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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 1777 Views
What the dickens?! Nate - 13/06/2011 05:04:20 PM 1383 Views
Re: What the dickens?! -->an expression to be found already in Shakespeare, actually. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:41:08 PM 1258 Views
Re: Pay Nate - 14/06/2011 06:13:33 PM 1314 Views
P.S. Shakespeare was probably a time traveller. *NM* Nate - 14/06/2011 06:16:30 PM 576 Views
Re: Pay Camilla - 14/06/2011 06:29:49 PM 1267 Views
I may have a lead Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:21:33 PM 1299 Views
But, of course. Palatine - 13/06/2011 05:13:20 PM 1313 Views
Re: But, of course. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:42:34 PM 1234 Views
Re: But, of course. Palatine - 14/06/2011 05:42:36 PM 1263 Views
Yes. Rebekah - 13/06/2011 05:19:05 PM 1300 Views
Re: Yes. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:45:04 PM 1381 Views
Re: Yes. Rebekah - 14/06/2011 09:01:07 PM 1353 Views
I'm gonna guess it varies widely. Legolas - 13/06/2011 05:22:33 PM 1400 Views
Re: I'm gonna guess it varies widely. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:46:41 PM 1270 Views
i *hate* dickens. temeraire - 13/06/2011 05:45:05 PM 1383 Views
Re: i *hate* dickens. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:48:28 PM 1132 Views
sorry i didn't reply - forgot about this. temeraire - 25/06/2011 02:40:51 PM 1414 Views
Only for school. Great Expectations and Hard Times. The latter was dire. *NM* Tim - 13/06/2011 06:28:24 PM 635 Views
Hard Times is one of my favorite Dickens novels Larry - 13/06/2011 11:43:18 PM 1246 Views
Have you noticed how many Dickens titles would make good names for porn movies? Tom - 14/06/2011 03:29:30 AM 1231 Views
I am not a fan of Hard Times, either. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:49:02 PM 1258 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Darth_Katie - 13/06/2011 06:55:44 PM 1358 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:50:57 PM 1277 Views
Yes, but it's one concept! Darth_Katie - 14/06/2011 06:58:45 PM 1315 Views
That's easy. No. Wibble - 13/06/2011 07:13:59 PM 1366 Views
Re: That's easy. No. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:52:02 PM 1195 Views
Re: That's easy. No. Wibble - 14/06/2011 10:26:02 PM 1362 Views
Re: That's easy. No. Camilla - 14/06/2011 10:29:04 PM 1388 Views
Oh... jh - 13/06/2011 07:24:02 PM 1277 Views
Re: Oh... Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:53:15 PM 1260 Views
only great expectations Foxhead - 13/06/2011 09:37:39 PM 1231 Views
Re: only great expectations Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:54:29 PM 1340 Views
mmmm Foxhead - 14/06/2011 03:53:15 PM 1232 Views
Very un-dickensian answers Stephen - 13/06/2011 09:40:17 PM 1253 Views
Re: Very un-dickensian answers Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:56:34 PM 1393 Views
That was meant to be a pithy sarcastic comment. *NM* Stephen - 14/06/2011 06:17:45 PM 767 Views
Shocking. *NM* Camilla - 14/06/2011 06:26:09 PM 598 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 1288 Views
In which country? Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:59:04 PM 1286 Views
What in the dickens prompted this survey? Tom - 13/06/2011 11:15:19 PM 1359 Views
Re: What in the dickens prompted this survey? Camilla - 14/06/2011 03:02:22 PM 1364 Views
Can you please find that word? Tom - 15/06/2011 05:17:12 AM 1246 Views
Re: Can you please find that word? Camilla - 15/06/2011 08:05:58 AM 1331 Views
None of those. It was a thoroughly odd word. Tom - 15/06/2011 02:25:31 PM 1154 Views
I'm fairly well-read in this regard Larry - 13/06/2011 11:38:06 PM 1262 Views
Re: I'm fairly well-read in this regard Camilla - 14/06/2011 03:03:39 PM 1279 Views
Re: I'm fairly well-read in this regard Larry - 14/06/2011 04:59:11 PM 1226 Views
Re: I'm fairly well-read in this regard Camilla - 14/06/2011 05:03:36 PM 1353 Views
They are Larry - 14/06/2011 07:23:38 PM 1319 Views
Re: They are Camilla - 14/06/2011 09:18:38 PM 1211 Views
Some were, but most were short fictions or short novels Larry - 14/06/2011 11:09:53 PM 1242 Views
I'm considering picking up Our Mutual Friend. Yay or nay? *NM* RandAllThor - 15/06/2011 12:43:52 AM 1246 Views
Yes. It's one of his more complex and rewarding novels. Larry - 15/06/2011 01:19:51 AM 1142 Views
It is good Camilla - 15/06/2011 07:50:56 AM 1319 Views
Yes nossy - 14/06/2011 12:23:19 AM 1329 Views
Re: Yes Camilla - 14/06/2011 03:05:08 PM 1262 Views
Yes Ryan - 14/06/2011 05:49:06 AM 1315 Views
Re: Yes Camilla - 14/06/2011 03:05:40 PM 1216 Views
Jacob - 14/06/2011 01:21:12 PM 1210 Views
Re: Camilla - 14/06/2011 03:07:19 PM 1264 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? ClubCaved - 14/06/2011 05:45:06 PM 1309 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 14/06/2011 06:24:49 PM 1206 Views
Edwin Drood Ending ClubCaved - 15/06/2011 03:55:01 PM 1230 Views
Garfield and Forsyte Camilla - 15/06/2011 05:12:20 PM 1298 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Werthead - 14/06/2011 08:35:41 PM 1274 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 14/06/2011 10:12:34 PM 1252 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? DrJacJacMcScrumptious - 15/06/2011 12:04:15 AM 1125 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 15/06/2011 07:51:53 AM 1382 Views
A few works Praziquantel - 15/06/2011 07:05:56 AM 1261 Views
Re: A few works Camilla - 15/06/2011 08:12:35 AM 1148 Views
Re: A few works Praziquantel - 15/06/2011 04:05:08 PM 1411 Views
Re: A few works Camilla - 15/06/2011 05:11:43 PM 1295 Views
What the Dickens? snoopcester - 15/06/2011 05:15:57 PM 1197 Views
Re: What the Dickens? Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:18:10 PM 1276 Views
why bother/ They made them all into movies *NM* random thoughts - 15/06/2011 06:09:35 PM 600 Views
Have you seen any Dickens? *NM* Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:18:37 PM 568 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Maria - 17/06/2011 04:26:04 PM 1366 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:19:47 PM 1153 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Fred Gaidin - 19/06/2011 01:14:30 PM 1424 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:17:01 PM 1249 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Fred Gaidin - 22/06/2011 03:00:19 AM 1490 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? ranagrande - 19/06/2011 05:04:35 PM 1359 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 19/06/2011 05:06:18 PM 1412 Views
All of them. *NM* ranagrande - 19/06/2011 05:14:01 PM 536 Views
Are you sure? Camilla - 19/06/2011 05:34:26 PM 1268 Views
Yes. ranagrande - 19/06/2011 09:44:37 PM 1374 Views
YES smaug - 27/06/2011 09:20:50 PM 1303 Views
Camilla - 28/06/2011 09:34:27 AM 1487 Views
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