Prince Charles to lead Charles Dickens celebrations

[dipsydoodle]

The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall will lead global celebrations marking the 200th anniversary of Charles Dickens's birth later.

Prince Charles will lay a wreath at the author's grave in Poets' Corner as part of a service at Westminster Abbey.

A 24-hour "readathon" will take place in countries from Albania to Zimbabwe.

Biographer Simon Callow, who will read at a service in Portsmouth, where Dickens was born, said the day would be "dangerously moving".

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-16914295

[Surya Gayatri]

1. No author in the world has created

more beloved characters than CD. How
much more empty our lives would be without his imaginary world!

And what a great progressive sensibility--his mighty pen was crucial in raising awareness of the social evils of poverty and inequality.

Thanks for posting this, dd.
SG

[xchrom]

2. I'd love to be there for that 'dangerously moving' day.

Thank you, Mr Dickens.

[MarianJack]

3. Remember that pain in the A kid in English Lit class who liked reading Charles Dickens?

That pain in the A kid was ME!

IMHO, "A Tale of Two Cities" is the greatest novel ever written in the English Language. I can think of few greater heroes than Nicholas Nickleby (with sister Kate right up there too). I can think of few groups of people as loveable as the Pickwick club. Is there a finer mystery than Great Expectations? I can go on and on.

Happy birthday and THANK YOU Charles Dickens.

PEACE!