"Jonathan Harden Jonathan Harden is a Northern Irish actor, director and mental health advocate. Born in Belfast in 1979 to an American mother and an Irish father, he is best known as series regular Sean Rawlins in ITV crime drama ""Unforgotten"", Gregory in the final series of ""Peep Show"", Walter Hill in """", as Newman Noggs in ""Nick Nickleby"" - a BBC adaptation of Charles Dickens novel, ""The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby"" (which he also narrated) – and for his cameo in """". Over his career as an actor, Harden has been cast by some of the industry's"
"Nicholas Nickleby Nicholas Nickleby; or, The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby is a novel by Charles Dickens. Originally published as a serial from 1838 to 1839, it was Dickens's third novel. The novel centres on the life and adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, a young man who must support his mother and sister after his father dies. ""Nicholas Nickleby"" is Charles Dickens's third published novel. He returned to his favourite publishers and to the format that was considered so successful with ""The Pickwick Papers"". The story first appeared in monthly parts, after which it was issued in one volume. The"
"wooden leg, who has an acute interest in the dust heap, Silas Wegg, and another character, Jenny Wren, with ""poor withered legs"". In 1862 Dickens jotted down in his notebook: ""LEADING INCIDENT FOR A STORY. A man—young and eccentric?—feigns to be dead, and is dead to all intents and purposes, and ... for years retains that singular view of life and character"". Additionally, Dickens's longtime friend John Forster was a possible model for the wealthy, pompous John Podsnap. ""Our Mutual Friend"" was published in nineteen monthly numbers, in the fashion of many earlier Dickens novels, for the first time since"
"Hag's Nook Hag's Nook, first published in 1933, is a detective story by John Dickson Carr and the first to feature his series detective Gideon Fell. This novel is a mystery of the type known as a whodunnit. Tad Rampole is a young American traveling in England who, in a chance encounter on a railway platform, meets and falls in love with Dorothy Starberth. Rampole has a letter of introduction to Dr. Gideon Fell and both soon become involved in the affairs of the Starberth family. The family has a long history as having been the governors of Chatterham Prison"
"Hag's Nook Hag's Nook, first published in 1933, is a detective story by John Dickson Carr and the first to feature his series detective Gideon Fell. This novel is a mystery of the type known as a whodunnit. Tad Rampole is a young American traveling in England who, in a chance encounter on a railway platform, meets and falls in love with Dorothy Starberth. Rampole has a letter of introduction to Dr. Gideon Fell and both soon become involved in the affairs of the Starberth family. The family has a long history as having been the governors of Chatterham Prison"
"were Thomas Gaspey's ""Richmond"" (1827) and ""History of George Godfrey"" (1828), Edward Bulwer-Lytton's ""Paul Clifford"" (1830) and ""Eugene Aram"" (1832), and William Harrison Ainsworth's ""Rookwood"" (1834), which featured Dick Turpin. Charles Dickens' ""Oliver Twist"" (1837) is often also considered to be a Newgate novel. The genre reached its peak with Ainsworth's ""Jack Sheppard"" published in 1839, a novel based on the life and exploits of Jack Sheppard, a thief and renowned escape artist who was hanged in 1724. Thackeray, a great opponent of the Newgate novel, reported that vendors sold ""Jack Sheppard bags"", filled with burglary tools, in the lobbies"
"Noggin the Nog Noggin the Nog is a popular British children's character appearing in his own TV series (of the same name, originally broadcast 1959–1965 and 1979–1980) and series of illustrated books (published 1965–1977), created by Oliver Postgate and Peter Firmin. The TV series is considered a cult classic from the golden age of British children's television. Noggin himself is a simple, kind and unassuming King of the Northmen in a roughly Viking-age setting, with various fantastic elements such as dragons, flying machines and talking birds. Peter Firmin is said to have come up with the name of Noggin after"
"Diogenes Club series, conversely, sometimes includes alternative versions of characters who first appeared in the ""Anno Dracula"" series.) He contributed two short stories to ""Shadows Over Innsmouth"" (as Kim Newman and as Jack Yeovil), an anthology based on H P Lovecraft's ""The Shadow Over Innsmouth"". The short story ""Famous Monsters"", in which a Martian left over from the invasion in H. G. Wells' ""The War of the Worlds"" gets a job in Hollywood, was included on an information package sent to Mars by a US–Russian probe in 1994. In 2011, Newman published ""Professor Moriarty: The Hound of the D'Urbervilles"", a"
"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"
"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"
"events of Oliver Twist, Dodger has returned to England a changed man from his time in Australia, and is planning a heist. However he cannot escape the 'ghost' of Fagin, who still guides his actions, even past the grave. In Terry Pratchett's 2012 novel ""Dodger"", the title character bears certain similarities to the Dickens character. The sampler of the book also includes him meeting an astute gentleman who concerns himself with the well-being of the poor called Charlie Dickens. A 2014 novel by Peter David, ""Artful"", features the Artful Dodger as the main character, and depicts his life following the"
"(1999), in which the protagonist's life story is determined by the reader's choices (an adult version of the Choose Your Own Adventure series of children's books), ""The Quorum"" (1994), ""Jago"" (1991) and ""Bad Dreams"" (1990). Newman wrote a ""Doctor Who"" novella, ""Time and Relative"" in 2001. Newman is a prolific writer of short stories; his first published story was ""Dreamers"", which appeared in ""Interzone"" in 1984. His short story collections include ""The Original Dr. Shade, and Other Stories"" (1994), ""Famous Monsters"" (1995), ""Seven Stars"" (2000), ""Where the Bodies are Buried"" (2000), ""Unforgivable Stories"" (2000), ""The Man from the Diogenes Club"""
"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,"
"was originally issued in 19 monthly numbers; the last was a double-number and cost two shillings instead of one. Each number comprised 32 pages of text and two illustrations by Phiz: Online editions Analysis Resources Nicholas Nickleby Nicholas Nickleby; or, The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby is a novel by Charles Dickens. Originally published as a serial from 1838 to 1839, it was Dickens's third novel. The novel centres on the life and adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, a young man who must support his mother and sister after his father dies. ""Nicholas Nickleby"" is Charles Dickens's third published novel."
"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."
"Mary Hogarth Mary Scott Hogarth (26 October 1819 – 7 May 1837) was the sister of Catherine Dickens ( Hogarth) and the sister-in-law of Charles Dickens. Hogarth first met Charles Dickens aged 14, and after Dickens married Hogarth's sister Catherine, Mary lived with the couple for a year. Hogarth died suddenly in 1837, which caused Dickens to miss the publication dates for two novels: ""The Pickwick Papers"" and ""Oliver Twist"". Hogarth later became the inspiration for a number of characters in Dickens novels, including Rose Maylie in ""Oliver Twist"" and Little Nell in ""The Old Curiosity Shop"". Charles and Catherine"
"in Chalk; the notorious Bowes Academy, the harshest of the Yorkshire schools now known to the world as Dotheboys Hall in ""Nicholas Nickleby"". Over 100 locations are featured including from Portsmouth to the Isle of Wight, numerous London locations, from Chatham to Broadstairs, to Folkestone, to Barnard Castle, and to St George's Hall in Liverpool. Many of the locations, such as the interior of 58 Lincoln's Inn Fields, where Dickens first read in public, the ""All the Year Round"" offices in Covent Garden where he lived and worked, and Gads Hill Place in Kent, are not open to the public"
"avoid the scandal of it being known they were travelling together. Dickens leaves Nelly in the care of others, and tends to the injured and dying along the train. Nelly observes him retrieve a manuscript page of an episode of ""Our Mutual Friend"" on which he had been working. In the coming years, Nelly remains his secret mistress until his death in 1870. In 1876, she marries Oxford graduate George Wharton Robinson, twelve years her junior. The couple have a son and run a boys' school at Margate. While knowing that she knew Charles Dickens as a child, George does"
"his mother, and he acquired some reputation as a low comedian. In October 1838 he replaced John Reeve at the Adelphi, playing in November Newman Noggs in 'Nicholas Nickleby.' He subsequently appeared in ""Oliver Twist"", ""Jack Sheppard"", and other melodramas, and played the principal characters in ""The Dancing Barber"" and other farces. In September 1839, he took the management of the Victoria Theatre. After relinquishing the post, he played in the country theatres, and was for some time manager of the Sunderland theatre and other houses, principally in the north of England, where he was an established favourite. Harry Beverley,"
"events of ""Oliver Twist"", which includes confrontations with vampires, one of whom is revealed to be Fagin. The storyline of that novel was continued in a comic book series of the same name. In the late 2015 BBC series ""Dickensian"", the Artful Dodger is portrayed by Wilson Radjou-Pujalte. Artful Dodger Jack Dawkins, better known as the Artful Dodger, is a character in the Charles Dickens novel ""Oliver Twist"". The Dodger is a pickpocket, so called for his skill and cunning in that occupation. He is the leader of the gang of child criminals, trained by the elderly Fagin. In the"
"of labour relations and their impact on well-meaning mill owners and her conflicted relationship with John Thornton. Gaskell based her depiction of Milton on Manchester, where she lived as the wife of a Unitarian minister. ""North and South"" originally appeared in 20 weekly episodes from September 1854 to January 1855 in ""Household Words"", edited by Charles Dickens. During this period Dickens dealt with the same theme in Hard Times (also a social novel), which was published in the same magazine from April to August 1854 (Chapman, 1999, p. 26; Ingham, 1995, p. xii–xiii). ""Hard Times"", which shows Manchester (the satirical"
"drowning in ""The Old Curiosity Shop""), and made suggestions about plot and character. It was he who suggested that Charley Bates should be redeemed in ""Oliver Twist"". Dickens had not thought of killing Little Nell, and it was Forster who advised him to entertain this possibility as necessary to his conception of the heroine. Dickens's serialisation of his novels was not uncriticised by other authors. In Robert Louis Stevenson's novel ""The Wrecker"", there is a comment by Captain Nares, investigating an abandoned ship: ""See! They were writing up the log,"" said Nares, pointing to the ink-bottle. ""Caught napping, as usual."
"ingredient of fear in it', and reflects ambivalence towards the effects of the railways – they generated prosperity and employment, but undermined older ways of living and encouraged speculation. In 1865, many years after this novel was published, Dickens was involved in a train crash. Soon after this incident he wrote two short stories, Mugby Junction and The Signal-Man, which projected a morbid view of the railways. Gissing refers to Dickens's instinctive genius for reflecting the thoughts and morals of the common man in his writing. He observes that the author was in constant communication with Forster, as to the"
"Thin Clergyman and the Fat Clergyman, respectively. The Arlesdale Railway was also the focus point in ""Jock the New Engine"", with an incident that was inspired by an accident that happened on the Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway, when ""Perkins"" crashed in the back of the shed, and with cameos in other books. The fictional railway's locomotives are each based on Ravenglass locomotives: ""Bert"", ""Rex"", ""Mike"" and ""Jock"" are the steam locomotives ""River Irt"", ""River Esk"", ""River Mite"" and ""Northern Rock"", while the Sudrian diesels ""Frank"", ""Sigrid of Arlesdale"" and ""Blister"" 1 & 2 are the Cumbrians ""Perkins"", ""Shelagh of Eskdale"""
"Gabriel Grub from ""The Pickwick Papers"" was also an influence when creating Scrooge. Scrooge's name came from a tombstone Dickens had seen on a visit to Edinburgh. The grave was for Ebenezer Lennox Scroggie, whose job was given as a meal man—a corn merchant; Dickens misread the inscription as ""mean man"". When Dickens was young he lived near a tradesman's premises with the sign ""Goodge and Marney"", which may have provided the name for Scrooge's former business partner. For the chained Marley, Dickens drew on his memory of a visit to the Western Penitentiary in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in March 1842,"
"1972, it is about the active position of Friends in opposing slavery, in relations with the native peoples of North America, in opposing war and capital punishment, and in supporting the humane treatment of the mentally ill and prisoners. Testimony of equality Daisy Newman Daisy Newman (1904–1994) was born in Britain to American parents. She wrote novels and non-fiction about Quakers (the Society of Friends) in America. Ms. Newman was educated at Radcliffe College, Barnard College, and Oxford University. She married George Selleck late in life. Both were elders at Friends Meeting in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Daisy Newman's novels include: ""Now"
"Cradock Nowell Cradock Nowell: a tale of the New Forest is a three-volume novel by R. D. Blackmore published in 1866. Set in the New Forest and in London, it follows the fortunes of Cradock Nowell who is thrown out of his family home by his father following the suspicious death of Cradock's twin brother Clayton. It was Blackmore's second novel, and the novel he wrote prior to his most famous work ""Lorna Doone"". ""Cradock Nowell"" was Blackmore's second novel, following the publication of ""Clara Vaughan"" in 1864. Blackmore adopted the name ""Cradock Nowell"" from a former owner of Nottage"
"as if speaking directly to her: Dickens and Nelly become lovers and she finds happiness as his mistress and companion. They spend time in France and soon she becomes pregnant, but the child dies during childbirth. After saving a lock of the child's hair, Dickens signs the death certificate ""M. Charles Tringham"". Shortly after returning to England from France in the spring of 1865, Dickens and Nelly board a train at Folkestone headed for London. Near Staplehurst in Kent, the train derails killing ten passengers. Dickens rescues Nelly, and then, with her encouragement, pretends that he was travelling alone, to"
"the Gang at School"", ""Nicholas and the Gang Again"", ""Nicholas on Holiday"", ""Nicholas and the Gang"", and ""Nicholas at Large"". The first volume was republished with more complete illustrations in 2005 by Phaidon Press as ""Nicholas"". Four further volumes followed from Phaidon, as ""Nicholas Again"", ""Nicholas on Holiday"" (""Nicholas on Vacation"" in North America), ""Nicholas and the Gang"", and finally ""Nicholas in Trouble"" in 2008. In this version, M. Dubon (nicknamed ""le Bouillon"") becomes Mr. Goodman (nicknamed ""Old Spuds""). He derives his nickname from his habit of repeating constantly: ""Look me in the eye."" In French broth (bouillon) has eyes"
"novel concerns Newman's courtship of a young widow from an aristocratic Parisian family. In 1868, Christopher Newman, an American businessman, visits Europe on a Grand Tour. Having worked for a living since age ten (interrupted by service in the Union Army during the American Civil War), he has made a large fortune and retired in his thirties, and is now looking to settle down and get married. At the Louvre in Paris he watches a painter named Noémie; he offers to buy the copy she is making, and meets her father, M. Nioche. About the same time a mutual friend"
"""Finnegans Wake"". In 1963 Macellari was tasked with creating a report on new English fiction for the Bompiani Literary Almanac, and in the course of her research, enthusiastically wrote to the authors of the novels ""A Clockwork Orange"" and ""Inside Mr. Enderby"". Burgess was the author of both novels, having published ""Inside Mr. Enderby"" with the pseudonym of Joseph Kell. Macellari and Burgess met for lunch and began an affair, although Burgess was already married. Burgess was unhappily married to Llewela (Lynne) Isherwood Jones, who suffered from alcoholism, and Burgess apparently refused to leave her due to the offence he"
"Charley Bates Charley Bates is a supporting character in the Charles Dickens novel ""Oliver Twist"". He is a young boy and member of Fagin's gang of pickpockets, and sidekick to the Artful Dodger, whose skills he admires unreservedly. Sikes' murder of Nancy shocks him so much that at the end of the novel he leaves London to become an agricultural labourer. Charley, along with the Artful Dodger, steal Mr. Brownlow's handkerchief, a crime Oliver is blamed for. Later in the novel, Bates delivers bad news to Fagin that when the Artful Dodger was arrested for stealing a silver snuff box"
"Diogenes Club series The Diogenes Club is a series of short stories by British horror author Kim Newman, featuring the supernatural adventures of the titular club, a secret wing of the British government established to deal with extraordinary threats to the realm. The Diogenes Club stories have been collected into three core volumes: ""The Man from the Diogenes Club"", ""The Secret Files of the Diogenes Club"", and ""Mysteries of the Diogenes Club"". In addition to these, Diogenes Club stories have appeared in other Newman anthologies, most notably ""Seven Stars"", and ""Dead Travel Fast"". The Diogenes Club originates in the Sherlock"