{"id":1949,"date":"2012-02-07T11:05:39","date_gmt":"2012-02-07T11:05:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.lib.utc.edu\/archivist\/?p=1949"},"modified":"2013-09-13T19:12:31","modified_gmt":"2013-09-13T19:12:31","slug":"happy-birthday-boz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/library\/2012\/02\/07\/happy-birthday-boz\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Birthday, Boz!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/library\/files\/2013\/09\/special-collections-dickens-1.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2006\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2006 aligncenter\" title=\"Dickens\" alt=\"Dickens\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.utc.edu\/archivist\/files\/2012\/02\/Dickens3-749x1024.jpg\" width=\"368\" height=\"501\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Today, February 7, marks the 200th birthday of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Charles_Dickens\">Charles Dickens<\/a>, one of the world&#8217;s most beloved authors.\u00a0 Pictured above is an illustration of Dickens, by UTC alumnus <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moser-pennyroyal.com\/moser-pennyroyal\/Blank.html\">Barry Moser<\/a>.\u00a0 Early in his writing career Dickens wrote under the pseudonym of &#8220;Boz&#8221; and published his first book, <em>Sketches by Boz<\/em>, in 1836.\u00a0 Dickens went on to write many novels, including <em>Oliver Twist<\/em>, <em>David Copperfield<\/em>, <em>Bleak House<\/em>, <em>A Tale of Two Cities<\/em>, <em>The <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/library\/files\/2013\/09\/special-collections-dickens-2.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1959\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1959\" title=\"Dickens\" alt=\"Dickens\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.utc.edu\/archivist\/files\/2012\/02\/Dickens-185x300.jpg\" width=\"185\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><em>Old Curiosity Shop<\/em>, and <em>Great Expectations<\/em>.\u00a0 His characters, scenes, and locales were so memorable and colorful that a term was created:\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.collinsdictionary.com\/dictionary\/english\/dickensian\"><em>Dickensian<\/em><\/a>.\u00a0 Many of his novels were serialized, and were very popular both in his native England as well as the United States.\u00a0 One of the first authors to become wealthy from his works, he was also quite in demand as a speaker and lecturer, and his public readings were often sold out, particularly when he toured America.\u00a0 The Special Collections of Lupton Library holds several first editions by Charles Dickens.\u00a0 Pictured to the left is the Special Collections&#8217; first edition of Dickens&#8217; <em>The Cricket on the Hearth<\/em>, a short Christmas novel he published\u00a0 in 1845.<\/p>\n<p>So, Happy Birthday, Charles Dickens!\u00a0 Your books have entertained us for many years!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, February 7, marks the 200th birthday of Charles Dickens, one of the world&#8217;s most beloved authors.\u00a0 Pictured above is an illustration of Dickens, by UTC alumnus Barry Moser.\u00a0 Early in his writing career Dickens wrote under the pseudonym of &#8220;Boz&#8221; and published his first book, Sketches by Boz, in 1836.\u00a0 Dickens went on to&hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><span><a class=\"more-link button text\" href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/library\/2012\/02\/07\/happy-birthday-boz\/\"><span>Continue Reading <\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":415,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4922],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1949","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-special-collections","7":"entry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Happy Birthday, Boz! 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