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Samuel Luke Fildes, The Empty Chair, Gad’s Hill—Ninth of June 1870

The Empty Chair

By David J. Goodwin | July 5, 2023

This past spring, I traveled to London for the very first time. I approached the trip not as a getaway or a vacation but as a pilgrimage to the epicenter of the English-speaking world. For a writer and a humanist such as myself, London represents literature, art, history, architecture, and learning—the foundation of my creative…

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Re-Encountering Ebenezer: A Holiday Read

By David J. Goodwin | December 14, 2018

This time of year, I always try to read a work by Charles Dickens. I associate his Victorian novels with chilly days and early nights. Recently, I reread A Christmas Carol, one of the more beloved and adapted pieces of English literature.