The Santa Cruz Pickwick Club presents: The Old Curiosity Shop
Join Dickens enthusiasts and Pickwick Club members for a series of discussions about The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens.
We will focus on one of Dickens's most intriguing novels, The Old Curiosity Shop, which contains such memorable characters as Dick Swiveller, Samson and Sally Brass, Little Nell, and the grotesque, violent dwarf, Quilp. It is probably Dickens's first novel of the city, where the urban environment becomes character, setting, and theme. Its picaresque roots make it an adventure story as well as an allegory of moral journey; its interest in the urban landscape, its pleasures and dangers, suggest Dickens's social concerns.
This discussion series is hosted online on the Dickens Project Zoom platform.
Register at https://dickens.ucsc.edu/resources/pickwick-club/2024-10-old-curiosity-shop.html
Schedule:
February 23 - Chapters 42-55 with Glenna Matthews
March 23 - Chapters 56-68
April 27 - Chapter 69-Chapter The Last with Professor John O. Jordan
The Old Curiosity Shop Resources:
- Date:
- Sunday, February 23, 2025 Show more dates
- Time:
- 1:00pm - 3:00pm
- Branch:
- Virtual Library
- Audience:
- Adults
- Categories:
- Book Groups Discussion Group
The Santa Cruz Pickwick (Book) Club, a branch of the Dickens Fellowship, is a community of local bookworms, students, and teachers who meet monthly to discuss a nineteenth-century novel. The Santa Cruz Public Libraries provide support for the reading group.