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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 1776 Views
What the dickens?! Nate - 13/06/2011 05:04:20 PM 1379 Views
Re: What the dickens?! -->an expression to be found already in Shakespeare, actually. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:41:08 PM 1256 Views
Re: Pay Nate - 14/06/2011 06:13:33 PM 1312 Views
P.S. Shakespeare was probably a time traveller. *NM* Nate - 14/06/2011 06:16:30 PM 575 Views
Re: Pay Camilla - 14/06/2011 06:29:49 PM 1266 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 1312 Views
Re: But, of course. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:42:34 PM 1233 Views
Re: But, of course. Palatine - 14/06/2011 05:42:36 PM 1261 Views
Yes. Rebekah - 13/06/2011 05:19:05 PM 1299 Views
Re: Yes. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:45:04 PM 1381 Views
Re: Yes. Rebekah - 14/06/2011 09:01:07 PM 1352 Views
I'm gonna guess it varies widely. Legolas - 13/06/2011 05:22:33 PM 1397 Views
Re: I'm gonna guess it varies widely. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:46:41 PM 1266 Views
i *hate* dickens. temeraire - 13/06/2011 05:45:05 PM 1381 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 1413 Views
Only for school. Great Expectations and Hard Times. The latter was dire. *NM* Tim - 13/06/2011 06:28:24 PM 634 Views
Hard Times is one of my favorite Dickens novels Larry - 13/06/2011 11:43:18 PM 1244 Views
Have you noticed how many Dickens titles would make good names for porn movies? Tom - 14/06/2011 03:29:30 AM 1230 Views
I am not a fan of Hard Times, either. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:49:02 PM 1253 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 1273 Views
Yes, but it's one concept! Darth_Katie - 14/06/2011 06:58:45 PM 1314 Views
That's easy. No. Wibble - 13/06/2011 07:13:59 PM 1362 Views
Re: That's easy. No. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:52:02 PM 1193 Views
Re: That's easy. No. Wibble - 14/06/2011 10:26:02 PM 1360 Views
Re: That's easy. No. Camilla - 14/06/2011 10:29:04 PM 1386 Views
Oh... jh - 13/06/2011 07:24:02 PM 1273 Views
Re: Oh... Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:53:15 PM 1259 Views
only great expectations Foxhead - 13/06/2011 09:37:39 PM 1229 Views
Re: only great expectations Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:54:29 PM 1339 Views
mmmm Foxhead - 14/06/2011 03:53:15 PM 1227 Views
Very un-dickensian answers Stephen - 13/06/2011 09:40:17 PM 1251 Views
Re: Very un-dickensian answers Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:56:34 PM 1389 Views
That was meant to be a pithy sarcastic comment. *NM* Stephen - 14/06/2011 06:17:45 PM 765 Views
Shocking. *NM* Camilla - 14/06/2011 06:26:09 PM 596 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 1286 Views
In which country? Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:59:04 PM 1285 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 1362 Views
Can you please find that word? Tom - 15/06/2011 05:17:12 AM 1244 Views
Re: Can you please find that word? Camilla - 15/06/2011 08:05:58 AM 1330 Views
None of those. It was a thoroughly odd word. Tom - 15/06/2011 02:25:31 PM 1151 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 1273 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 1350 Views
They are Larry - 14/06/2011 07:23:38 PM 1318 Views
Re: They are Camilla - 14/06/2011 09:18:38 PM 1206 Views
Some were, but most were short fictions or short novels Larry - 14/06/2011 11:09:53 PM 1240 Views
I'm considering picking up Our Mutual Friend. Yay or nay? *NM* RandAllThor - 15/06/2011 12:43:52 AM 1245 Views
Yes. It's one of his more complex and rewarding novels. Larry - 15/06/2011 01:19:51 AM 1139 Views
It is good Camilla - 15/06/2011 07:50:56 AM 1316 Views
Yes nossy - 14/06/2011 12:23:19 AM 1325 Views
Re: Yes Camilla - 14/06/2011 03:05:08 PM 1261 Views
Yes Ryan - 14/06/2011 05:49:06 AM 1310 Views
Re: Yes Camilla - 14/06/2011 03:05:40 PM 1213 Views
Jacob - 14/06/2011 01:21:12 PM 1206 Views
Re: Camilla - 14/06/2011 03:07:19 PM 1263 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? ClubCaved - 14/06/2011 05:45:06 PM 1306 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 1227 Views
Garfield and Forsyte Camilla - 15/06/2011 05:12:20 PM 1295 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Werthead - 14/06/2011 08:35:41 PM 1272 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 14/06/2011 10:12:34 PM 1248 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? DrJacJacMcScrumptious - 15/06/2011 12:04:15 AM 1124 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 1259 Views
Re: A few works Camilla - 15/06/2011 08:12:35 AM 1144 Views
Re: A few works Praziquantel - 15/06/2011 04:05:08 PM 1408 Views
Re: A few works Camilla - 15/06/2011 05:11:43 PM 1293 Views
What the Dickens? snoopcester - 15/06/2011 05:15:57 PM 1195 Views
Re: What the Dickens? Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:18:10 PM 1274 Views
why bother/ They made them all into movies *NM* random thoughts - 15/06/2011 06:09:35 PM 599 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 1363 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:19:47 PM 1149 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Fred Gaidin - 19/06/2011 01:14:30 PM 1423 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:17:01 PM 1248 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Fred Gaidin - 22/06/2011 03:00:19 AM 1489 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? ranagrande - 19/06/2011 05:04:35 PM 1355 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 19/06/2011 05:06:18 PM 1407 Views
All of them. *NM* ranagrande - 19/06/2011 05:14:01 PM 535 Views
Are you sure? Camilla - 19/06/2011 05:34:26 PM 1266 Views
Yes. ranagrande - 19/06/2011 09:44:37 PM 1374 Views
YES smaug - 27/06/2011 09:20:50 PM 1299 Views
Camilla - 28/06/2011 09:34:27 AM 1485 Views
Re: smaug - 29/06/2011 10:51:37 AM 1481 Views
Droodiana Camilla - 29/06/2011 02:24:35 PM 1460 Views
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