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Re: What the dickens?! -->an expression to be found already in Shakespeare, actually. Camilla Send a noteboard - 14/06/2011 02:41:08 PM
Have you read any Dickens?

I have not. I do own a copy of Oliver Twist though.

What have you read?

Have you heard of any (other) Dickens novels?

Just so. A Christmas Carol of course, everyone knows that one. At the moment I can also think of Bleak House, Great Expectations, A Tale of Two Cities, David Copperfield, Nicholas Nickleby, Hard Times, and The Mystery of Edwin Drood.

Why have you not read them?

They're not high enough on my priority list given my limited reading time. I have some interest in them given that they're classics, but not enough to get past that first thing. I was never given any as assigned reading in any classes, including several first and second year university English literature classes.


I sympathise. I think a lot of teachers are hesitant about putting the good Dickens stuff on reading lists simply because they are so long. People keep reading A Christmas Carol, but not all that many others.

What is your perception of Dickens?

Wordy, likely because of how he wrote and was paid for the books. Lots of characters. And for some reason I think of chimney sweepers.


When you say you know how he was paid, what do you mean?

I don't know where the chimney sweepers comes from.

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

Multiple versionf of A Christmas Carol, and one version of Oliver Twist.

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

Chimney sweepers.


Interesting.
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Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 13/06/2011 04:46:11 PM 1826 Views
What the dickens?! Nate - 13/06/2011 05:04:20 PM 1424 Views
Re: What the dickens?! -->an expression to be found already in Shakespeare, actually. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:41:08 PM 1304 Views
Re: Pay Nate - 14/06/2011 06:13:33 PM 1355 Views
P.S. Shakespeare was probably a time traveller. *NM* Nate - 14/06/2011 06:16:30 PM 597 Views
Re: Pay Camilla - 14/06/2011 06:29:49 PM 1312 Views
I may have a lead Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:21:33 PM 1344 Views
But, of course. Palatine - 13/06/2011 05:13:20 PM 1352 Views
Re: But, of course. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:42:34 PM 1284 Views
Re: But, of course. Palatine - 14/06/2011 05:42:36 PM 1310 Views
Yes. Rebekah - 13/06/2011 05:19:05 PM 1334 Views
Re: Yes. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:45:04 PM 1427 Views
Re: Yes. Rebekah - 14/06/2011 09:01:07 PM 1403 Views
I'm gonna guess it varies widely. Legolas - 13/06/2011 05:22:33 PM 1461 Views
Re: I'm gonna guess it varies widely. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:46:41 PM 1311 Views
i *hate* dickens. temeraire - 13/06/2011 05:45:05 PM 1425 Views
Re: i *hate* dickens. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:48:28 PM 1179 Views
sorry i didn't reply - forgot about this. temeraire - 25/06/2011 02:40:51 PM 1455 Views
Only for school. Great Expectations and Hard Times. The latter was dire. *NM* Tim - 13/06/2011 06:28:24 PM 659 Views
Hard Times is one of my favorite Dickens novels Larry - 13/06/2011 11:43:18 PM 1279 Views
Have you noticed how many Dickens titles would make good names for porn movies? Tom - 14/06/2011 03:29:30 AM 1279 Views
I am not a fan of Hard Times, either. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:49:02 PM 1295 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Darth_Katie - 13/06/2011 06:55:44 PM 1414 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:50:57 PM 1316 Views
Yes, but it's one concept! Darth_Katie - 14/06/2011 06:58:45 PM 1364 Views
That's easy. No. Wibble - 13/06/2011 07:13:59 PM 1438 Views
Re: That's easy. No. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:52:02 PM 1233 Views
Re: That's easy. No. Wibble - 14/06/2011 10:26:02 PM 1406 Views
Re: That's easy. No. Camilla - 14/06/2011 10:29:04 PM 1430 Views
Oh... jh - 13/06/2011 07:24:02 PM 1331 Views
Re: Oh... Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:53:15 PM 1298 Views
only great expectations Foxhead - 13/06/2011 09:37:39 PM 1277 Views
Re: only great expectations Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:54:29 PM 1391 Views
mmmm Foxhead - 14/06/2011 03:53:15 PM 1276 Views
Very un-dickensian answers Stephen - 13/06/2011 09:40:17 PM 1302 Views
Re: Very un-dickensian answers Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:56:34 PM 1435 Views
That was meant to be a pithy sarcastic comment. *NM* Stephen - 14/06/2011 06:17:45 PM 785 Views
Shocking. *NM* Camilla - 14/06/2011 06:26:09 PM 617 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 1334 Views
In which country? Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:59:04 PM 1336 Views
What in the dickens prompted this survey? Tom - 13/06/2011 11:15:19 PM 1405 Views
Re: What in the dickens prompted this survey? Camilla - 14/06/2011 03:02:22 PM 1393 Views
Can you please find that word? Tom - 15/06/2011 05:17:12 AM 1286 Views
Re: Can you please find that word? Camilla - 15/06/2011 08:05:58 AM 1376 Views
None of those. It was a thoroughly odd word. Tom - 15/06/2011 02:25:31 PM 1196 Views
I'm fairly well-read in this regard Larry - 13/06/2011 11:38:06 PM 1306 Views
Re: I'm fairly well-read in this regard Camilla - 14/06/2011 03:03:39 PM 1321 Views
Re: I'm fairly well-read in this regard Larry - 14/06/2011 04:59:11 PM 1273 Views
Re: I'm fairly well-read in this regard Camilla - 14/06/2011 05:03:36 PM 1410 Views
They are Larry - 14/06/2011 07:23:38 PM 1363 Views
Re: They are Camilla - 14/06/2011 09:18:38 PM 1241 Views
Some were, but most were short fictions or short novels Larry - 14/06/2011 11:09:53 PM 1277 Views
I'm considering picking up Our Mutual Friend. Yay or nay? *NM* RandAllThor - 15/06/2011 12:43:52 AM 1289 Views
Yes. It's one of his more complex and rewarding novels. Larry - 15/06/2011 01:19:51 AM 1187 Views
It is good Camilla - 15/06/2011 07:50:56 AM 1360 Views
Yes nossy - 14/06/2011 12:23:19 AM 1365 Views
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Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? ClubCaved - 14/06/2011 05:45:06 PM 1355 Views
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Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? DrJacJacMcScrumptious - 15/06/2011 12:04:15 AM 1175 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 15/06/2011 07:51:53 AM 1421 Views
A few works Praziquantel - 15/06/2011 07:05:56 AM 1303 Views
Re: A few works Camilla - 15/06/2011 08:12:35 AM 1180 Views
Re: A few works Praziquantel - 15/06/2011 04:05:08 PM 1451 Views
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Re: What the Dickens? Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:18:10 PM 1320 Views
why bother/ They made them all into movies *NM* random thoughts - 15/06/2011 06:09:35 PM 618 Views
Have you seen any Dickens? *NM* Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:18:37 PM 589 Views
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Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:17:01 PM 1296 Views
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Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 19/06/2011 05:06:18 PM 1450 Views
All of them. *NM* ranagrande - 19/06/2011 05:14:01 PM 556 Views
Are you sure? Camilla - 19/06/2011 05:34:26 PM 1311 Views
Yes. ranagrande - 19/06/2011 09:44:37 PM 1406 Views
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