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i *hate* dickens. temeraire Send a noteboard - 13/06/2011 05:45:05 PM

Have you read any Dickens?

What have you read?



yes - great expectations, tale or two cities (only read... the first page...) and one other one, don't remember the name

Have you heard of any (other) Dickens novels?


uh. sure? i tend to not think about them.

Why have you not read them?


boring, awful books.

What is your perception of Dickens?


horrid, terrible character development, horrible writing, boring ass descriptions. blech.

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


no.

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


dread. also, dreary.

that is not to say i dislike other older english lit. i love jane austen, virginia woolf and whatnot. i adore shakespeare... i mostly dislike classics anyway, though. ofrom everywhere. i hated moby dick. fully boring. it's why i wasn't an english major. i adore books and writing and whatnot. i have a ba in creative writing and a minor in latin american literature and culture... and one in linguistics. and an ma in ling. i studied old and middle english, old irish and old norse. i adore the ancient stories and tales and everything of that age. :) anyway.... yeah. i guess i'm not helping your class designing. though maybe you can figure out how to make dickens less terrible for your students. though i figure if you're teaching at a uni they actually want to take the course?
"it's like the real world, except there's dragons!"

cw, you are missed...
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Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 13/06/2011 04:46:11 PM 1653 Views
What the dickens?! Nate - 13/06/2011 05:04:20 PM 1229 Views
Re: What the dickens?! -->an expression to be found already in Shakespeare, actually. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:41:08 PM 1120 Views
Re: Pay Nate - 14/06/2011 06:13:33 PM 1172 Views
P.S. Shakespeare was probably a time traveller. *NM* Nate - 14/06/2011 06:16:30 PM 511 Views
Re: Pay Camilla - 14/06/2011 06:29:49 PM 1150 Views
I may have a lead Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:21:33 PM 1182 Views
But, of course. Palatine - 13/06/2011 05:13:20 PM 1178 Views
Re: But, of course. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:42:34 PM 1102 Views
Re: But, of course. Palatine - 14/06/2011 05:42:36 PM 1125 Views
Yes. Rebekah - 13/06/2011 05:19:05 PM 1162 Views
Re: Yes. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:45:04 PM 1230 Views
Re: Yes. Rebekah - 14/06/2011 09:01:07 PM 1213 Views
I'm gonna guess it varies widely. Legolas - 13/06/2011 05:22:33 PM 1253 Views
Re: I'm gonna guess it varies widely. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:46:41 PM 1138 Views
i *hate* dickens. temeraire - 13/06/2011 05:45:05 PM 1245 Views
Re: i *hate* dickens. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:48:28 PM 1010 Views
sorry i didn't reply - forgot about this. temeraire - 25/06/2011 02:40:51 PM 1288 Views
Only for school. Great Expectations and Hard Times. The latter was dire. *NM* Tim - 13/06/2011 06:28:24 PM 560 Views
Hard Times is one of my favorite Dickens novels Larry - 13/06/2011 11:43:18 PM 1113 Views
Have you noticed how many Dickens titles would make good names for porn movies? Tom - 14/06/2011 03:29:30 AM 1088 Views
I am not a fan of Hard Times, either. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:49:02 PM 1123 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Darth_Katie - 13/06/2011 06:55:44 PM 1221 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:50:57 PM 1147 Views
Yes, but it's one concept! Darth_Katie - 14/06/2011 06:58:45 PM 1156 Views
That's easy. No. Wibble - 13/06/2011 07:13:59 PM 1181 Views
Re: That's easy. No. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:52:02 PM 1046 Views
Re: That's easy. No. Wibble - 14/06/2011 10:26:02 PM 1185 Views
Re: That's easy. No. Camilla - 14/06/2011 10:29:04 PM 1272 Views
Oh... jh - 13/06/2011 07:24:02 PM 1148 Views
Re: Oh... Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:53:15 PM 1126 Views
only great expectations Foxhead - 13/06/2011 09:37:39 PM 1104 Views
Re: only great expectations Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:54:29 PM 1215 Views
mmmm Foxhead - 14/06/2011 03:53:15 PM 1109 Views
Very un-dickensian answers Stephen - 13/06/2011 09:40:17 PM 1129 Views
Re: Very un-dickensian answers Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:56:34 PM 1260 Views
That was meant to be a pithy sarcastic comment. *NM* Stephen - 14/06/2011 06:17:45 PM 700 Views
Shocking. *NM* Camilla - 14/06/2011 06:26:09 PM 529 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 1145 Views
In which country? Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:59:04 PM 1154 Views
What in the dickens prompted this survey? Tom - 13/06/2011 11:15:19 PM 1211 Views
Re: What in the dickens prompted this survey? Camilla - 14/06/2011 03:02:22 PM 1235 Views
Can you please find that word? Tom - 15/06/2011 05:17:12 AM 1104 Views
Re: Can you please find that word? Camilla - 15/06/2011 08:05:58 AM 1181 Views
None of those. It was a thoroughly odd word. Tom - 15/06/2011 02:25:31 PM 1031 Views
I'm fairly well-read in this regard Larry - 13/06/2011 11:38:06 PM 1110 Views
Re: I'm fairly well-read in this regard Camilla - 14/06/2011 03:03:39 PM 1128 Views
Re: I'm fairly well-read in this regard Larry - 14/06/2011 04:59:11 PM 1093 Views
Re: I'm fairly well-read in this regard Camilla - 14/06/2011 05:03:36 PM 1218 Views
They are Larry - 14/06/2011 07:23:38 PM 1171 Views
Re: They are Camilla - 14/06/2011 09:18:38 PM 1086 Views
Some were, but most were short fictions or short novels Larry - 14/06/2011 11:09:53 PM 1098 Views
I'm considering picking up Our Mutual Friend. Yay or nay? *NM* RandAllThor - 15/06/2011 12:43:52 AM 1120 Views
Yes. It's one of his more complex and rewarding novels. Larry - 15/06/2011 01:19:51 AM 1023 Views
It is good Camilla - 15/06/2011 07:50:56 AM 1187 Views
Yes nossy - 14/06/2011 12:23:19 AM 1190 Views
Re: Yes Camilla - 14/06/2011 03:05:08 PM 1128 Views
Yes Ryan - 14/06/2011 05:49:06 AM 1121 Views
Re: Yes Camilla - 14/06/2011 03:05:40 PM 1069 Views
Jacob - 14/06/2011 01:21:12 PM 1045 Views
Re: Camilla - 14/06/2011 03:07:19 PM 1142 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? ClubCaved - 14/06/2011 05:45:06 PM 1179 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 14/06/2011 06:24:49 PM 1072 Views
Edwin Drood Ending ClubCaved - 15/06/2011 03:55:01 PM 1101 Views
Garfield and Forsyte Camilla - 15/06/2011 05:12:20 PM 1153 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Werthead - 14/06/2011 08:35:41 PM 1147 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 14/06/2011 10:12:34 PM 1118 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? DrJacJacMcScrumptious - 15/06/2011 12:04:15 AM 1004 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 15/06/2011 07:51:53 AM 1220 Views
A few works Praziquantel - 15/06/2011 07:05:56 AM 1118 Views
Re: A few works Camilla - 15/06/2011 08:12:35 AM 1019 Views
Re: A few works Praziquantel - 15/06/2011 04:05:08 PM 1253 Views
Re: A few works Camilla - 15/06/2011 05:11:43 PM 1174 Views
What the Dickens? snoopcester - 15/06/2011 05:15:57 PM 1017 Views
Re: What the Dickens? Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:18:10 PM 1145 Views
why bother/ They made them all into movies *NM* random thoughts - 15/06/2011 06:09:35 PM 523 Views
Have you seen any Dickens? *NM* Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:18:37 PM 501 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Maria - 17/06/2011 04:26:04 PM 1209 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:19:47 PM 1011 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Fred Gaidin - 19/06/2011 01:14:30 PM 1272 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:17:01 PM 1136 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Fred Gaidin - 22/06/2011 03:00:19 AM 1341 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? ranagrande - 19/06/2011 05:04:35 PM 1230 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 19/06/2011 05:06:18 PM 1282 Views
All of them. *NM* ranagrande - 19/06/2011 05:14:01 PM 481 Views
Are you sure? Camilla - 19/06/2011 05:34:26 PM 1128 Views
Yes. ranagrande - 19/06/2011 09:44:37 PM 1249 Views
YES smaug - 27/06/2011 09:20:50 PM 1164 Views
Camilla - 28/06/2011 09:34:27 AM 1346 Views
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Droodiana Camilla - 29/06/2011 02:24:35 PM 1333 Views
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