Archive - Living Literature

Prologue. Thomas Carlyle to Curtis Yarvin: The Direct Lineage from A Tale of Two Cites to Trump 2

To Understand How MAGA "Thinks," You Need to Understand Dickens' Source Material for His Historical Fiction of the French Revolution

Mar 6 • Stephen Himes

Part I: The French Revolution Historiography is a Series of Playbooks Written By People Who Literally Made History

All Politics From Napoleon to Trump Is Fallout From the Storming of the Bastille

Mar 6 • Stephen Himes

Part 2: The French Revolution's Contribution to Democracy

Today's Concept of the Political Left and the Political Right Literally Came From the First English Debate About the French Revolution

Mar 5 • Stephen Himes

Part 3: The French Revolution's Contribution to Communism

In Its Later Stages, Karl Marx Saw a Vision of True "Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité." In Its Reign of Terror, Lenin Saw the Playbook For Winning the…

Mar 4 • Stephen Himes

Part 4: The French Revolution’s Contribution to Fascism

Charles Dickens’s Primary Source for A Tale of Two Cities Was the Founding Father of Fascism

Mar 3 • Stephen Himes

Part 5: Charles Dickens’ Sources for A Tale of Two Cities

Charles Dickens asked a very simple question that you can put on a bracelet: What Would Jesus Do?

Mar 2 • Stephen Himes

The “Noisiest Authorities”: Charles Dickens Explains How It Can Be Both the Best and Worst of Times in the Age of Trump

The World’s First Global Media Star Understood the Power of Attention

Mar 1 • Stephen Himes

December 2025

Was the Real Charles Dickens Actually The Man in "The Man Who Invented Christmas?"

The Real Charles Dickens Really Did Need to Write a Hit, But the True Story Is a Lot More About the Brand Management of the World's First Mass Media…

Dec 25, 2025 • Stephen Himes

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The Politics of Scrooge: Charles Dickens and Karl Marx Saw the Same Industrial Revolution, But Came to Very Different Conclusions

Dickens created A Christmas Carol. Marx created Das Kapital. Their only point of agreement: Healthcare shouldn’t be tied to your employer.

Dec 24, 2025 • Stephen Himes

A Christmas Carol, Stave I: Marley's Ghost

Ebenezer Made a Small Fortune with His Family-Less Loan Shark Business Partner, But Now Marley's Dead and Scrooge Must Endure Purgatory

Dec 23, 2025 • Stephen Himes

Scrooge Wasn't Greedy: Belle Dumped Ebenezer Because He Feared the Debtors' Prisons So Much That He Couldn't Commit.

She Held Up Her End of the Bargain and He Didn't. A Tragic Love Story Defined By the Rise of the Petite Bourgeoisie in Early-Industrial Revolution…

Dec 22, 2025 • Stephen Himes

June 2025

How Literature “Lives”: Each Reader Gives It New Life in Their Own Time and Place

If It Wasn’t the Most Important Subject In School, They Wouldn’t Be Willing To Kill Over It

Jun 6, 2025 • Stephen Himes

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