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|  E-mail entryThe entry "McClellan's father had issues with his presidential boss, too" is tagged: Barr McClellan , Scott Mclellan , What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's Culture of Deception
The desk in question -- Charles Dickens did actually use it to write Great Expectations -- sold for $850,000, the Associated Press reports. The money will go to the Great Ormond Street children's hospital in London. Nicely enough, Dickens was a close friend of the hospital's founder and spoke at its first fundraising dinner in 1858. And the price is really quite a bargain, when you figure it included Dickens' chair as well. Don't be discouraged if you missed out, though. I am willing to part with my own personal desk and chair for 90 percent off that figure. Who knows what those will be worth in 150 years? Post offers on the blog. No reasonable offer refused. (Christie's photo via AP) Comments (0) Leave comment
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| E-mail entryThe entry "Charles Dickens' desk meets great expectations at auction" is tagged: Charles Dickens , Great Expectations Brian Selznick, creator of the lushly illustrated The Invention of Hugo Cabret, speaks Sunday at The Dallas Museum of Art. Staff writer Nancy Churnin caught up with him for an interview wherein he discusses, among other things, what drove him to complete the 544-page work: Comments (0) Leave comment
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| E-mail entryThe entry "What drives Caldecott winner Brian Selznick" is tagged: Arts and Letters Live , Booksmart , Brian Selznick , The Invention of Hugo Cabret |
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