tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post1197550520095429016..comments2024-03-27T19:13:29.794+00:00Comments on A K Haart: Dickens on educationA K Haarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-27546989646450556202011-06-18T09:56:58.518+01:002011-06-18T09:56:58.518+01:00D - Hmm I suppose Dickens' Bitzer was a bit of...D - Hmm I suppose Dickens' Bitzer was a bit of a hound.<br /><br />MW - the long arm of fashion, although the writings of both seemed to have lasted much longer.<br /><br />DD - perhaps Mrs Dickens liked it.A K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-38991037181237314312011-06-18T08:12:34.071+01:002011-06-18T08:12:34.071+01:00Obviously the proper training of barbers was not h...Obviously the proper training of barbers was not high on his list of priorities, either!David Duffhttp://duffandnonsense.typepad.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-27202009261672777832011-06-17T20:34:00.946+01:002011-06-17T20:34:00.946+01:00He was probably a proto-Georgist, old Dickens.He was probably a proto-Georgist, old Dickens.Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-33652654732079941072011-06-17T19:47:55.334+01:002011-06-17T19:47:55.334+01:00In Chapter 2 of "Hard Times" "Murde...In Chapter 2 of "Hard Times" "Murdering The Innocents", where Thomas Gradgrind goes in for facts, Dickens comes up with the character of Bitzer. For those devoted to "Shaun The Sheep" we know Bitzer as the incompetent farmers hound who fails to control the sheep. I have been trying to work this one out for some time. Perhaps I am short of facts.Demetriushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17198549581667363991noreply@blogger.com