http://www.metafilter.com/tags/revision Posts tagged with 'revision' at MetaFilter. Tue, 01 Dec 2009 10:19:09 -0800 Tue, 01 Dec 2009 10:19:09 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/87090/The%2DGhost%2Dof%2DDickens%2DChristmas%2DPast Charles Dickens' <em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Christmas_Carol">A Christmas Carol</a></em> has been <a href="http://ia301530.us.archive.org/2/items/achristmascarol19337gut/19337-h/19337-h.htm">reprinted</a>, <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=ItM0AAAAMAAJ&dq=christmas%20charles%20dickens&pg=PA1#v=onepage&q=&f=false">abridged</a>, <a href="http://charlesdickenspage.com/carol.html">disected</a>, <a href="http://browseinside.harpercollins.ca/index.aspx?isbn13=9780061650994">redrawn</a> and <a href="http://www.cedmagic.com/featured/christmas-carol/christmas-carol.html">re-told on film</a> numerous times, but the original 66 page manuscript has rarely been seen by the public. The manuscript was obtained by <a href="http://www.themorgan.org/exhibitions/dickens.asp">The Morgan Library &amp; Museum</a> during the 1890s, where it is <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8375054.stm">currently on display</a>. If you can't make it to New York this time of year, you can <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/11/30/nyregion/dickens-christmas-carol-pages.html">take a close look at 4 heavily edited pages</a> and <a href="http://documents.nytimes.com/looking-over-the-shoulder-of-charles-dickens-the-man-who-wrote-of-a-christmas-carol#p=1">attempt to decipher Dickens' original writing</a>, thanks to <a href="http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/12/01/a-christmas-rewrite-as-dickens-edits-dickens/">The New York Times</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2009:site.87090 Tue, 01 Dec 2009 10:19:09 -0800 AChristmasCarol Carol CharlesDickens Christmas Dickens Literature MorganLibraryAndMuseum Revision filthy light thief http://www.metafilter.com/46974/scarry%2D20 <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kokogiak/66087367/in/set-1425737/">Richard Scarry's Best Word Book Ever</a> then &amp; now (1963 - 1991). <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kokogiak/66090299/in/set-1425737/">Pretty Stewardess -&gt; Flight Attendant</a>, etc. tag:metafilter.com,2005:site.46974 Fri, 25 Nov 2005 05:50:37 -0800 flickr revision scarry marlowe