Literature is a world of words and wonder, able to take us on almost unimaginable journeys from the wild and fantastic to the grind and minutiae of life.
An author's ideas are his building blocks, his architecture of the mind, building a structure on which all else will rest; the narrative, the characters, the words - those few words that begin the adventure.
In this series we look at some of our leading classic authors across two genres: the short story and the poem. In this modern world there is an insatiable need to categorise and pigeon-hole everyone and everything. But ideas, these grains and saplings of the brain, need to roam, to explore and find their perfect literary use vehicle. Our authors are masters of many literary forms, perhaps known for one but themselves favouring another.
Story. Poems. Story. Within these boundaries come all manner of invention and cast of characters. And, of course, each author has their own way of revealing their own chapter and verse.
1 - Chapter & Verse - Charles Dickens - An Introduction
2 - The Signalman by Charles Dickens
3 - The Ivy Green by Charles Dickens
4 - The Song of the Wreck by Charles Dickens
5 - The Hymn of the Wiltshire Laborers by Charles Dickens
6 - A Child's Hymn by Charles Dickens
7 - Lucy's Song by Charles Dickens
8 - Little Nell's Funeral by Charles Dickens
9 - Gabriel Grub's Song by Charles Dickens
10 - George Edmund's Song by Charles Dickens
11 - Squire Norton's Song by Charles Dickens
12 - A Fine Old English Gentleman by Charles Dickens
13 - The Trial for Murder by Charles Dickens
