tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post3767542661330904090..comments2024-03-29T00:28:38.155+00:00Comments on Nigeness: Two Writers Attend a HangingNigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-43371375469181408732016-02-16T11:02:10.422+00:002016-02-16T11:02:10.422+00:00Thanks Ingoldsby - I guess Dickens wasn't alon...Thanks Ingoldsby - I guess Dickens wasn't alone in his fascination, but it's one of those things about him that are really rather disturbing, like his all too convincing identification with red-handed murderers...Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-17100052593995692472016-02-11T23:29:29.938+00:002016-02-11T23:29:29.938+00:00You’re right: Dickens did have a morbid preoccupat...You’re right: Dickens did have a morbid preoccupation with public executions. There’s an astonishingly vivid description of one in Pictures from Italy. I can’t give you chapter and verse, because PFI isn’t divided into chapters, but if it’s any help it’s seventy per cent of the way through on the Kindle version.Ingoldsbynoreply@blogger.com