Dickens Stuff

I found this interesting, in case anyone else is writing on Bleak House. One of the things that struck me about the dialog, and even some of the action in the novel, was how stagey (theatrical) it was. I guess Dickens was an actor and major theater buff. They say he even wished, on his deathbed, that he had focused on the stage, and he designed his works to be performed. There's an interesting anecdote in there from one of his daughters, as well. She remembers being allowed to sit in his writing room once and says he would pace for hours, then rush over to a mirror and act out some dialog, then rush back to his writing desk. Good stuff.