December 2 Mark the Calendar

December 2 Mark the Calendar

Jarber is expected to return home. --Charles Dickens: A House to Let.

Mark the Calendar February 14

February 14:

1814. The pianoforte arrives for Jane Fairfax. Jane Austen: Emma.

Sam Baldwin and Annie Reed meet at the Empire State Building. Nora Ephron: Sleepless in Seattle.

The trial of Bardell v. Pickwick begins. Charles Dickens: The Pickwick Papers.

Mark the Calendar February 13

February 13:

2001 – The Universe suffers a crisis of self-confidence. Should it go on expanding indefinitely? What is the point? Kurt Vonnegut Jr: Timequake.

Awaiting trial, Mr. Pickwick consults his attorney. Charles Dickens: The Pickwick Papers.

Mark the Calendar: December 24

Mark the Calendar: December 24

1895 Stagger Lee shot Billy. Traditional Song: Stagger Lee

Ebineezer Scrooge entertains late-night guests. Charles Dickens: A Christmas Carol.

Mark the Calendar: December 23

Mark the Calendar: December 23

1757 – Madame DeFarge's brother dies. Charles Dickens: A Tale of Two Cities.

1811 – Mr & Mrs Gardiner arrive to spend Christmas at Longbourne. Jane Austen: Pride and Prejudice.

Mark the Calendar: December 22

Mark the Calendar: December 22

1808. The ball at Mansfield Park. Jane Austen: Mansfield Park.

1830. The Pickwickians assemble at the Muggleton coach. Charles Dickens: The Pickwick Papers.

2008. Mark Young scheduled to fly from NY to Omaha NE on Oceanic Air. Abrams, Kurtzman & Orci: Fringe.

2012. The date set for the alien invasion, confirmed by Mulder at the Mount Weather Complex at Bluemont, Virginia. Chris Carter: The X-Files.

September 1 Mark the Calendar

September 1 Mark the Calendar

1830. The Pickwickians gather for a spot of game hunting.
--Charles Dickens: The Pickwick Papers.

2982. Roz Forrester, companion of the Seventh Doctor, is buried on Earth.
--Ben Aaronovitch & Kate Orman: Doctor Who: So Vile a Sin.

August 28 Mark the Calendar

August 28 Mark the Calendar

1830. A writ is issued against Mr. Pickwick for breach of promise.
--Charles Dickens: The Pickwick Papers.

1914. French forces are defeated by General Emiliano Calles at the Battle of Chapultapec.
--Robert Sobel: For Want of a Nail.

August 15 Mark the Calendar

August 15 Mark the Calendar

1792 Charles Darnay leaves England for Paris.
--Charles Dickens: A Tale of Two Cities.

1812 Darcy calls at Gracechurch Street.
--Jane Austen: Pride & Prejudice.

Fouquet attends a royal fete.
--Alexandre Dumas: The Man in the Iron Mask.

July 14 - Mark the Calendar

Mark the Calendar:

1939. Sisters request Wolfe's help in a dispute over their brother's will.
--Rex Stout: Nero Wolfe: Where There's a Will.

Monsieur Defarge, with Jacques One, Jacques Two, and Jacques Three, searches the Bastille cell which once imprisoned Dr. Alexander Manette.
--Charles Dickens: A Tale of Two Cities.

June 21 - Mark the Calendar

Mark the Calendar:

1813. Sharpe rescues Helena and bags some loot.
--Bernard Cornwell: The Sharpe Saga.

2540: Bernice Summerfield is born.
--Lance Parkin: Just War.

Archie Goodwin salutes the finale of the Fer-de-Lance and then witnesses a plane crash.
--Rex Stout: Fer-de-Lance.

Miss Witherfield pays a call on George Nupkins, Esquire, to report an impending duel.
--Charles Dickens: The Pickwick Papers.

Hard Times by Charles Dickens

Opening line:

Now what I want is Facts.

And all Scully wanted was the Answers.

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

Opening line:

Marley is dead, to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that.

Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

Opening line:

My father's family name being Pirrip, and my Christian name Philip, my infant tongue could make of both names nothing longer or more explicit than Pip.

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

(Famous) opening lines:

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way--in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only.

David Copperfield by Charles Dickens

(Famous) opening line:

Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show.