So, the Google banner tells me it’s Dickens’ birthday today. Back in ’07 I was dreaming about visiting Dickens World. All my previous writing may be stripped from the web, but I still have copies of it. Allow me to resurrect:
“Maybe one of the most innovative ideas for a theme park is opening May 2007 just outside of London in Dicken’s childhood home of Chatham. Dickens World is based wholly on the stories and characters of Charles Dickens. Costumed characters will walk among the park goers to populate the fantasy city. Rides, themed restaurants, and cinemas will entertain during the day with a burlesque show at night offering naughtier entertainment.”
I have both been terribly bored and amused by Dickens; regardless of my literary experiences, a park built on classic literature is like a happy dream.
Hey! speaking of Dickens World there’s also Dickens World! Wiley Blackwell publishers are putting on a free online conference March 7th and 8th to celebrate Dickens. If Dickens scholarship is up your alley then go! Go and enjoy!
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That’s because my book hasn’t come out yet. After slogging through a high school English class that tested even my love of reading I decided old Chuck HAD to be the Ripper. I have a secondary theory about Nathaniel Hawthorne.
That is a theory I’ve never actually heard about Jack the Ripper. I always liked the ‘From Hell’ idea that it was Sir William Withey Gull.
I wonder if there’s is a part of the theme park dedicated to all those prostitutes that he killed. You know because he was Jack The Ripper.