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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 1815 Views
What the dickens?! Nate - 13/06/2011 05:04:20 PM 1413 Views
Re: What the dickens?! -->an expression to be found already in Shakespeare, actually. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:41:08 PM 1294 Views
Re: Pay Nate - 14/06/2011 06:13:33 PM 1347 Views
P.S. Shakespeare was probably a time traveller. *NM* Nate - 14/06/2011 06:16:30 PM 593 Views
Re: Pay Camilla - 14/06/2011 06:29:49 PM 1301 Views
I may have a lead Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:21:33 PM 1337 Views
But, of course. Palatine - 13/06/2011 05:13:20 PM 1345 Views
Re: But, of course. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:42:34 PM 1274 Views
Re: But, of course. Palatine - 14/06/2011 05:42:36 PM 1297 Views
Yes. Rebekah - 13/06/2011 05:19:05 PM 1327 Views
Re: Yes. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:45:04 PM 1418 Views
Re: Yes. Rebekah - 14/06/2011 09:01:07 PM 1392 Views
I'm gonna guess it varies widely. Legolas - 13/06/2011 05:22:33 PM 1447 Views
Re: I'm gonna guess it varies widely. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:46:41 PM 1299 Views
i *hate* dickens. temeraire - 13/06/2011 05:45:05 PM 1411 Views
Re: i *hate* dickens. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:48:28 PM 1168 Views
sorry i didn't reply - forgot about this. temeraire - 25/06/2011 02:40:51 PM 1447 Views
Only for school. Great Expectations and Hard Times. The latter was dire. *NM* Tim - 13/06/2011 06:28:24 PM 654 Views
Hard Times is one of my favorite Dickens novels Larry - 13/06/2011 11:43:18 PM 1269 Views
Have you noticed how many Dickens titles would make good names for porn movies? Tom - 14/06/2011 03:29:30 AM 1264 Views
I am not a fan of Hard Times, either. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:49:02 PM 1283 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Darth_Katie - 13/06/2011 06:55:44 PM 1401 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:50:57 PM 1307 Views
Yes, but it's one concept! Darth_Katie - 14/06/2011 06:58:45 PM 1354 Views
That's easy. No. Wibble - 13/06/2011 07:13:59 PM 1427 Views
Re: That's easy. No. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:52:02 PM 1226 Views
Re: That's easy. No. Wibble - 14/06/2011 10:26:02 PM 1401 Views
Re: That's easy. No. Camilla - 14/06/2011 10:29:04 PM 1420 Views
Oh... jh - 13/06/2011 07:24:02 PM 1321 Views
Re: Oh... Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:53:15 PM 1289 Views
only great expectations Foxhead - 13/06/2011 09:37:39 PM 1266 Views
Re: only great expectations Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:54:29 PM 1378 Views
mmmm Foxhead - 14/06/2011 03:53:15 PM 1264 Views
Very un-dickensian answers Stephen - 13/06/2011 09:40:17 PM 1292 Views
Re: Very un-dickensian answers Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:56:34 PM 1427 Views
That was meant to be a pithy sarcastic comment. *NM* Stephen - 14/06/2011 06:17:45 PM 782 Views
Shocking. *NM* Camilla - 14/06/2011 06:26:09 PM 615 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 1322 Views
In which country? Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:59:04 PM 1326 Views
What in the dickens prompted this survey? Tom - 13/06/2011 11:15:19 PM 1393 Views
Re: What in the dickens prompted this survey? Camilla - 14/06/2011 03:02:22 PM 1383 Views
Can you please find that word? Tom - 15/06/2011 05:17:12 AM 1275 Views
Re: Can you please find that word? Camilla - 15/06/2011 08:05:58 AM 1365 Views
None of those. It was a thoroughly odd word. Tom - 15/06/2011 02:25:31 PM 1185 Views
I'm fairly well-read in this regard Larry - 13/06/2011 11:38:06 PM 1298 Views
Re: I'm fairly well-read in this regard Camilla - 14/06/2011 03:03:39 PM 1311 Views
Re: I'm fairly well-read in this regard Larry - 14/06/2011 04:59:11 PM 1263 Views
Re: I'm fairly well-read in this regard Camilla - 14/06/2011 05:03:36 PM 1399 Views
They are Larry - 14/06/2011 07:23:38 PM 1348 Views
Re: They are Camilla - 14/06/2011 09:18:38 PM 1232 Views
Some were, but most were short fictions or short novels Larry - 14/06/2011 11:09:53 PM 1267 Views
I'm considering picking up Our Mutual Friend. Yay or nay? *NM* RandAllThor - 15/06/2011 12:43:52 AM 1276 Views
Yes. It's one of his more complex and rewarding novels. Larry - 15/06/2011 01:19:51 AM 1175 Views
It is good Camilla - 15/06/2011 07:50:56 AM 1351 Views
Yes nossy - 14/06/2011 12:23:19 AM 1356 Views
Re: Yes Camilla - 14/06/2011 03:05:08 PM 1292 Views
Yes Ryan - 14/06/2011 05:49:06 AM 1342 Views
Re: Yes Camilla - 14/06/2011 03:05:40 PM 1249 Views
Jacob - 14/06/2011 01:21:12 PM 1249 Views
Re: Camilla - 14/06/2011 03:07:19 PM 1294 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? ClubCaved - 14/06/2011 05:45:06 PM 1350 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 14/06/2011 06:24:49 PM 1237 Views
Edwin Drood Ending ClubCaved - 15/06/2011 03:55:01 PM 1254 Views
Garfield and Forsyte Camilla - 15/06/2011 05:12:20 PM 1333 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Werthead - 14/06/2011 08:35:41 PM 1310 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 14/06/2011 10:12:34 PM 1279 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? DrJacJacMcScrumptious - 15/06/2011 12:04:15 AM 1162 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 15/06/2011 07:51:53 AM 1412 Views
A few works Praziquantel - 15/06/2011 07:05:56 AM 1294 Views
Re: A few works Camilla - 15/06/2011 08:12:35 AM 1166 Views
Re: A few works Praziquantel - 15/06/2011 04:05:08 PM 1437 Views
Re: A few works Camilla - 15/06/2011 05:11:43 PM 1321 Views
What the Dickens? snoopcester - 15/06/2011 05:15:57 PM 1225 Views
Re: What the Dickens? Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:18:10 PM 1313 Views
why bother/ They made them all into movies *NM* random thoughts - 15/06/2011 06:09:35 PM 615 Views
Have you seen any Dickens? *NM* Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:18:37 PM 586 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Maria - 17/06/2011 04:26:04 PM 1394 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:19:47 PM 1185 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Fred Gaidin - 19/06/2011 01:14:30 PM 1452 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:17:01 PM 1284 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Fred Gaidin - 22/06/2011 03:00:19 AM 1517 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? ranagrande - 19/06/2011 05:04:35 PM 1395 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 19/06/2011 05:06:18 PM 1441 Views
All of them. *NM* ranagrande - 19/06/2011 05:14:01 PM 551 Views
Are you sure? Camilla - 19/06/2011 05:34:26 PM 1300 Views
Yes. ranagrande - 19/06/2011 09:44:37 PM 1400 Views
YES smaug - 27/06/2011 09:20:50 PM 1330 Views
Camilla - 28/06/2011 09:34:27 AM 1523 Views
Re: smaug - 29/06/2011 10:51:37 AM 1522 Views
Droodiana Camilla - 29/06/2011 02:24:35 PM 1492 Views
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