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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 1875 Views
What the dickens?! Nate - 13/06/2011 05:04:20 PM 1460 Views
Re: What the dickens?! -->an expression to be found already in Shakespeare, actually. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:41:08 PM 1359 Views
Re: Pay Nate - 14/06/2011 06:13:33 PM 1408 Views
P.S. Shakespeare was probably a time traveller. *NM* Nate - 14/06/2011 06:16:30 PM 616 Views
Re: Pay Camilla - 14/06/2011 06:29:49 PM 1358 Views
I may have a lead Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:21:33 PM 1388 Views
But, of course. Palatine - 13/06/2011 05:13:20 PM 1396 Views
Re: But, of course. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:42:34 PM 1340 Views
Re: But, of course. Palatine - 14/06/2011 05:42:36 PM 1362 Views
Yes. Rebekah - 13/06/2011 05:19:05 PM 1387 Views
Re: Yes. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:45:04 PM 1498 Views
Re: Yes. Rebekah - 14/06/2011 09:01:07 PM 1454 Views
I'm gonna guess it varies widely. Legolas - 13/06/2011 05:22:33 PM 1504 Views
Re: I'm gonna guess it varies widely. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:46:41 PM 1352 Views
i *hate* dickens. temeraire - 13/06/2011 05:45:05 PM 1477 Views
Re: i *hate* dickens. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:48:28 PM 1227 Views
sorry i didn't reply - forgot about this. temeraire - 25/06/2011 02:40:51 PM 1497 Views
Only for school. Great Expectations and Hard Times. The latter was dire. *NM* Tim - 13/06/2011 06:28:24 PM 681 Views
Hard Times is one of my favorite Dickens novels Larry - 13/06/2011 11:43:18 PM 1328 Views
Have you noticed how many Dickens titles would make good names for porn movies? Tom - 14/06/2011 03:29:30 AM 1322 Views
I am not a fan of Hard Times, either. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:49:02 PM 1338 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Darth_Katie - 13/06/2011 06:55:44 PM 1467 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:50:57 PM 1365 Views
Yes, but it's one concept! Darth_Katie - 14/06/2011 06:58:45 PM 1426 Views
That's easy. No. Wibble - 13/06/2011 07:13:59 PM 1482 Views
Re: That's easy. No. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:52:02 PM 1277 Views
Re: That's easy. No. Wibble - 14/06/2011 10:26:02 PM 1453 Views
Re: That's easy. No. Camilla - 14/06/2011 10:29:04 PM 1476 Views
Oh... jh - 13/06/2011 07:24:02 PM 1381 Views
Re: Oh... Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:53:15 PM 1335 Views
only great expectations Foxhead - 13/06/2011 09:37:39 PM 1328 Views
Re: only great expectations Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:54:29 PM 1439 Views
mmmm Foxhead - 14/06/2011 03:53:15 PM 1320 Views
Very un-dickensian answers Stephen - 13/06/2011 09:40:17 PM 1354 Views
Re: Very un-dickensian answers Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:56:34 PM 1496 Views
That was meant to be a pithy sarcastic comment. *NM* Stephen - 14/06/2011 06:17:45 PM 812 Views
Shocking. *NM* Camilla - 14/06/2011 06:26:09 PM 640 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 1374 Views
In which country? Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:59:04 PM 1386 Views
What in the dickens prompted this survey? Tom - 13/06/2011 11:15:19 PM 1453 Views
Re: What in the dickens prompted this survey? Camilla - 14/06/2011 03:02:22 PM 1450 Views
Can you please find that word? Tom - 15/06/2011 05:17:12 AM 1332 Views
Re: Can you please find that word? Camilla - 15/06/2011 08:05:58 AM 1423 Views
None of those. It was a thoroughly odd word. Tom - 15/06/2011 02:25:31 PM 1245 Views
I'm fairly well-read in this regard Larry - 13/06/2011 11:38:06 PM 1357 Views
Re: I'm fairly well-read in this regard Camilla - 14/06/2011 03:03:39 PM 1362 Views
Re: I'm fairly well-read in this regard Larry - 14/06/2011 04:59:11 PM 1331 Views
Re: I'm fairly well-read in this regard Camilla - 14/06/2011 05:03:36 PM 1446 Views
They are Larry - 14/06/2011 07:23:38 PM 1415 Views
Re: They are Camilla - 14/06/2011 09:18:38 PM 1289 Views
Some were, but most were short fictions or short novels Larry - 14/06/2011 11:09:53 PM 1326 Views
I'm considering picking up Our Mutual Friend. Yay or nay? *NM* RandAllThor - 15/06/2011 12:43:52 AM 1342 Views
Yes. It's one of his more complex and rewarding novels. Larry - 15/06/2011 01:19:51 AM 1236 Views
It is good Camilla - 15/06/2011 07:50:56 AM 1409 Views
Yes nossy - 14/06/2011 12:23:19 AM 1418 Views
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Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? ClubCaved - 14/06/2011 05:45:06 PM 1411 Views
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Edwin Drood Ending ClubCaved - 15/06/2011 03:55:01 PM 1323 Views
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Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 14/06/2011 10:12:34 PM 1340 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? DrJacJacMcScrumptious - 15/06/2011 12:04:15 AM 1224 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 15/06/2011 07:51:53 AM 1472 Views
A few works Praziquantel - 15/06/2011 07:05:56 AM 1355 Views
Re: A few works Camilla - 15/06/2011 08:12:35 AM 1234 Views
Re: A few works Praziquantel - 15/06/2011 04:05:08 PM 1509 Views
Re: A few works Camilla - 15/06/2011 05:11:43 PM 1380 Views
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Re: What the Dickens? Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:18:10 PM 1373 Views
why bother/ They made them all into movies *NM* random thoughts - 15/06/2011 06:09:35 PM 638 Views
Have you seen any Dickens? *NM* Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:18:37 PM 614 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Maria - 17/06/2011 04:26:04 PM 1463 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:19:47 PM 1233 Views
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Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:17:01 PM 1348 Views
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Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? ranagrande - 19/06/2011 05:04:35 PM 1458 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 19/06/2011 05:06:18 PM 1502 Views
All of them. *NM* ranagrande - 19/06/2011 05:14:01 PM 576 Views
Are you sure? Camilla - 19/06/2011 05:34:26 PM 1371 Views
Yes. ranagrande - 19/06/2011 09:44:37 PM 1454 Views
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