tub, bathtub, bedside, bedside manner, armchair, armchair-travel, companion.a lot of people don’t realize that popcorn like the kind you get at a movie theater, in addition to the huge size of the bucket, it’s popped in oil.

Popcorn itself is a healthy food, whole grain. It’s high in volume and, before you add oil, pretty low in calories.

A filling snack.

But a lot of people don’t realize that popcorn like the kind you get at a movie theater, in addition to the huge size of the bucket, it’s popped in oil. Then, if you add that buttery topping, you’re usually adding more oil on top of that.

How big is the “Dune” bucket?

Instead of touring a surreal chocolate manufacturer today, we’re wishing ourselves to someplace much realer and saltier, which is … Italy! I was fortunate enough to travel to lovely Parma last month on assignment for this newspaper. That article isn’t print-ready yet, but I will alert you when it’s out. Until then, we can armchair-travel together through the power of text.

The Bedside, Bathtub & Armchair Companion to Dickens

by Brian Murray

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A fun, modern guide to Britain's most famous novelist.

Imprint: Continuum
Series: Bedside, Bathtub & Armchair Companions
Pub. date: 01 Sep 2009
ISBN: 9780826418821

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Charles Dickens belongs to an exclusive literary club: he was immensely popular when he was alive, and his work has never fallen out of fashion. His books have been in print for over 140 years, and are widely read and admired every day, the world over. His larger than life style and over-the-top characters have inspired countless authors; his work has been adapted into plays, film and television—there are over 25 versions of A Christmas Carol alone!


A vital part of English literature’s history, Charles Dickens is a natural choice for Continuum’s Bedside treatment, and Brian Murray, an expert in Dickens and 19th- and 20th-century British literature, is the perfect tour guide into the wonderful world of all things Dickensian. Featuring countless fun facts and 175 illustrations—including photos, stills, and cartoons—this is the perfect gift for the literature lover in your life.

Table of Contents

Part 1 - The Inimitable Icon
"Life with Father"
What Gets Blacked in a Blacking Factory?
Dickens's Bookshelf
Sidebar: Dickens's Favourite Books
From the Gallery - Dickens's work as a Parliamentary reporter
Sidebar: A Short Look at Shorthand
"I'll Never Stop Saying Maria"--rejection by Maria Beadnell
Capsule: Sketches by Boz (1836)
The Boz Style
Capsule: The Pickwick Papers (1836)
Men with Pens: Dickens's Illustrators

Part 2 continues a Virtual Walking Tour to places associated with Dickens's life and work

Includes Capsules on Life and Adventures of Nichloas Nickleby (1830), The Old Curiosity Shop (1840), Barnaby Rudge (1841)
"Who Was Gordon and Why Did He Riot?" anti-Catholicism in Dickens's Day
Capsule: Martin Chuzzlewit (1844)
Sidebar: A Dickens's Crossword Puzzle

Part 3 continues the Walking Tour adn includes Capsules of David Copperfield, Bleak House, Hard Times, Great Expectations, A Tale of Two Cities, et al.
Sidebar: Dickens and W. C. Fields
Sidebar: Dickens in Nighttown
Was Dickens a Liberal or a Conservative?
Sidebar: Dickens on Film
"Diagnosis Exhaustion" A look at the medical reasons for Dickens's death at the relatively early age of 58
Dickens's Literary Descendents

(This is a truncated description, leaving much out, but providing a good sense of this book.)

Author(s)

Brian Murray, Brian Murray is the author of H.G Wells and Charles Dickens: Literature and Life, and a contributor and adviser to the Encyclopedia of World Literature in the 20th Century and The Continuum Encyclopedia of British Literature. His essays, articles, and reviews have appeared in a variety of scholarly and popular publications, including First Things, The Weekly Standard, and The Baltimore Sun.

tub

n.

1. 1. An open, flat-bottomed vessel, usually round and typically wider than it is deep, used for washing, packing, or storing.
   2. The amount that such a vessel can hold.
   3. The contents of such a vessel.
2. 1. A bathtub.
   2. Informal. A bath taken in a bathtub.
3. Informal. A wide, clumsy, slow-moving boat.
4. 1. A bucket used for conveying ore or coal up a mine shaft.
   2. A coal car used in a mine.

v., tubbed, tub·bing, tubs. v.tr.

1. To pack or store in a tub.
2. To wash or bathe in a tub.

v.intr.
To take a bath.

[Middle English, from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German tubbe.]

tubbable tub'ba·ble adj.
tubber tub'ber n.
bathtub
n.
A tub for bathing, especially one installed in a bathroom.

bedside manner

noun [ S ]

UK 

 /ˌbed.saɪd ˈmæn.ər/ US 

 /ˌbed.saɪd ˈmæn.ɚ/

 

the way in which a doctor treats people who are ill, especially showing kind, friendly, and understanding behaviour:

He has a very good bedside manner.

Definition of companion

noun

• 1a person or animal with whom one spends a lot of time or with whom one travels:his travelling companion figurativefear became my constant companion
• a person who shares the experiences of another, especially when these are unpleasant or unwelcome:my companions in misfortune
• a person’s long-term sexual partner outside marriage: Steve and his live-in companion
• a person, usually a woman, employed to live with and assist another: she brought along her companion, whose drab attire set off her employer’s brilliance
• Astronomy a star, galaxy, or other celestial object that is close to or associated with another: the small, hot, and compact companion of Sirius was discovered in 1915 [as modifier]:a small companion galaxy

• 2each of a pair of things intended to complement or match each other: [as modifier]:a companion volume
• [usually in names] a book that provides information about a particular subject:the Oxford Companion to English Literature
• British dated a piece of equipment containing several objects used in a particular activity:a traveller’s companion

• 3 (Companion) a member of the lowest grade of certain orders of knighthood:a Companion of the Order of Canada

verb

[with object] formal

• accompany:he is companioned by a pageboy

Origin:

Middle English: from Old French compaignon, literally 'one who breaks bread with another', based on Latin com- 'together with' + panis 'bread'