Charles Dickens scenes in "The Pickwick Papers" are claimed to have been influential in having the Fleet Prison shut down. Karl Marx asserted that Dickens "issued to the world more political and social truths than have been uttered by all the professional politicians, publicists and moralists put together". George Bernard Shaw even remarked that "Great Expectations" was more seditious than Marx's "Das Kapital". The exceptional popularity of Dickens's novels, even those with socially oppositional themes ("Bleak House", 1853; "Little Dorrit", 1857; "Our Mutual Friend", 1865), not only underscored his almost preternatural ability to create compelling storylines and unforgettable characters, but also ensured
Snowflake Bentley (book) in each layout, with a light blue background, and white snowflakes that contains factual information about Wilson Bentley. Azarian also uses a black bold frame around her illustrations, which tries to represent a photo that has been taken. The book is based on a true story. Martin has written about the first known snowflake photographer, Wilson Bentley, and his interests of capturing snowflakes. Wilson lived on a farm with his family in Jericho, Vermont, between Lake Champlain, and Mount Mansfield. The annual snowfall there can reach up to about 120 inches. Wilson was very fond of snowflakes, and wanted to