Tag Archives: Bleak House

Anti-Vaxxers Ignore the Past

By Robin Bates | Published: July 10, 2023

Anti-vaxxers should read 19th century novels, which describe high mortality rates

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Immersed in Krook’s Rag and Bone Shop

By Robin Bates | Published: August 17, 2022

Going through my mother’s possessions is like a trip into Krook’s Rag and Bone shop in “Bleak House.”

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On Telling the Homeless to “Move On”

By Robin Bates | Published: July 27, 2022

People want refugees and the homeless to be out of sight, out of mind. Like society with Jo in “Bleak House.”

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Donald Trump Is Our Harold Skimpole

By Robin Bates | Published: July 24, 2022

Dickens’s Skimpole reminds one of Trump in the way he leeches off other people and always avoid’s responsibility.

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Is Twitter Headed for Bleak House?

By Robin Bates | Published: July 10, 2022

Twitter’s case against Musk is headed for Chancery Court, bringing up memories of Dickens’s “Bleak House.”

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Illness in 19th Century Lit

By Robin Bates | Published: March 24, 2020

19th century literature is filled with images of illness. Reading it should make us grateful to the advances in medical science.

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Who Is Your Favorite Dickens Character?

By Robin Bates | Published: April 18, 2012

Characters from Dickens novels reside so deeply within us as to become virtual lifelong friends.

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Dickens Puts Lawyers on Trial

By Robin Bates | Published: February 9, 2012

Charles Dickens was especially severe on lawyers, who show up in 11 of his 15 novels.

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