Re: The BOZ Internet List
Charles Dickens (cdickens@RMPLC.CO.UK)
Wed, 13 May 1998 11:57:24 -0100
My dear Mr Glendinning,
That the magical number of three days influenced me, I don't doubt or dispute.
Faithfully yours,
Charles Dickens
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>...and something you thought so important to the development of the beloved
>young minds you fathered would be thought unsuitable for publication because
>of...?
>
>Dear, Dear Charles:
>
>It is the aspect of your explanation that I find prosaic, not the plying of
>your trade, and certainly meant to infer no hint of impiety one way or the
>other. BUT, I think there is more cunning in the crafting if the parallel
>between Christ's three days in the tomb, and then the ressurection -- the
>glorious victory over death (Scrooge's old life) is allowed to awaken the
>minds of your readers that NO life is beyond hope because through Christ,
>redemption is now available to all... but not all are brave enough to take it
>since the pathway to humility leads through humiliation -- a virtue with which
>you, from childhood experience, are very familiar.
>
>But then, as with poetry, since the poet finds the harmony of his words strike
>different chords with ALL his readers, maybe a revelation to one becomes a
>wall to another.
>
>Right! ...mum's the word. Nudge, nudge. Wink, wink,
>
>Charles Glendinning
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>
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