A Historical Fiction by Charles Dickens about an event I don't really know about but enjoyed reading it as I have most of Dickens works. There seems to have been an influence by Sir Walter Scott's writing style, which to have one of my favorite authors influence the other makes me happy. ( )

I enjoyed listening to this. Set during the Gordon Riots of 1780 were a week-long series of anti-Catholic riots in London, England that began on June 2, 1780. I did not know much about the Gordon Riots. Dickens explores the various motives of the people involved. ( )

I don't know why this book isn't one of the more popular Dickens. As a Catholic I thought it a bit harsh to have him portray a devious Catholic as being behind much of the anti-Catholic sentiment and riots of the time,but I enjoyed Grip and thought the story had some of the most filmable elements of dickens. ( )

...so do things pass away, like a tale that is told!
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The thoughts of worldly men are for ever regulated by a moral law of gravitation, which, like the physical one, holds them down to earth. The bright glory of day, and the silent wonders of a starlit night, appeal to their minds in vain. There are no signs in the sun, or in the moon, or in the stars, for their reading. They are like some wise men, who, learning to know each planet by its Latin name, have quite forgotten such small heavenly constellations as Charity, Forbearance, Universal Love, and Mercy, although they shine by night and day so brightly that the blind may see them; and who, looking upward at the spangled sky, see nothing there but the reflection of their own great wisdom and book-learning.
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Add Fox "News" and you have today's American political milieu. ( )