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The Annotated Dickens | Edward Guilano, Phillip Collins

#DickensianDecember #FootnoteGeek #AChristmasCarol #ChristmasCarolBuddyRead @jenniferw88

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KVanRead

The Annotated Dickens | Edward Guilano, Phillip Collins

This #FootnoteGeek may have just headed on over to Amazon to make an impulse buy...how have I been living without this book? 😂🥂#ChristmasCarolBuddyRead #ChristmasCarolReread

KVanRead

Drinking with Dickens

LeahBergen What?? I‘ll be needing that, too! 😮😮 6y

KVanRead @LeahBergen It‘s available on Amazon 😊 6y

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drokka Oooooh, this book buying ban is going to kill me (edited) 6y

KVanRead @drokka I feel you!😂 6y

LeahBergen @KVanRead @drokka Must. Not. Check. Amazon. Oops! Here I go ... 😂😂 6y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa Hahaha! That‘s perfect! Now I know how he dreamed up some of his story twists, a little to liberal sampling of the homemade brew! (edited) 6y

KVanRead @Riveted_Reader_Melissa 😆 6y

batsy Ah, fab! If we knew earlier we could have made this buddy read a #drinkingwithdickens group, as well 😁😁 6y

KVanRead @batsy Love it!🥂 6y

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KVanRead

The Annotated Dickens | Edward Guilano, Phillip Collins

I was fascinated by this background to the Ghost of Christmas Present‘s speech against people doing deeds of “ill-will” etc in his name. #FootnoteGeek #ChristmasCarolReread #ChristmasCarolBuddyRead

Riveted_Reader_Melissa Great backstory! And sadly not much has changed 😞 6y

KVanRead @Riveted_Reader_Melissa Indeed 😒 6y

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KVanRead

The Annotated Dickens | Edward Guilano, Phillip Collins

#ChristmasCarolBuddyRead #ChristmasCarolReread #FootnoteGeek

batsy That's so fascinating, about how the image of Father Christmas has changed. The description of the Ghost of Christmas Present also felt quite pagan, in a way. 6y

JazzFeathers Fascinating. Never known this 6y

KVanRead @batsy I agree. The book in general often feels more pagan to me. 6y

KVanRead @JazzFeathers That‘s why I love me some footnotes!😆 6y

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KVanRead

The Annotated Dickens | Edward Guilano, Phillip Collins

I love picturing Dickens dancing as heartily as Fezziwig. #ChristmasCarolBuddyReaf #ChristmasCarolReread #FootnoteGeek

LeahBergen Yes! 👏🏻👏🏻 6y

Kendra.Diane Haha! 6y

KVanRead @Kendra.Diane 😝 6y

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KVanRead

The Annotated Dickens | Edward Guilano, Phillip Collins

#FootnoteGeek catching up with some favorites I‘ve come across for #ChristmasCarolBuddyRead #ChristmasCarolReread

LeahBergen Ohhh, that‘s what organ he meant .... 😂😂😂 6y

KVanRead @LeahBergen LOL 😆 6y

batsy @LeahBergen 😂😂 6y

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KVanRead

The Annotated Dickens | Edward Guilano, Phillip Collins

#ChristmasCarolBuddyRead Marley‘s jaw bandage was a common practice, as were deathbed portraits like this one of Dickens 😢 #ChristmasCarolReread #FootnoteGeek

Ms_T Thank you for posting this, I had no idea this was common practice during Dickens‘ day. Every day‘s a school day on Litsy 👍🏻📚 6y

KVanRead @Ms_T you‘re welcome and I couldn‘t agree more...I learn so much on Litsy!! 6y

batsy Agreed @Ms_T ! I love your posts from the Annotated Dickens. 6y

KVanRead @batsy Thank you!! 6y

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KVanRead

The Annotated Dickens | Edward Guilano, Phillip Collins

Since more than one person posted about this bizarro expression I thought we might all like to know that apparently it means to lack compassion...as in I suppose to really not give a 💩? Sorry 😂😂😂 #ChristmasCarolReread #ChristmasCarolBuddyRead #FootnoteGeek

LeahBergen 😂😂 He (quite literally) couldn‘t give a 💩! (edited) 6y

KVanRead @LeahBergen Yup🙈 6y

Ms_T 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 6y

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Clare-Dragonfly 😂😂😄 6y

batsy Oh, perfect! 😂😂 6y

KVanRead @Ms_T @Clare-Dragonfly @batsy I think I‘m going to try and confuse my kids by resurrecting this one ...”wow, like that guy has zero bowels”😂 6y

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KVanRead

The Annotated Dickens | Edward Guilano, Phillip Collins

“The Treadmill and the Poor Law are in full vigor then?” ...in case you were wondering, Scrooge was not advocating more gym time for the poor.😱 Always saddens me to know Dickens became very Scroogey about the penal system later in life. #FootnoteGeek #ChristmasCarolBuddyRead #ChristmasCarolReread

Riveted_Reader_Melissa See workouts are punishment!!! Why does no one see it? It‘s a trap! 6y

KVanRead @Riveted_Reader_Melissa Hahaha! You are totally cracking me up!😂 6y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @KVanRead Just think, it used to be torture for the poor, same as a chain gang or work gang....and now we pay them to go do it at a gym. That‘s some serious mind games there! 6y

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Riveted_Reader_Melissa @KVanRead I‘m glad I can amuse someone else with my goofy logic.👍 6y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa Although now that I think about it, why don‘t we have all the equipment at the gym hooked up to energy collectors and use that to help supply some of our power demands?🤨 6y

KVanRead @Riveted_Reader_Melissa That would be so good! Very motivating! 6y

Clare-Dragonfly Thank you for sharing some of the annotations! This is so interesting! 6y

KVanRead @Clare-Dragonfly So glad you‘re enjoying them! 6y

batsy That's a fascinating fact. Probably explains why I loathe gyms, I've always felt like I was trapped in a space of enforced punishment disguised as fitness 🤔 Sad to learn that Dickens became a reactionary... 6y

KVanRead @batsy I know! Much better to walk outside like Dickens did. I still haven‘t read why he became so reactionary but it does sometimes happen as people age. :( 6y

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KVanRead

The Annotated Dickens | Edward Guilano, Phillip Collins

Sad to learn Dickens didn‘t really have to exaggerate to describe Bob Cratchit‘s working conditions... #FootnoteGeek #ChristmasCarolReread #ChristmasCarolBuddyRead

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