Tag: Charles Dickens

• Getting Dressed – Dickensian Christmas (1853)

  

  Adrienne Morris

  December 15, 2018

  books, History, The Unknowable Past

  1850 Fashion, 1850’s Bonnet, Charles Dickens, Christmas Carol, Ladies Victorian Clothing

• Selfie Circa 1900

  “What do you mean, Phib?” asked Miss Squeers, looking in her own little glass, where, like most of us, she saw – not herself, but the reflection of some pleasant image in her own brain.” Charles Dickens, Nicholas Nickleby

  Adrienne Morris

  October 24, 2016

  Beautiful Images, Quotes

  blogging, Books, Charles Dickens, mirrors, Nicholas Nickleby, photo of woman in mirror, Photography, self image, vintage

• Happy, happy Christmas, that can win us back to the delusions of our childish days; that can recall to the old man the pleasures of his youth; that can transport the sailor and the traveller, thousands of miles away, back to his own fire-side and his quiet home! ~Charles Dickens

  Adrienne Morris

  December 22, 2014

  Beautiful Images, Quotes

  Charles Dickens, Christmas, Family, Life, Photography, Quotes, Toys, Victorian Children, Writers