Sept. 2, 2025
The Good Company of Charles Dickens
"It is a fair, even-handed, noble adjustment of things, that while there is infection in disease and sorrow, there is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good-humour." — Charles Dickens
Join Jacke and me as we spend time in the company of Charles Dickens at the Charles Dickens Museum, which is a part of our literary tour in England. For the full itinerary, visit John Shors Travel. For reservation details, email mashiko@johnshorstravel.com. Sign up by September 30, 2025.
#10 Greatest Book of All Time
At #10 on the History of Literature's Greatest Books of All Time is Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy. Among the most memorable opening lines of any novel is the one that opens Anna Karenina:
Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhap…
The 25 Greatest Books of All Time: The List Continues
The History of Literature's countdown of the greatest books of all time continues! Here's Jacke's list of books 19 to 11, with opening lines that craftily establish the tone and wonder of what comes next.
For more about why these works made Jacke's…
