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What the dickens?! Nate Send a noteboard - 13/06/2011 05:04:20 PM
Have you read any Dickens?


I have not. I do own a copy of Oliver Twist though.

What have you read?

Have you heard of any (other) Dickens novels?


Just so. A Christmas Carol of course, everyone knows that one. At the moment I can also think of Bleak House, Great Expectations, A Tale of Two Cities, David Copperfield, Nicholas Nickleby, Hard Times, and The Mystery of Edwin Drood.

Why have you not read them?


They're not high enough on my priority list given my limited reading time. I have some interest in them given that they're classics, but not enough to get past that first thing. I was never given any as assigned reading in any classes, including several first and second year university English literature classes.

What is your perception of Dickens?


Wordy, likely because of how he wrote and was paid for the books. Lots of characters. And for some reason I think of chimney sweepers.

Have you seen any film/series versions of Dickens' novels?


Multiple versionf of A Christmas Carol, and one version of Oliver Twist.

Pick one word that you connect with Dickens. What is it?


Chimney sweepers.
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Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 13/06/2011 04:46:11 PM 1693 Views
What the dickens?! Nate - 13/06/2011 05:04:20 PM 1273 Views
Re: What the dickens?! -->an expression to be found already in Shakespeare, actually. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:41:08 PM 1161 Views
Re: Pay Nate - 14/06/2011 06:13:33 PM 1213 Views
P.S. Shakespeare was probably a time traveller. *NM* Nate - 14/06/2011 06:16:30 PM 529 Views
Re: Pay Camilla - 14/06/2011 06:29:49 PM 1189 Views
I may have a lead Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:21:33 PM 1217 Views
But, of course. Palatine - 13/06/2011 05:13:20 PM 1216 Views
Re: But, of course. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:42:34 PM 1146 Views
Re: But, of course. Palatine - 14/06/2011 05:42:36 PM 1161 Views
Yes. Rebekah - 13/06/2011 05:19:05 PM 1201 Views
Re: Yes. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:45:04 PM 1276 Views
Re: Yes. Rebekah - 14/06/2011 09:01:07 PM 1253 Views
I'm gonna guess it varies widely. Legolas - 13/06/2011 05:22:33 PM 1288 Views
Re: I'm gonna guess it varies widely. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:46:41 PM 1175 Views
i *hate* dickens. temeraire - 13/06/2011 05:45:05 PM 1284 Views
Re: i *hate* dickens. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:48:28 PM 1052 Views
sorry i didn't reply - forgot about this. temeraire - 25/06/2011 02:40:51 PM 1330 Views
Only for school. Great Expectations and Hard Times. The latter was dire. *NM* Tim - 13/06/2011 06:28:24 PM 579 Views
Hard Times is one of my favorite Dickens novels Larry - 13/06/2011 11:43:18 PM 1153 Views
Have you noticed how many Dickens titles would make good names for porn movies? Tom - 14/06/2011 03:29:30 AM 1128 Views
I am not a fan of Hard Times, either. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:49:02 PM 1161 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Darth_Katie - 13/06/2011 06:55:44 PM 1266 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:50:57 PM 1187 Views
Yes, but it's one concept! Darth_Katie - 14/06/2011 06:58:45 PM 1199 Views
That's easy. No. Wibble - 13/06/2011 07:13:59 PM 1219 Views
Re: That's easy. No. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:52:02 PM 1088 Views
Re: That's easy. No. Wibble - 14/06/2011 10:26:02 PM 1259 Views
Re: That's easy. No. Camilla - 14/06/2011 10:29:04 PM 1308 Views
Oh... jh - 13/06/2011 07:24:02 PM 1181 Views
Re: Oh... Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:53:15 PM 1168 Views
only great expectations Foxhead - 13/06/2011 09:37:39 PM 1144 Views
Re: only great expectations Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:54:29 PM 1260 Views
mmmm Foxhead - 14/06/2011 03:53:15 PM 1143 Views
Very un-dickensian answers Stephen - 13/06/2011 09:40:17 PM 1168 Views
Re: Very un-dickensian answers Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:56:34 PM 1300 Views
That was meant to be a pithy sarcastic comment. *NM* Stephen - 14/06/2011 06:17:45 PM 716 Views
Shocking. *NM* Camilla - 14/06/2011 06:26:09 PM 547 Views
Please tell me they haven't started letting people out of High School without making them read CD? Cannoli - 13/06/2011 10:16:10 PM 1183 Views
In which country? Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:59:04 PM 1192 Views
What in the dickens prompted this survey? Tom - 13/06/2011 11:15:19 PM 1252 Views
Re: What in the dickens prompted this survey? Camilla - 14/06/2011 03:02:22 PM 1274 Views
Can you please find that word? Tom - 15/06/2011 05:17:12 AM 1140 Views
Re: Can you please find that word? Camilla - 15/06/2011 08:05:58 AM 1221 Views
None of those. It was a thoroughly odd word. Tom - 15/06/2011 02:25:31 PM 1067 Views
I'm fairly well-read in this regard Larry - 13/06/2011 11:38:06 PM 1171 Views
Re: I'm fairly well-read in this regard Camilla - 14/06/2011 03:03:39 PM 1162 Views
Re: I'm fairly well-read in this regard Larry - 14/06/2011 04:59:11 PM 1132 Views
Re: I'm fairly well-read in this regard Camilla - 14/06/2011 05:03:36 PM 1257 Views
They are Larry - 14/06/2011 07:23:38 PM 1210 Views
Re: They are Camilla - 14/06/2011 09:18:38 PM 1120 Views
Some were, but most were short fictions or short novels Larry - 14/06/2011 11:09:53 PM 1130 Views
I'm considering picking up Our Mutual Friend. Yay or nay? *NM* RandAllThor - 15/06/2011 12:43:52 AM 1157 Views
Yes. It's one of his more complex and rewarding novels. Larry - 15/06/2011 01:19:51 AM 1062 Views
It is good Camilla - 15/06/2011 07:50:56 AM 1223 Views
Yes nossy - 14/06/2011 12:23:19 AM 1223 Views
Re: Yes Camilla - 14/06/2011 03:05:08 PM 1173 Views
Yes Ryan - 14/06/2011 05:49:06 AM 1221 Views
Re: Yes Camilla - 14/06/2011 03:05:40 PM 1106 Views
Jacob - 14/06/2011 01:21:12 PM 1081 Views
Re: Camilla - 14/06/2011 03:07:19 PM 1186 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? ClubCaved - 14/06/2011 05:45:06 PM 1214 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 14/06/2011 06:24:49 PM 1110 Views
Edwin Drood Ending ClubCaved - 15/06/2011 03:55:01 PM 1135 Views
Garfield and Forsyte Camilla - 15/06/2011 05:12:20 PM 1193 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Werthead - 14/06/2011 08:35:41 PM 1181 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 14/06/2011 10:12:34 PM 1151 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? DrJacJacMcScrumptious - 15/06/2011 12:04:15 AM 1040 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 15/06/2011 07:51:53 AM 1258 Views
A few works Praziquantel - 15/06/2011 07:05:56 AM 1159 Views
Re: A few works Camilla - 15/06/2011 08:12:35 AM 1056 Views
Re: A few works Praziquantel - 15/06/2011 04:05:08 PM 1325 Views
Re: A few works Camilla - 15/06/2011 05:11:43 PM 1217 Views
What the Dickens? snoopcester - 15/06/2011 05:15:57 PM 1086 Views
Re: What the Dickens? Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:18:10 PM 1183 Views
why bother/ They made them all into movies *NM* random thoughts - 15/06/2011 06:09:35 PM 548 Views
Have you seen any Dickens? *NM* Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:18:37 PM 517 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Maria - 17/06/2011 04:26:04 PM 1249 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:19:47 PM 1047 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Fred Gaidin - 19/06/2011 01:14:30 PM 1318 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:17:01 PM 1173 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Fred Gaidin - 22/06/2011 03:00:19 AM 1379 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? ranagrande - 19/06/2011 05:04:35 PM 1266 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 19/06/2011 05:06:18 PM 1316 Views
All of them. *NM* ranagrande - 19/06/2011 05:14:01 PM 500 Views
Are you sure? Camilla - 19/06/2011 05:34:26 PM 1165 Views
Yes. ranagrande - 19/06/2011 09:44:37 PM 1287 Views
YES smaug - 27/06/2011 09:20:50 PM 1202 Views
Camilla - 28/06/2011 09:34:27 AM 1384 Views
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