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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 1848 Views
What the dickens?! Nate - 13/06/2011 05:04:20 PM 1434 Views
Re: What the dickens?! -->an expression to be found already in Shakespeare, actually. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:41:08 PM 1319 Views
Re: Pay Nate - 14/06/2011 06:13:33 PM 1377 Views
P.S. Shakespeare was probably a time traveller. *NM* Nate - 14/06/2011 06:16:30 PM 605 Views
Re: Pay Camilla - 14/06/2011 06:29:49 PM 1327 Views
I may have a lead Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:21:33 PM 1358 Views
But, of course. Palatine - 13/06/2011 05:13:20 PM 1365 Views
Re: But, of course. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:42:34 PM 1309 Views
Re: But, of course. Palatine - 14/06/2011 05:42:36 PM 1334 Views
Yes. Rebekah - 13/06/2011 05:19:05 PM 1356 Views
Re: Yes. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:45:04 PM 1461 Views
Re: Yes. Rebekah - 14/06/2011 09:01:07 PM 1423 Views
I'm gonna guess it varies widely. Legolas - 13/06/2011 05:22:33 PM 1472 Views
Re: I'm gonna guess it varies widely. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:46:41 PM 1325 Views
i *hate* dickens. temeraire - 13/06/2011 05:45:05 PM 1441 Views
Re: i *hate* dickens. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:48:28 PM 1202 Views
sorry i didn't reply - forgot about this. temeraire - 25/06/2011 02:40:51 PM 1473 Views
Only for school. Great Expectations and Hard Times. The latter was dire. *NM* Tim - 13/06/2011 06:28:24 PM 666 Views
Hard Times is one of my favorite Dickens novels Larry - 13/06/2011 11:43:18 PM 1300 Views
Have you noticed how many Dickens titles would make good names for porn movies? Tom - 14/06/2011 03:29:30 AM 1289 Views
I am not a fan of Hard Times, either. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:49:02 PM 1307 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Darth_Katie - 13/06/2011 06:55:44 PM 1431 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:50:57 PM 1336 Views
Yes, but it's one concept! Darth_Katie - 14/06/2011 06:58:45 PM 1386 Views
That's easy. No. Wibble - 13/06/2011 07:13:59 PM 1452 Views
Re: That's easy. No. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:52:02 PM 1249 Views
Re: That's easy. No. Wibble - 14/06/2011 10:26:02 PM 1426 Views
Re: That's easy. No. Camilla - 14/06/2011 10:29:04 PM 1446 Views
Oh... jh - 13/06/2011 07:24:02 PM 1347 Views
Re: Oh... Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:53:15 PM 1312 Views
only great expectations Foxhead - 13/06/2011 09:37:39 PM 1295 Views
Re: only great expectations Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:54:29 PM 1411 Views
mmmm Foxhead - 14/06/2011 03:53:15 PM 1289 Views
Very un-dickensian answers Stephen - 13/06/2011 09:40:17 PM 1321 Views
Re: Very un-dickensian answers Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:56:34 PM 1463 Views
That was meant to be a pithy sarcastic comment. *NM* Stephen - 14/06/2011 06:17:45 PM 794 Views
Shocking. *NM* Camilla - 14/06/2011 06:26:09 PM 625 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 1345 Views
In which country? Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:59:04 PM 1352 Views
What in the dickens prompted this survey? Tom - 13/06/2011 11:15:19 PM 1428 Views
Re: What in the dickens prompted this survey? Camilla - 14/06/2011 03:02:22 PM 1414 Views
Can you please find that word? Tom - 15/06/2011 05:17:12 AM 1306 Views
Re: Can you please find that word? Camilla - 15/06/2011 08:05:58 AM 1390 Views
None of those. It was a thoroughly odd word. Tom - 15/06/2011 02:25:31 PM 1211 Views
I'm fairly well-read in this regard Larry - 13/06/2011 11:38:06 PM 1324 Views
Re: I'm fairly well-read in this regard Camilla - 14/06/2011 03:03:39 PM 1333 Views
Re: I'm fairly well-read in this regard Larry - 14/06/2011 04:59:11 PM 1293 Views
Re: I'm fairly well-read in this regard Camilla - 14/06/2011 05:03:36 PM 1422 Views
They are Larry - 14/06/2011 07:23:38 PM 1384 Views
Re: They are Camilla - 14/06/2011 09:18:38 PM 1257 Views
Some were, but most were short fictions or short novels Larry - 14/06/2011 11:09:53 PM 1292 Views
I'm considering picking up Our Mutual Friend. Yay or nay? *NM* RandAllThor - 15/06/2011 12:43:52 AM 1312 Views
Yes. It's one of his more complex and rewarding novels. Larry - 15/06/2011 01:19:51 AM 1206 Views
It is good Camilla - 15/06/2011 07:50:56 AM 1376 Views
Yes nossy - 14/06/2011 12:23:19 AM 1381 Views
Re: Yes Camilla - 14/06/2011 03:05:08 PM 1317 Views
Yes Ryan - 14/06/2011 05:49:06 AM 1376 Views
Re: Yes Camilla - 14/06/2011 03:05:40 PM 1274 Views
Jacob - 14/06/2011 01:21:12 PM 1275 Views
Re: Camilla - 14/06/2011 03:07:19 PM 1320 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? ClubCaved - 14/06/2011 05:45:06 PM 1377 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 14/06/2011 06:24:49 PM 1262 Views
Edwin Drood Ending ClubCaved - 15/06/2011 03:55:01 PM 1285 Views
Garfield and Forsyte Camilla - 15/06/2011 05:12:20 PM 1363 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Werthead - 14/06/2011 08:35:41 PM 1330 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 14/06/2011 10:12:34 PM 1313 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? DrJacJacMcScrumptious - 15/06/2011 12:04:15 AM 1198 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 15/06/2011 07:51:53 AM 1443 Views
A few works Praziquantel - 15/06/2011 07:05:56 AM 1324 Views
Re: A few works Camilla - 15/06/2011 08:12:35 AM 1199 Views
Re: A few works Praziquantel - 15/06/2011 04:05:08 PM 1472 Views
Re: A few works Camilla - 15/06/2011 05:11:43 PM 1345 Views
What the Dickens? snoopcester - 15/06/2011 05:15:57 PM 1261 Views
Re: What the Dickens? Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:18:10 PM 1343 Views
why bother/ They made them all into movies *NM* random thoughts - 15/06/2011 06:09:35 PM 625 Views
Have you seen any Dickens? *NM* Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:18:37 PM 600 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Maria - 17/06/2011 04:26:04 PM 1421 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:19:47 PM 1210 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Fred Gaidin - 19/06/2011 01:14:30 PM 1490 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:17:01 PM 1317 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Fred Gaidin - 22/06/2011 03:00:19 AM 1548 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? ranagrande - 19/06/2011 05:04:35 PM 1425 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 19/06/2011 05:06:18 PM 1471 Views
All of them. *NM* ranagrande - 19/06/2011 05:14:01 PM 561 Views
Are you sure? Camilla - 19/06/2011 05:34:26 PM 1335 Views
Yes. ranagrande - 19/06/2011 09:44:37 PM 1426 Views
YES smaug - 27/06/2011 09:20:50 PM 1352 Views
Camilla - 28/06/2011 09:34:27 AM 1550 Views
Re: smaug - 29/06/2011 10:51:37 AM 1561 Views
Droodiana Camilla - 29/06/2011 02:24:35 PM 1511 Views
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