The doc in my head is prescribing massive amounts of Dickensian dramaturgy
As documented for the end of last year and the beginning of this year I was steeped in disturbing material, long term that kind of stuff would drive me clinically nuts, but a little bit prepares me to embrace (long term) a beloved author.
There's over 1,200 hours of reading the Delphi Complete Works for this giant of Literature, and i'd like to see how much I can cover in 2026, he will be my Numero uno, the one I spend most of my reading time with, with his warm locales and characters, which are warmly portrayed, I am much encouraged to sink my teeth in, when I see some YouTubers who are spellbound with their fandom, one of them is Katie from Books and Things, I love her energy, and will some day check out some of the modern works she likes too, but her 2 faves are Dickens and Austen, with a love for others like Anthony Trollope, The Brontes, and Elizabeth Gaskell, these are just some of the British 19th century folk that make it a Pinnacle in the art of the novel.
And the novel considered more generally I wish to have copious amounts of whole months of reading them. From Iliad and Odyssey, other ancient works like Petronius's Satyricon, which survives only in part, what a work that must have originally been!! Medieval courtly chivalry tomes, and Cervantes' dazzling update on it breathing life into the art form, the 1700's contains some dazzlers, before the sweet spot the 1800's.
Then in the first half mostly of the 20th century giants emerged, like the triple threat of Steinbeck, Hemingway, and Faulkner. Other parts of the world, and to extend the timeline closer to now the other parts glow brightly, Lispector being a confirmed favorite of mine, let me say that I first need a full dose of at least one 19th century author before reading Clarice, for then it will have the classic as a recent memory, like a screen on which to project the fantastic world of her fiction.
But before then I must have a rite of passage with a most warm author that can be like a friend, a gentle soul who helped change in some areas whilst committing marital infidelity. His work lives on for all of time I hope, if the world burns and erases the work of Dickens, it will be so much more bleak and hopeless.
Over to you Katie!!
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CHARLES DICKENS
There's over 1,200 hours of reading the Delphi Complete Works for this giant of Literature, and i'd like to see how much I can cover in 2026, he will be my Numero uno, the one I spend most of my reading time with, with his warm locales and characters, which are warmly portrayed, I am much encouraged to sink my teeth in, when I see some YouTubers who are spellbound with their fandom, one of them is Katie from Books and Things, I love her energy, and will some day check out some of the modern works she likes too, but her 2 faves are Dickens and Austen, with a love for others like Anthony Trollope, The Brontes, and Elizabeth Gaskell, these are just some of the British 19th century folk that make it a Pinnacle in the art of the novel.
And the novel considered more generally I wish to have copious amounts of whole months of reading them. From Iliad and Odyssey, other ancient works like Petronius's Satyricon, which survives only in part, what a work that must have originally been!! Medieval courtly chivalry tomes, and Cervantes' dazzling update on it breathing life into the art form, the 1700's contains some dazzlers, before the sweet spot the 1800's.
Then in the first half mostly of the 20th century giants emerged, like the triple threat of Steinbeck, Hemingway, and Faulkner. Other parts of the world, and to extend the timeline closer to now the other parts glow brightly, Lispector being a confirmed favorite of mine, let me say that I first need a full dose of at least one 19th century author before reading Clarice, for then it will have the classic as a recent memory, like a screen on which to project the fantastic world of her fiction.
But before then I must have a rite of passage with a most warm author that can be like a friend, a gentle soul who helped change in some areas whilst committing marital infidelity. His work lives on for all of time I hope, if the world burns and erases the work of Dickens, it will be so much more bleak and hopeless.
Over to you Katie!!
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46-50, M
