In Bleak House, Charles Dickens is credited with the earliest known use of growlery: a private room for growling, sulking, or simply getting away from everyone. Its French cousin boudoir began with a similar mood; it comes from bouder, meaning to...
Quiz Guy John Chaneski has a game about Dirkens novels — that is, Dickens novels with one letter in the title changed. For example, what’s the Dirkens novel about a domicile where tired orphans can take some time off work, or a shorter Dirkens novel...