Tuesday 3 May 2011

DICKENS OF A QUOTE

I came across this wonderful simile in Charles Dickens' reminiscence, 'Night Walks'...

The wild moon and clouds were as restless as an evil conscience in a tumbled bed.



'Night Walks' was originally published in the weekly magazine edited by Dickens, All the Year Round, and was later reprinted in the collection of essays and sketches, The Uncommercial Traveller.

This evocative portrait of London after dark as viewed during Dickens' wanderings as an insomniac can now be found in volume 88 of Penguin Books' Great Ideas series, Charles Dickens – Night Walks.

Image: 'Hawaiian Moon' by Elizabeth Hoskinson

9 comments:

SharonM said...

Wow - that's fabulous!

If only a little of his genius could rub off!

Brian Sibley said...

That's what my editors say, too! ;)

Boll Weavil said...

Always nice to get a bit of Dickens into the blog Mr B. It's been too long....as has the time been since the last caption competition :-)

Brian Sibley said...

You're right – on both counts! Caption Competition up next! :)

SharonM said...

But Suzanne and I have been waiting for more men in boxers for ages!

Brian Sibley said...

I can do better than that: I can offer you the ultimate link in terms of CHARLES DICKENS, MEN and BOXERS. Enjoy! ;)

SharonM said...

Well done, Brian - though that's not quite what we had in mind.

Boll Weavil said...

Sharon, I suspect your long wait is at an end :-)

Brian Sibley said...

You couldn't be more wrong! (Sorry, girls!) :)