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
Wow - that's fabulous!
ReplyDeleteIf only a little of his genius could rub off!
That's what my editors say, too! ;)
ReplyDeleteAlways 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 :-)
ReplyDeleteYou're right – on both counts! Caption Competition up next! :)
ReplyDeleteBut Suzanne and I have been waiting for more men in boxers for ages!
ReplyDeleteI can do better than that: I can offer you the ultimate link in terms of CHARLES DICKENS, MEN and BOXERS. Enjoy! ;)
ReplyDeleteWell done, Brian - though that's not quite what we had in mind.
ReplyDeleteSharon, I suspect your long wait is at an end :-)
ReplyDeleteYou couldn't be more wrong! (Sorry, girls!) :)
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