Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen six, result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pound ought and six, result misery.
A word in earnest is as good as a speech.
Injustice breeds injustice
Accidents will occur in the best regulated families
No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another
Reflect on your present blessings, of which every man has many; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some
The sun does not shine upon this fair earth to meet frowning eyes, depend upon it.
Treachery don't come natural to beaming youth; but trust and pity, love and constancy,--they do, thank God!
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Royal Holloway, University of London (Egham, Surrey)
Mon, 5th March 2012 - Wed, 4th April 2012
To celebrate the bicentenary of Charles Dickens’s birth, Royal Holloway Library Service will be running a series of free, participatory events in conjunction with Dickens 2012 and Cityread London. On 5 March, Royal Holloway will open its doors to all local and campus-based reading groups for a special one-off reading group event hosted in the Victorian Founder’s Building. Attendees will enjoy afternoon tea, accompanied by two short talks from academics based at Royal Holloway, who will offer insights into 'Oliver Twist' and Dickens’s world, and an opportunity to discuss the book in smaller groups. There will also be a small exhibition provided by the College archives, which will showcase some of the College’s special collections, including a letter from Charles Dickens, and some early examples of his books. Over the subsequent weeks there will be a series of writers’ workshops, led by local authors, students, and academics, offering a chance for budding novelists to get creative and learn more about Dickens’s writing process.
