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I'm gonna guess it varies widely. Legolas Send a noteboard - 13/06/2011 05:22:33 PM
I am constructing a course on Dickens, and so started wondering what I could expect people to have read. I would therefore be very happy if you could reply even if you haven't read anything.

Have you read any Dickens?

Yes.
What have you read?

Oliver Twist and A Christmas Carol.
Have you heard of any (other) Dickens novels?

I think much of this will echo Nate's list, he even reminded me of some I wouldn't otherwise have thought of... in more or less random order: Great Expectations, A Tale of Two Cities, Hard Times, David Copperfield, The Pickwick Papers, Bleak House, Nicholas Nickleby, The Mystery of Edwin Drood (that one is mostly just because of you, though :P ).
Why have you not read them?

I intend to, eventually. :P Too many books to read, too little time. The more books I read, the more I think of others I need to read - after all, if I read one book by an author and I like it, the author's other books make that much more additions to my ever-growing list.
What is your perception of Dickens?

A monument of British literature, Victorian, a lot of attention for poverty and hardship (his tone in Oliver Twist was very sharp indeed), forced happy endings. I think those are the main points.
Have you seen any film/series versions of Dickens' novels?

A Muppet Christmas Carol. :P Blame Angie. Otherwise, don't think so.
Pick one word that you connect with Dickens. What is it?

Victorian, I guess, with all the connotations that word has.
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Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 13/06/2011 04:46:11 PM 1824 Views
What the dickens?! Nate - 13/06/2011 05:04:20 PM 1423 Views
Re: What the dickens?! -->an expression to be found already in Shakespeare, actually. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:41:08 PM 1303 Views
Re: Pay Nate - 14/06/2011 06:13:33 PM 1353 Views
P.S. Shakespeare was probably a time traveller. *NM* Nate - 14/06/2011 06:16:30 PM 597 Views
Re: Pay Camilla - 14/06/2011 06:29:49 PM 1312 Views
I may have a lead Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:21:33 PM 1344 Views
But, of course. Palatine - 13/06/2011 05:13:20 PM 1352 Views
Re: But, of course. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:42:34 PM 1283 Views
Re: But, of course. Palatine - 14/06/2011 05:42:36 PM 1309 Views
Yes. Rebekah - 13/06/2011 05:19:05 PM 1334 Views
Re: Yes. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:45:04 PM 1427 Views
Re: Yes. Rebekah - 14/06/2011 09:01:07 PM 1403 Views
I'm gonna guess it varies widely. Legolas - 13/06/2011 05:22:33 PM 1461 Views
Re: I'm gonna guess it varies widely. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:46:41 PM 1310 Views
i *hate* dickens. temeraire - 13/06/2011 05:45:05 PM 1425 Views
Re: i *hate* dickens. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:48:28 PM 1179 Views
sorry i didn't reply - forgot about this. temeraire - 25/06/2011 02:40:51 PM 1454 Views
Only for school. Great Expectations and Hard Times. The latter was dire. *NM* Tim - 13/06/2011 06:28:24 PM 659 Views
Hard Times is one of my favorite Dickens novels Larry - 13/06/2011 11:43:18 PM 1277 Views
Have you noticed how many Dickens titles would make good names for porn movies? Tom - 14/06/2011 03:29:30 AM 1277 Views
I am not a fan of Hard Times, either. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:49:02 PM 1295 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Darth_Katie - 13/06/2011 06:55:44 PM 1413 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:50:57 PM 1315 Views
Yes, but it's one concept! Darth_Katie - 14/06/2011 06:58:45 PM 1362 Views
That's easy. No. Wibble - 13/06/2011 07:13:59 PM 1438 Views
Re: That's easy. No. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:52:02 PM 1233 Views
Re: That's easy. No. Wibble - 14/06/2011 10:26:02 PM 1406 Views
Re: That's easy. No. Camilla - 14/06/2011 10:29:04 PM 1429 Views
Oh... jh - 13/06/2011 07:24:02 PM 1331 Views
Re: Oh... Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:53:15 PM 1297 Views
only great expectations Foxhead - 13/06/2011 09:37:39 PM 1277 Views
Re: only great expectations Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:54:29 PM 1390 Views
mmmm Foxhead - 14/06/2011 03:53:15 PM 1276 Views
Very un-dickensian answers Stephen - 13/06/2011 09:40:17 PM 1302 Views
Re: Very un-dickensian answers Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:56:34 PM 1434 Views
That was meant to be a pithy sarcastic comment. *NM* Stephen - 14/06/2011 06:17:45 PM 785 Views
Shocking. *NM* Camilla - 14/06/2011 06:26:09 PM 617 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 1334 Views
In which country? Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:59:04 PM 1334 Views
What in the dickens prompted this survey? Tom - 13/06/2011 11:15:19 PM 1403 Views
Re: What in the dickens prompted this survey? Camilla - 14/06/2011 03:02:22 PM 1392 Views
Can you please find that word? Tom - 15/06/2011 05:17:12 AM 1285 Views
Re: Can you please find that word? Camilla - 15/06/2011 08:05:58 AM 1375 Views
None of those. It was a thoroughly odd word. Tom - 15/06/2011 02:25:31 PM 1196 Views
I'm fairly well-read in this regard Larry - 13/06/2011 11:38:06 PM 1306 Views
Re: I'm fairly well-read in this regard Camilla - 14/06/2011 03:03:39 PM 1321 Views
Re: I'm fairly well-read in this regard Larry - 14/06/2011 04:59:11 PM 1271 Views
Re: I'm fairly well-read in this regard Camilla - 14/06/2011 05:03:36 PM 1409 Views
They are Larry - 14/06/2011 07:23:38 PM 1363 Views
Re: They are Camilla - 14/06/2011 09:18:38 PM 1241 Views
Some were, but most were short fictions or short novels Larry - 14/06/2011 11:09:53 PM 1277 Views
I'm considering picking up Our Mutual Friend. Yay or nay? *NM* RandAllThor - 15/06/2011 12:43:52 AM 1289 Views
Yes. It's one of his more complex and rewarding novels. Larry - 15/06/2011 01:19:51 AM 1187 Views
It is good Camilla - 15/06/2011 07:50:56 AM 1360 Views
Yes nossy - 14/06/2011 12:23:19 AM 1365 Views
Re: Yes Camilla - 14/06/2011 03:05:08 PM 1301 Views
Yes Ryan - 14/06/2011 05:49:06 AM 1356 Views
Re: Yes Camilla - 14/06/2011 03:05:40 PM 1262 Views
Jacob - 14/06/2011 01:21:12 PM 1256 Views
Re: Camilla - 14/06/2011 03:07:19 PM 1303 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? ClubCaved - 14/06/2011 05:45:06 PM 1355 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 14/06/2011 06:24:49 PM 1247 Views
Edwin Drood Ending ClubCaved - 15/06/2011 03:55:01 PM 1261 Views
Garfield and Forsyte Camilla - 15/06/2011 05:12:20 PM 1343 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Werthead - 14/06/2011 08:35:41 PM 1319 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 14/06/2011 10:12:34 PM 1292 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? DrJacJacMcScrumptious - 15/06/2011 12:04:15 AM 1175 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 15/06/2011 07:51:53 AM 1420 Views
A few works Praziquantel - 15/06/2011 07:05:56 AM 1302 Views
Re: A few works Camilla - 15/06/2011 08:12:35 AM 1180 Views
Re: A few works Praziquantel - 15/06/2011 04:05:08 PM 1450 Views
Re: A few works Camilla - 15/06/2011 05:11:43 PM 1327 Views
What the Dickens? snoopcester - 15/06/2011 05:15:57 PM 1234 Views
Re: What the Dickens? Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:18:10 PM 1320 Views
why bother/ They made them all into movies *NM* random thoughts - 15/06/2011 06:09:35 PM 618 Views
Have you seen any Dickens? *NM* Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:18:37 PM 589 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Maria - 17/06/2011 04:26:04 PM 1403 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:19:47 PM 1194 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Fred Gaidin - 19/06/2011 01:14:30 PM 1464 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:17:01 PM 1294 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Fred Gaidin - 22/06/2011 03:00:19 AM 1529 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? ranagrande - 19/06/2011 05:04:35 PM 1405 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 19/06/2011 05:06:18 PM 1450 Views
All of them. *NM* ranagrande - 19/06/2011 05:14:01 PM 556 Views
Are you sure? Camilla - 19/06/2011 05:34:26 PM 1310 Views
Yes. ranagrande - 19/06/2011 09:44:37 PM 1406 Views
YES smaug - 27/06/2011 09:20:50 PM 1338 Views
Camilla - 28/06/2011 09:34:27 AM 1531 Views
Re: smaug - 29/06/2011 10:51:37 AM 1534 Views
Droodiana Camilla - 29/06/2011 02:24:35 PM 1499 Views
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