The life story of Charles Dickens is, from several perspectives, a success story. Generally regarded today as one of the greatest novelists in the English language, Dickens had the unusual good fortune to have been recognized by his contemporaries as wel...
The life story of Charles Dickens is, from several perspectives, a success story. Generally regarded today as one of the greatest novelists in the English language, Dickens had the unusual good fortune to have been recognized by his contemporaries as wel...
From the appearance of his first full-length work of prose fiction, The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, in 1836-1837, Charles Dickens has retained his place as one of the best-loved and most widely read novelists in the world. Not so well known i...
QI grew marigolds this year from some old seed. The pot is filled with plants but no flowers. Why? AMarigolds are generally easy to bring into bloom. You may be growing the species Tagetes lucida, which does not bloom until late autumn. It...
Beatrice Hunsdorfer, the sad monster of a mother at the center of Paul Zindel's "The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds," is one of those roles into which an actress can really sink her choppers. Sada Thompson's chilling portrayal of Beatrice in the...
