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"It is a fair, even-handed, noble adjustment of things, that while there is infection in disease and sorrow, there is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good-humor."

Annotations: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

Scrooge became as good a friend, as good a master, and as good a man, as the good old city knew, or any other good old city, town, or borough, in the good old world.

By: Liz Tracey

https://daily.jstor.org/annotations-a-christmas-carol-by-charles-dickens/

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/46

Scrooge Extinguishes the First of the Three Spirits. Title: A Christmas Carol in Prose; Being a Ghost Story of Christmas Author: Charles Dickens Illustrator: John Leech https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/46

17/12: Which writing conventions do you ignore, if any?
I don’t know, because I’m ignoring them…
Seriously, I don’t ignore grammar, punctuation, and spelling; if I flout any of those rules it’s done deliberately.
But I do begin sentences with ‘but’. And with ‘and’. And sometimes have sentences without a verb. And I’ll boldly go with a split infinitive at the drop of a hat.

How far would you go to right a wrong? ‘The House With 46 Chimneys’ is a spooky adventure story for younger readers involving a two-century-old family mystery and the haunting of Dunmore Park, a ruined house in central Scotland.

This distant view of the ruins of Dunmore Park shows the sheer size of the house - and over half the remaining chimneys that give 'The House With 46 Chimneys' its title.

Find out more on my website:
http://www.kenlussey.com/h46c/index.html

The image shows a distant telephoto view of the ruins of Dunmore Park. They are partly obscured by trees, which are growing to the sides and on top of the ruined house. Large numbers of decorative chimneys and a few narrow turrets project from the upper part of the ruins. The front cover of ‘The House With 46 Chimneys’ is shown in the bottom right corner.

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I could no more write a romance than an epic poem. I could not sit seriously down to write a serious romance under any other motive than to save my life ... No, I must keep to my own style and go on in my own way; and though I may never succeed again in that, I am convinced that I should totally fail in any other.

Letter to Mr. Clarke (1816-04-01)

~Jane Austen (December 16 1775 – July 18 1817)

English novelist Jane Austen was born in 1775.

Austen is known primarily for her six novels, which implicitly interpret, critique, and comment upon the English landed gentry at the end of the 18th century: Sense and Sensibility (1811); Pride and Prejudice (1813); Mansfield Park (1814); Emma (1815); Northanger Abbey and Persuasion (published posthumously, 1818).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Austen

Books by Jane Austen at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/68

Portrait of Jane Austen by Cassandra Austen, c. 1810. This portrait was created around 1810, is a small pencil and watercolor sketch widely regarded as the only confirmed image of Jane Austen made during her lifetime. Drawn by her sister Cassandra, the portrait captures Jane in a seated pose, turned slightly to her right, with her head resting on her hand. The sketch is rendered in pencil with light watercolor shading, giving it a delicate, unfinished quality. Jane is depicted with a thoughtful, somewhat pensive expression. Her face is minimally detailed, which has led to debates about its accuracy as a likeness. She is dressed in a simple Regency-era gown with puffed sleeves and a modest neckline, reflecting her modest and practical style.