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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 1690 Views
What the dickens?! Nate - 13/06/2011 05:04:20 PM 1270 Views
Re: What the dickens?! -->an expression to be found already in Shakespeare, actually. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:41:08 PM 1158 Views
Re: Pay Nate - 14/06/2011 06:13:33 PM 1210 Views
P.S. Shakespeare was probably a time traveller. *NM* Nate - 14/06/2011 06:16:30 PM 528 Views
Re: Pay Camilla - 14/06/2011 06:29:49 PM 1186 Views
I may have a lead Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:21:33 PM 1215 Views
But, of course. Palatine - 13/06/2011 05:13:20 PM 1214 Views
Re: But, of course. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:42:34 PM 1143 Views
Re: But, of course. Palatine - 14/06/2011 05:42:36 PM 1158 Views
Yes. Rebekah - 13/06/2011 05:19:05 PM 1200 Views
Re: Yes. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:45:04 PM 1273 Views
Re: Yes. Rebekah - 14/06/2011 09:01:07 PM 1250 Views
I'm gonna guess it varies widely. Legolas - 13/06/2011 05:22:33 PM 1285 Views
Re: I'm gonna guess it varies widely. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:46:41 PM 1171 Views
i *hate* dickens. temeraire - 13/06/2011 05:45:05 PM 1283 Views
Re: i *hate* dickens. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:48:28 PM 1049 Views
sorry i didn't reply - forgot about this. temeraire - 25/06/2011 02:40:51 PM 1329 Views
Only for school. Great Expectations and Hard Times. The latter was dire. *NM* Tim - 13/06/2011 06:28:24 PM 577 Views
Hard Times is one of my favorite Dickens novels Larry - 13/06/2011 11:43:18 PM 1152 Views
Have you noticed how many Dickens titles would make good names for porn movies? Tom - 14/06/2011 03:29:30 AM 1125 Views
I am not a fan of Hard Times, either. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:49:02 PM 1158 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Darth_Katie - 13/06/2011 06:55:44 PM 1263 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:50:57 PM 1184 Views
Yes, but it's one concept! Darth_Katie - 14/06/2011 06:58:45 PM 1196 Views
That's easy. No. Wibble - 13/06/2011 07:13:59 PM 1217 Views
Re: That's easy. No. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:52:02 PM 1085 Views
Re: That's easy. No. Wibble - 14/06/2011 10:26:02 PM 1257 Views
Re: That's easy. No. Camilla - 14/06/2011 10:29:04 PM 1305 Views
Oh... jh - 13/06/2011 07:24:02 PM 1178 Views
Re: Oh... Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:53:15 PM 1165 Views
only great expectations Foxhead - 13/06/2011 09:37:39 PM 1142 Views
Re: only great expectations Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:54:29 PM 1257 Views
mmmm Foxhead - 14/06/2011 03:53:15 PM 1140 Views
Very un-dickensian answers Stephen - 13/06/2011 09:40:17 PM 1165 Views
Re: Very un-dickensian answers Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:56:34 PM 1297 Views
That was meant to be a pithy sarcastic comment. *NM* Stephen - 14/06/2011 06:17:45 PM 715 Views
Shocking. *NM* Camilla - 14/06/2011 06:26:09 PM 546 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 1182 Views
In which country? Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:59:04 PM 1189 Views
What in the dickens prompted this survey? Tom - 13/06/2011 11:15:19 PM 1249 Views
Re: What in the dickens prompted this survey? Camilla - 14/06/2011 03:02:22 PM 1271 Views
Can you please find that word? Tom - 15/06/2011 05:17:12 AM 1137 Views
Re: Can you please find that word? Camilla - 15/06/2011 08:05:58 AM 1218 Views
None of those. It was a thoroughly odd word. Tom - 15/06/2011 02:25:31 PM 1066 Views
I'm fairly well-read in this regard Larry - 13/06/2011 11:38:06 PM 1168 Views
Re: I'm fairly well-read in this regard Camilla - 14/06/2011 03:03:39 PM 1159 Views
Re: I'm fairly well-read in this regard Larry - 14/06/2011 04:59:11 PM 1130 Views
Re: I'm fairly well-read in this regard Camilla - 14/06/2011 05:03:36 PM 1254 Views
They are Larry - 14/06/2011 07:23:38 PM 1207 Views
Re: They are Camilla - 14/06/2011 09:18:38 PM 1117 Views
Some were, but most were short fictions or short novels Larry - 14/06/2011 11:09:53 PM 1129 Views
I'm considering picking up Our Mutual Friend. Yay or nay? *NM* RandAllThor - 15/06/2011 12:43:52 AM 1154 Views
Yes. It's one of his more complex and rewarding novels. Larry - 15/06/2011 01:19:51 AM 1059 Views
It is good Camilla - 15/06/2011 07:50:56 AM 1220 Views
Yes nossy - 14/06/2011 12:23:19 AM 1220 Views
Re: Yes Camilla - 14/06/2011 03:05:08 PM 1170 Views
Yes Ryan - 14/06/2011 05:49:06 AM 1218 Views
Re: Yes Camilla - 14/06/2011 03:05:40 PM 1105 Views
Jacob - 14/06/2011 01:21:12 PM 1078 Views
Re: Camilla - 14/06/2011 03:07:19 PM 1183 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? ClubCaved - 14/06/2011 05:45:06 PM 1213 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 14/06/2011 06:24:49 PM 1107 Views
Edwin Drood Ending ClubCaved - 15/06/2011 03:55:01 PM 1133 Views
Garfield and Forsyte Camilla - 15/06/2011 05:12:20 PM 1190 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Werthead - 14/06/2011 08:35:41 PM 1178 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 14/06/2011 10:12:34 PM 1148 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? DrJacJacMcScrumptious - 15/06/2011 12:04:15 AM 1038 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 15/06/2011 07:51:53 AM 1256 Views
A few works Praziquantel - 15/06/2011 07:05:56 AM 1156 Views
Re: A few works Camilla - 15/06/2011 08:12:35 AM 1053 Views
Re: A few works Praziquantel - 15/06/2011 04:05:08 PM 1322 Views
Re: A few works Camilla - 15/06/2011 05:11:43 PM 1215 Views
What the Dickens? snoopcester - 15/06/2011 05:15:57 PM 1084 Views
Re: What the Dickens? Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:18:10 PM 1180 Views
why bother/ They made them all into movies *NM* random thoughts - 15/06/2011 06:09:35 PM 547 Views
Have you seen any Dickens? *NM* Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:18:37 PM 516 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Maria - 17/06/2011 04:26:04 PM 1247 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:19:47 PM 1045 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Fred Gaidin - 19/06/2011 01:14:30 PM 1315 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:17:01 PM 1170 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Fred Gaidin - 22/06/2011 03:00:19 AM 1377 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? ranagrande - 19/06/2011 05:04:35 PM 1264 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 19/06/2011 05:06:18 PM 1313 Views
All of them. *NM* ranagrande - 19/06/2011 05:14:01 PM 499 Views
Are you sure? Camilla - 19/06/2011 05:34:26 PM 1162 Views
Yes. ranagrande - 19/06/2011 09:44:37 PM 1285 Views
YES smaug - 27/06/2011 09:20:50 PM 1200 Views
Camilla - 28/06/2011 09:34:27 AM 1382 Views
Re: smaug - 29/06/2011 10:51:37 AM 1363 Views
Droodiana Camilla - 29/06/2011 02:24:35 PM 1374 Views
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