NH Business: A Christmas Carol Connection

NH Business: Charles Dickens’ Connection to New Hampshire

Host Fred Kocher joins Rick Broussard to discuss the celebrated author’s relationship with the Granite State



Business. I’m FRED KOLKER. The Ramshaw edition of New Hampshire Magazine has an excellent story about English novelist Charles Dickens and his connection to New Hampshire. Of course, I’m talking about Charles Dickens, who wrote A Christmas Carol and such famous novels as David Copperfield and The Pickwick Papers. The New Hampshire Magazine story is titled “Christmas in Dickens” and was written by a well-known Portsmouth author. J. DENNIS ROBINSON, who wrote books and articles on the history of the coast of New Hampshire and venerates Charles in this story, James Fields of Portsmouth eventually became the exclusive US publisher of Dickens’ books in the 1860s and also published HENHERY LFONG WARFLOWDS , Henry David Thoreau and Harriet Beecher Stowe. A painting by James Field hangs today in the Portsmouth Library, bringing all of this to American readers at Boston-based TICKNER AND FIELD Publishing. Joining me on this New Hampshire story is New Hampshire magazine editor BRETT BROUSSARD. welcome. Nice to have you here. Nice to be here, Fred. What a great story, Rick. WALK US takes us into the world of your great magazine stories, DENNIS ROBINSON’s Dickens Christmas and Charles Dickens in the 1860s. Well, it’s a very different world, as you might imagine. This also explains why he is so attractive, because he is not only a celebrity, but also a performer. He is also an icon. Even then, before we had idols, you know, he was an early example of that. Perhaps it’s no surprise that he has local connections. He will go through here. New Hampshire is full of theaters. Are you surprised by this connection? Well, the connection with Mr. Fields, yes, I didn’t realize this publisher was from here. I think NEAR FIELD is a very famous publishing house in Boston. They handle all the great names. So he is one of them. And in many ways, it makes sense. It’s a small world, he didn’t open Portsmouth, and went to Boston Press. Yes. According to Robinson, the author of your article, when Charles Dickens presented his novels at public assemblies, he spoke without the aid of sets, props, music, or costumes. He made all his characters in his stories, and his performance was only enhanced by raising and lowering the gas lamps, which was fashionable and required at the time. or courses. It sounds like a wonderful scene for our very own FRITZ WETHERBEE OWN Chronicle. Yes. You know, FRITZ is an example of an old-fashioned way of telling a story, you know, you know, without much, without help, without props. You know, maybe sometimes you see it in an important place. Yet he keeps grabbing your attention. He does it just for his personality, the sheer power of his voice, and the fact that, you know, he knows a lot, so you want to pay attention to it. Now, writing this story about Charles Dickens, are you digging as deep as your magazine? It usually features all the things going on in New Hampshire today? It looks like you’re digging into a piece of history. It’s hard to avoid the history of New Hampshire. We always cover it to some extent. But the truth is, it depends a lot on what you have to work with in terms of talent. We have a wonderful writer, Dennis Robinson. He wrote about a dozen history books. Not all New Hampshire. I think he wrote one about JESSIE JAMES, two. So he was really a historian and a wonderful and intelligent writer. The fact that he’s working for me now means we’re going to be making more historical stories because it’s very, very good. Now, while he doesn’t read his books publicly, Charles Dickens’ house in Boston and James Fields’ house in James Fields fact. At one point, another New Hampshire native joined him for dinner. That was in New Hampshire. Poet Celia Leighton Thaxter. You can see there, who lived on the Shoals, who was also a famous American poet in the late 19th century. Poetry is like the snipe of the inland skylark. So let’s end this New Hampshire Christmas special edition business note with a few lines from CELIA’s poem for Christmas. Here they are the first line, read their own wishes, I wish you and every Merry Christmas where the song is your own wishes, feast, your cheers are on every face that looks at the two The light of love BUSES THY COMING ERE This is from CELIA LAYTON THAXTER. A nice closing note, RICK this Christmas. Merry Chrismas. you and your family. You, Fred, Merry Christmas to everyone. If you want to see this again you can go to our WMUR DOT COM

NH Business: Charles Dickens’ Connection to New Hampshire

Host Fred Kocher joins Rick Broussard to discuss the celebrated author’s relationship with the Granite State

Famous novelist Charles Dickens may have been born in England, but the author of A Christmas Carol actually has some ties to the Granite State. In the latest issue of NH Business, host Fred Kocher joins NH Magazine editor Rick Broussard to discuss Dickens’ relationship with New Hampshire, his literary influence, and his memory throughout New England.

Famous novelist Charles Dickens may have been born in England, but he was christmas carols Actually has some ties to the Granite State.

In the latest issue of NH Business, host Fred Kocher joins NH Magazine editor Rick Broussard to discuss Dickens’ relationship with New Hampshire, his literary influence, and his memory throughout New England.

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