It was noted that one of the characters in the book owns a curiosity shop, which is similar to a vintage store, and the setting, with candlelight and dusty corners, is appealing to the speaker.
I think about that because there's Charles Dickens I think it's Bleak House where one of the characters owns what they call a curiosity shop which is a basically a vintage store but in Victorian times...
— Episode: MFM Minisode 379
Episode: MFM Minisode 379
It was noted that one of the characters in the book owns a curiosity shop, which is similar to a vintage store, and the setting, with candlelight and dusty corners, is appealing to the speaker.
I think about that because there's Charles Dickens I think it's Bleak House where one of the characters owns what they call a curiosity shop which is a basically a vintage store but in Victorian times for like antiques
Episode: 299 - London & England
It was mentioned as a classic, and a recent adaptation starring Gillian Anderson was highly recommended.
In Charles Dickens, 1853 novel Bleak House, which the inside a classic.
Well, just because there's a bleak there's a version of Bleak House. There's many. You go on to like Amazon Prime. There's many.
It is so well made. It is so it is so like it's such good TV and it's a series.
It's one of the best ones.
It's the first important detective novel in English literature. And there's a featured character based on Witcher named Inspector Bucket.
Episode: 269 - Big Hot C'mon
It was mentioned in relation to spontaneous human combustion, as Dickens used the phenomenon to kill off a character in his novel, which sparked debate amongst readers.
So still, that's right. Still, the theory of spontaneous combustion doesn't really hit mainstream until the 19th century, the spooky 19th century, when none other than Charles Dickens publishes a novel called Bleak House.
And in that novel, right, Dickens kills off alcoholic character Crook with spontaneous combustion.
And then I said, since Dickens, you know, doesn't exist yet, the theory that you're not supposed to feed the trolls and respond to them. He responds by writing a preface to the book where he says spontaneous combustion is a real cause of death and that there are at least 30 historical cases proving him right.
