"Sergeant Buzfuz Sergeant Buzfuz are a seven-piece band based in London. Their musical style has been referred to as indie folk, psychedelic pop and anti-folk. They take their name from a character in The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens. The current line-up consists of core member Joe Murphy (vocals, guitar), Eilish McCracken (fiddle, flute, whistle), William Barr (mandolin), Ian Button (drums), Polly MacLean (backing vocals), Joss Cope (bass) and Stu Crane (guitar). To date the band have released six studio albums, one extended play (EP), and seven singles. The band was originally formed by Joe Murphy (vocals, guitar) in 1993"
"Charles Dickens novels are littered with stock-market speculations, villains, swindlers and fictional speculators. Little Dorrit (1857) The financial house of Mr Merdle; Martin Chuzzlewit (1844) 'Anglo-Bengalee Disinterested Loan and Life Company, modeled loosely on the South Sea Bubble,- is in essence a classic Ponzi scheme; Nicholas Nickleby (1839) Ralph Nickleby's great Joint Stock Company, United Metropolitan Improved Hot Muffin and Crumpet Baking and Punctual Delivery Company; David Copperfield (1850) the false accounting by the sycophant Uriah Heep, clerk to lawyer Mr Wickfield; South Sea Company The South Sea Company (officially The Governor and Company of the merchants of Great Britain,"
"Dickens by his friend, Angela Burdett-Coutts. In an 1844 stage version of ""Martin Chuzzlewit"" authorised by Dickens at the Queen's Theatre Sarah Gamp was played by the actor and comedian Thomas Manders. Mrs. Gamp appears in ""Dickensian"", at first nursing Little Nell at the Old Curiosity Shop and later tending to Silas Wegg (from ""Our Mutual Friend""), played by Pauline Collins. Sarah Gamp Sarah or Sairey Gamp is a nurse in the novel ""Martin Chuzzlewit"" by Charles Dickens, first published as a serial in 1843–1844. Mrs. Gamp, as she is usually referred to, is dissolute, sloppy and generally drunk. She"
"Martin Chuzzlewit The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit (commonly known as Martin Chuzzlewit) is a novel by Charles Dickens, considered the last of his picaresque novels. It was originally serialised between 1842 and 1844. While writing it Dickens told a friend that he thought it his best work, but it was one of his least popular novels. Like nearly all of Dickens' novels, ""Martin Chuzzlewit"" was released to the public in monthly instalments. Early sales of the monthly parts were disappointing, compared to previous works, so Dickens changed the plot to send the title character to America. This allowed"
"(1807). Such books were put to comic use by Charles Dickens in ""Our Mutual Friend"" (serialised 1864/5), with its cutting analysis of Victorian capitalism. In the third section of that novel, Mr Boffin decides to cure his ward Bella Wilfer of her obsession with wealth and position by appearing to become a miser. Taking her with him on a round of the bookshops, In the following chapter, Mr Boffin brings a coachload of the books to his premises and readers are introduced to a selection of typical titles and to the names of several of the misers treated in them."
"to reality, especially regarding the character of Lizzie Hexam, whom David describes as a myth of purity among the desperate lower-classes. David criticises Dickens for his ""fable of regenerated bourgeois culture""and maintains that the character Eugene Wrayburn's realistic counterpart would have been far more likely to offer Lizzie money for sex than to offer her money for education. Online editions Criticism Other links Our Mutual Friend Our Mutual Friend, written in the years 1864–65, is the last novel completed by Charles Dickens and is one of his most sophisticated works, combining savage satire with social analysis. It centres on, in"
"Abel Magwitch Abel Magwitch is a fictional character from Charles Dickens's 1861 novel, ""Great Expectations"". Charles Dickens set his story in about 1800, setting his character Abel Magwitch to meet a man called Compeyson at the Epsom Races. Compeyson, Dickens wrote, had been brought up in a boarding school and was an attractive, charming gentleman. Magwitch, at the same time, began a relationship with a mentally unstable woman named Molly, who later stood trial for murder. Jaggers, her defense attorney, convinced the jury that she was too weak to have strangled the woman. Molly was acquitted and became (unknown to"
"Eddie Dickens Eddie Dickens is the lead character in six books by British author Philip Ardagh: and a number of Christmas short-stories specially written for Philip Ardagh's website. The character first appeared in print in the UK in 2000, but originally as a character in letters from Philip Ardagh to his young nephew Ben, who lived in Moscow at the time. Eddie's adventures have been translated into over 30 languages. The son of Laudanum and Florinda Dickens (referred to as Mr and Mrs Dickens throughout), Eddie is usually a victim of circumstances in a Victorian world populated by absurd relatives,"
"Park, London to father Charles and mother Mary Steele. It is thought that Charles Carpenter Bompas served as the inspiration for Charles Dickens' Buzfuz in ""The Pickwick Papers"". It is thought that Bompas' heritage lay in France, although members of the extended family resided in the United States and the United Kingdom. From 1844, a string of family deaths left the family in poor circumstances. When William was aged ten, in February 1844, his father Charles died, leaving his eight children. His eldest son, also named Charles, died in 1847. William's early education was supplied by a graduate of Cambridge"
"The Sergeant (Gordon Davis) The Sergeant is a series of nine pulp-novels written by Len Levinson under the pseudonym Gordon Davis. Len Levinson has over 60 novels to his credit, including two Western novels, ""Apache Dawn"" (1989) and ""Gold Town"" (1989), under the name of ""Clay Dawson"". ""The Sergeant"" is Clarence James ""CJ"" Mahoney, a fictional character created by the author. The series details his adventures and exploits as a U.S. GI, and former US Army Ranger, fighting in France during World War II. The series consist of 9 books over a 3-year period beginning in 1980. Mahoney, we learn,"
"bit."" In cinema, the CGI movie ""Barbie in a Christmas Carol"" features a snooty cat named Chuzzlewit who is the pet of Barbie's character Eden Starling. John Travolta's character quotes from the novel in ""A Love Song for Bobby Long"". The novel features prominently in Jasper Fforde's novel ""The Eyre Affair"". Martin Chuzzlewit The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit (commonly known as Martin Chuzzlewit) is a novel by Charles Dickens, considered the last of his picaresque novels. It was originally serialised between 1842 and 1844. While writing it Dickens told a friend that he thought it his best work,"
"premonition of the signalman's own death. Another story features, in a thinly disguised form, the town of Rugby in Warwickshire and the town's railway station. One of the stories satirizes the refreshment rooms where Dickens was humiliated by the proprietess when he was ordering a cup of coffee. She refused to pass him the sugar bowl until she had been paid, clearly not recognising the celebrity author. Mugby Junction ""Mugby Junction"" is a set of short stories written in 1866 by Charles Dickens and collaborators Charles Collins, Amelia B. Edwards, Andrew Halliday, and Hesba Stretton. It was first published in"
"must have first seen the convicts who worked at unloading, and the marshes at Cooling, north-east of Chatham, off which the galley ships lay - scenes which would play a part in the story of his fictional self, Pip, and Pip's benefactor, Magwitch. Abel Magwitch Abel Magwitch is a fictional character from Charles Dickens's 1861 novel, ""Great Expectations"". Charles Dickens set his story in about 1800, setting his character Abel Magwitch to meet a man called Compeyson at the Epsom Races. Compeyson, Dickens wrote, had been brought up in a boarding school and was an attractive, charming gentleman. Magwitch, at"
"In 1664 he directed the expedition against the pirates of Algiers. In 1669, during the siege of Candia he led the French troops defending Candia against the Turks, and was killed in a night sortie, on 15 June 1669. His body was brought back to France with great pomp, and official honours rendered it. Beaufort is one of the characters of ""Twenty Years After"" and ""The Vicomte de Bragelonne"", Alexandre Dumas's sequels to The Three Musketeers. The first book chronicles his escape on Whitsunday - plotted by Athos - and lampoons his tendency to utter malapropisms. He also appears in"
"a military campaign against the United Provinces, with d'Artagnan commanding the offensive. D'Artagnan is killed in battle at the Siege of Maastricht moments after reading he is to be made Marshal of France. His final words: ""Athos, Porthos, au revoir! Aramis, adieu forever!"" French academic Jean-Yves Tadié has argued that the beginning of King Louis XIV's personal rule is the novel's real subject. The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years Later The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years Later ( ) is a novel by Alexandre Dumas. It is the third and last of ""The d'Artagnan Romances"", following ""The Three Musketeers"" and"
"twelve years in Canada, only ""edited"" by Nicol. It is still frequently mistaken for non-fiction. Frank Dickens also appears in the science fiction novel that deals with the NWMP in an alternative history, ""The Apparition Trail"" (2004) by Lisa Smedman. In the novels ""The Winnipeg Wolf"" and ""The Search for Spade"" belonging to the ""Inspector Bucket NWMP"" series by Jeremy Allen the leading character, Francis Bucket, is based on Francis Dickens. He is played by Joe Prospero in the TV mini-series """". In 2007 a Fringe festival play called ""Dickens of the Mounted"" based on Nicol's novel toured several Canadian"
"the author to portray the United States (which he had visited in 1842) satirically as a near wilderness with pockets of civilisation filled with deceptive and self-promoting hucksters. The main theme of the novel, according to a preface by Dickens, is selfishness, portrayed in a satirical fashion using all the members of the Chuzzlewit family. The novel is also notable for two of Dickens' great villains, Seth Pecksniff and Jonas Chuzzlewit. It is dedicated to Angela Georgina Burdett-Coutts, a friend of Dickens. Martin Chuzzlewit has been raised by his grandfather and namesake. Years before, Martin senior took the precaution of"
"Quinx Quinx, or ""The Ripper's Tale"" (1985), is the 5th and final volume in Lawrence Durrell's ""quincunx"" of novels, ""The Avignon Quintet,"" published from 1974 to 1985. It explores the activities of Constance, Aubrey Blanford, Robin Sutcliffe, Lord Galen, and most of the other surviving characters (including some who are theoretically fictional from Blanford's novel) as they return to Avignon and Provence in the immediate aftermath of World War II. The surviving characters include ""two novelists, a psychoanalyst, a German double agent, a Cambridge-educated gypsy, a Jewish lord, a schizophrenic young woman and an Egyptian prince."" The ex-Nazi double agent"
"never knew. Robert Cigar has moved into the home of his biology teacher, Ben Ladysmith. That Ben has been missing for two years is just one of the mysteries enriching this brilliant novel. Robert annoys, infuriates and loves Ben's family—and helps them find a way through their grief. Charles Dickinson (author) Charles Dickinson (born June 4, 1951) is an American writer known for his literary novels which often mix realism with winsome absurdity. His books include, in the order of their publication: ""Waltz in Marathon"" (1983), ""Crows"" (1985), ""With or Without"" (a short story collection; 1987), ""The Widows' Adventures"" (1989),"
"most of the guilt on Magwitch, who realized that Compeyson had always intended to scapegoat him should they be caught. Dickens has Compeyson's attorney hammer the point home: In the end, Magwitch is condemned to fourteen years' imprisonment, while Compeyson receives seven. Magwitch and Compeyson are imprisoned on the same prison ship. Magwitch attempts to kill Compeyson. He is taken to the black hole (a solitary confinement cell) after landing his first punch, but he manages to escape some time around Christmas of 1812. The novel begins with young Pip visiting the graves of his parents and brothers, where he"
"package' scene in ""Martin Chuzzlewit"" when Jonas Chuzzlewit, the murderer, is turned back as he boards ship for the Low Countries). These scenes have a detail of circumstance and a power of apprehension that suggests the feeding of fiction by an often told family story. In 1816, Charles Dickens' father, John, had been appointed to one of the principal naval dockyards in Chatham at the mouth of the River Medway in Kent, 30 miles south-east of London. With his father, accompanying him in the course of his duty into the dockyard or on sailing trips up the River Medway, Dickens"
"pursuit in ""Martin Chuzzlewit"". There is always a strong sense in Dickens of the narrative drive of discovery catching up with those who deal in darkness. Gissing looks at some of the minor characters in the novel and is particularly struck by that of Edward (Ned) Cuttle.Captain Cuttle has a larger humanity than his roaring friend [Captain Bunsby], he is the creation of humour. That the Captain suffered dire things at the hands of Mrs. MacStinger is as credible as it is amusing, but he stood in no danger of Bunsby's fate; at times he can play his part in"
"and remunerative reading tours. His domestic life had, however, disintegrated in the late 1850s and he had separated from his wife, Catherine Dickens, and was having a secret affair with the much younger Ellen Ternan. The introduction of the 1984 Penguin English Library edition suggests that the reluctance with which Ellen Ternan became his mistress is reflected in the icy teasing of Estella in ""Great Expectations"". In his ""Book of Memoranda"", begun in 1855, Dickens wrote names for possible characters: Magwitch, Provis, Clarriker, Compey, Pumblechook, Orlick, Gargery, Wopsle, Skiffins, some of which became familiar in ""Great Expectations"". There is also"
"the death of English leader Thomas Dagworth. It reaches its apogee in de La Borderie's ""Histoire de Bretagne"", according to which his control of Ploërmel is distinguished by ""rapacity and cruelty"" and a ""brutality, a ferocity all his own"". His virtuous opponent de Beaumanoir challenges him after receiving desperate victims of his brutality into Josselin. The arrogant Bemborough taunts him, but gets his just deserts at the hands of Beaumanoir's men at the Combat. An alternative point of view is portrayed in Arthur Conan Doyle's historical novel ""Sir Nigel"", in which Bemborough (called Richard of Bambro in the novel) is"
"formative influence. Robert Seymour provided the illustrations for the first two instalments before his suicide. Robert Buss illustrated the third instalment, but his work was not liked by Dickens and the remaining instalments were illustrated by """"Phiz"""" (Hablot Knight Browne) who went on to illustrate most of Dickens' novels. The instalments were first published in book form in 1837. Written for publication as a serial, ""The Pickwick Papers"" is a sequence of loosely related adventures. The action is given as occurring 1827–8, though critics have noted some seeming anachronisms. It has been stated that Dickens satirized the case of George"
"her. He also finds himself drawn into a fraudulent insurance scheme masterminded by Tigg Montague, and concocts a murderous plot in order to extricate himself from this. Meanwhile, Mr Chuffey, Anthony's senile clerk, goes into shock in the event of Anthony's sudden death and sleazy private nurse Sarah Gamp is hired to care for him. Martin Chuzzlewit (TV series) Martin Chuzzlewit is a 1994 TV serial produced by the BBC, based on the novel by Charles Dickens, with a screenplay by David Lodge and directed by Pedr James. The music was composed by Geoffrey Burgon. BBC2 originally broadcast the 85"
"popularised in UK with the writings of Enid Blyton, such as ""The Famous Five"" books. A selection of references to British culture in the Agent Z books: Sainsbury’s; Tescos; the Co-op; Arsenal; The Brownies; ""knocked for six""; ""playing Oranges and Lemons""; ""half-chewed Penguin""; ""robbing Barclays""; Horse of the Year Show; ""sent back to Dartmoor""; ""FA Cup Final""; ""Match of the Day""; ICI; Max Bygraves. Agent Z Agent Z is a fictitious character in a series of four comical children's books written by British author Mark Haddon, better known for his 2003 novel ""The Curious Incident of the Dog in the"
"the traumatic Staplehurst rail crash. Following the crash, and while tending to the injured among the ""dead and dying,"" Dickens went back to the carriage to rescue the manuscript from his overcoat. With the resulting stress, from which Dickens would never fully recover, he came up two and a half pages short for the sixteenth serial, published in August 1865. Dickens acknowledged this close brush with death, that nearly cut short the composition of ""Our Mutual Friend"", in the novel's postscript: On Friday the Ninth of June in the present year, Mr and Mrs Boffin (in their manuscript dress of"
"Sarah Gamp Sarah or Sairey Gamp is a nurse in the novel ""Martin Chuzzlewit"" by Charles Dickens, first published as a serial in 1843–1844. Mrs. Gamp, as she is usually referred to, is dissolute, sloppy and generally drunk. She became a notorious stereotype of untrained and incompetent nurses of the early Victorian era, before the reforms of campaigners like Florence Nightingale. The caricature was popular with the British public. A type of umbrella became known as a ""gamp"" because Mrs. Gamp always carries one, which she displays with ""particular ostentation"". The character was based upon a real nurse described to"
"Pub crawl guides today. When Oliver joins the Artful Dodger to travel to Fagin's lair, they make their way through a series of streets until they reach the neighbourhood of Saffron Hill. While the novel's final scene is set on Jacob's Island, where the murderous Bill Sikes meets his death while trying to escape into part of the River Neckinger known as ""Folly's Ditch"". Charles Dickens' father was incarcerated in the debtors' prison of Marshalsea in Southwark, along with his wife and all their children except for Dickens and his sister Fanny, where much of Little Dorrit is set. Most"
"Oliver Twist Oliver Twist; or, the Parish Boy's Progress is Charles Dickens's second novel, and was first published as a serial 1837–39. The story centres on orphan Oliver Twist, born in a workhouse and sold into apprenticeship with an undertaker. After escaping, Oliver travels to London, where he meets ""The Artful Dodger"", a member of a gang of juvenile pickpockets led by the elderly criminal, Fagin. ""Oliver Twist"" is notable for its unromantic portrayal by Dickens of criminals and their sordid lives, as well as for exposing the cruel treatment of the many orphans in London in the mid-19th century."
"original drawings painted in Palestine. The character of Duckworth in the TV show ""Duck Tales"" was named after him. Robinson Duckworth The Reverend Robinson Duckworth, DD, CVO, VD (4 December 1834 – 20 September 1911), was a British priest, who was present on the original boating expedition of 4 July 1862 during which Alice's adventures were first told by Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson). He is represented by the Duck in the book, a play on his last name. He officiated at the funeral of Charles Darwin in 1882. Duckworth was the second son of Robinson Duckworth Sr. of Liverpool"
"a real Yorkshire schoolmaster named William Shaw became the basis for Dickens's brutal character of Wackford Squeers. Dickens visited Shaw's school in Bowes and based the school section of ""Nicholas Nickleby"" on his visit. Like most of Dickens's early works, the novel had a contemporary setting. Much of the action takes place in London, with several chapters taking place in Dickens's birthplace of Portsmouth, as well as settings in Yorkshire and Devon. The tone of the work is that of ironic social satire, with Dickens taking aim at what he perceives to be social injustices. Many memorable characters are introduced,"