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The history of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol

2019-12-16T21:40:13+11:00Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , |

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A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens was published 176 years ago, on December 19th 1843, but its popularity only continues to grow with a new generation of movies including The Man Who Invented Christmas two years ago. It’s one of my own personal favourites of his works, simply because of its vitality and Dickens’ signature mix of joyousness and poignancy. I like to re-read every year at Christmas – it only takes an hour or so, with a glass or two of mulled mead and perhaps a thick wedge of fruit cake.

Miss Havisham’s cake – one scene never to be unseen

2020-02-08T09:24:39+11:00Categories: News|Tags: , , |

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Charles Dickens' ability to paint a picture with words is perhaps unmatched in literature. From Magwitch swimming in the muddy Thames in Great Expectations, to the rolling London fogs in Bleak House, and the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future, in A Christmas Carol, the reader is thoroughly immersed in Dickens' England. But perhaps the most unforgettable Dickens scene is that of Miss Havisham's bridal cake in Great Expectations - a torrid, insect infested, decaying mass that mirrors the mired, rotting soul of its would-be bride. Once seen, never unseen.

Episode 13: Dickens Boz in Oz Christmas special

2019-12-13T15:33:45+11:00Categories: Episodes|Tags: , , , , , , |

Word of Mouth TV tags along for the Boz in Oz conference and discovers Charles Dickens’ great association with Australia. Of course, few authors conjure Christmas more readily than Dickens. Join us as we explore the mystery of the Dickens statue in Sydney’s Centennial Park, and interview some of Australia’s leading authorities on Dickens before gathering for a Dickensian feast at the beautiful historic Vaucluse House. As author of the classic Christmas novel The Christmas Carol, our Boz in Oz special seemed the perfect choice to celebrate the Christmas season. Enjoy!

Charles Dickens Boz in Oz Christmas giveaway

2019-12-11T15:58:46+11:00Categories: Giveaway|Tags: , , , , , |

It's the works!
Thanks to Penguin Random House, Word of Mouth TV has a great Dickens book pack to give away for our special Christmas edition. What’s in the box? Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Writings, Oliver Twist, A Tale of Two Cities, Bleak House and Hard Times. What a fantastic way to get into the Christmas spirit. All you need to do to enter is SUBSCRIBE to our Youtube channel, or our website www.wordofmouthtv.com.au, then SHARE on social media using the hashtags #WordofMouthTV #BozInOz and tell the world why Word of Mouth TV is the freshest, hottest cooking and book show ever!

Oliver’s gruel with a 21st century twist

2018-09-02T15:03:26+10:00Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , |

Iconic Literary Food Moments
In honour of our coverage of Writing NSW's Kids & Young Adult Festival, this episode’s Iconic Literary Food Moment is devoted to the children’s classic Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens. Millions remember the moment when Parish orphan Oliver Twist returns with his bowl of gruel to Mr Bumble and says “Please Sir, I want some more?” In this scene, Dickens plays our emotions like a fiddle.

Charles Dickens’ sage-and-onion roast goose

2018-06-25T16:43:54+10:00Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , |

Iconic literary food moments
A Christmas Carol is one of Charles Dickens' most-loved and best-known novels. Tens of millions, if not hundreds of millions of people have either read the book or watched the film and cartoon adaptations that are broadcast globally each Christmas. Written in 1843 and originally titled A Christmas Carol in Prose, Being A Ghost Story of Christmas, it features a Christmas feast, the centrepiece of which was a goose stuffed with sage and onion.