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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 1783 Views
What the dickens?! Nate - 13/06/2011 05:04:20 PM 1392 Views
Re: What the dickens?! -->an expression to be found already in Shakespeare, actually. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:41:08 PM 1268 Views
Re: Pay Nate - 14/06/2011 06:13:33 PM 1322 Views
P.S. Shakespeare was probably a time traveller. *NM* Nate - 14/06/2011 06:16:30 PM 580 Views
Re: Pay Camilla - 14/06/2011 06:29:49 PM 1275 Views
I may have a lead Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:21:33 PM 1310 Views
But, of course. Palatine - 13/06/2011 05:13:20 PM 1323 Views
Re: But, of course. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:42:34 PM 1249 Views
Re: But, of course. Palatine - 14/06/2011 05:42:36 PM 1273 Views
Yes. Rebekah - 13/06/2011 05:19:05 PM 1304 Views
Re: Yes. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:45:04 PM 1391 Views
Re: Yes. Rebekah - 14/06/2011 09:01:07 PM 1364 Views
I'm gonna guess it varies widely. Legolas - 13/06/2011 05:22:33 PM 1408 Views
Re: I'm gonna guess it varies widely. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:46:41 PM 1278 Views
i *hate* dickens. temeraire - 13/06/2011 05:45:05 PM 1388 Views
Re: i *hate* dickens. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:48:28 PM 1140 Views
sorry i didn't reply - forgot about this. temeraire - 25/06/2011 02:40:51 PM 1423 Views
Only for school. Great Expectations and Hard Times. The latter was dire. *NM* Tim - 13/06/2011 06:28:24 PM 639 Views
Hard Times is one of my favorite Dickens novels Larry - 13/06/2011 11:43:18 PM 1251 Views
Have you noticed how many Dickens titles would make good names for porn movies? Tom - 14/06/2011 03:29:30 AM 1240 Views
I am not a fan of Hard Times, either. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:49:02 PM 1265 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Darth_Katie - 13/06/2011 06:55:44 PM 1372 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:50:57 PM 1286 Views
Yes, but it's one concept! Darth_Katie - 14/06/2011 06:58:45 PM 1324 Views
That's easy. No. Wibble - 13/06/2011 07:13:59 PM 1389 Views
Re: That's easy. No. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:52:02 PM 1207 Views
Re: That's easy. No. Wibble - 14/06/2011 10:26:02 PM 1374 Views
Re: That's easy. No. Camilla - 14/06/2011 10:29:04 PM 1393 Views
Oh... jh - 13/06/2011 07:24:02 PM 1285 Views
Re: Oh... Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:53:15 PM 1268 Views
only great expectations Foxhead - 13/06/2011 09:37:39 PM 1239 Views
Re: only great expectations Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:54:29 PM 1346 Views
mmmm Foxhead - 14/06/2011 03:53:15 PM 1238 Views
Very un-dickensian answers Stephen - 13/06/2011 09:40:17 PM 1263 Views
Re: Very un-dickensian answers Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:56:34 PM 1402 Views
That was meant to be a pithy sarcastic comment. *NM* Stephen - 14/06/2011 06:17:45 PM 770 Views
Shocking. *NM* Camilla - 14/06/2011 06:26:09 PM 601 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 1298 Views
In which country? Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:59:04 PM 1297 Views
What in the dickens prompted this survey? Tom - 13/06/2011 11:15:19 PM 1370 Views
Re: What in the dickens prompted this survey? Camilla - 14/06/2011 03:02:22 PM 1369 Views
Can you please find that word? Tom - 15/06/2011 05:17:12 AM 1254 Views
Re: Can you please find that word? Camilla - 15/06/2011 08:05:58 AM 1339 Views
None of those. It was a thoroughly odd word. Tom - 15/06/2011 02:25:31 PM 1160 Views
I'm fairly well-read in this regard Larry - 13/06/2011 11:38:06 PM 1277 Views
Re: I'm fairly well-read in this regard Camilla - 14/06/2011 03:03:39 PM 1288 Views
Re: I'm fairly well-read in this regard Larry - 14/06/2011 04:59:11 PM 1236 Views
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They are Larry - 14/06/2011 07:23:38 PM 1330 Views
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Some were, but most were short fictions or short novels Larry - 14/06/2011 11:09:53 PM 1247 Views
I'm considering picking up Our Mutual Friend. Yay or nay? *NM* RandAllThor - 15/06/2011 12:43:52 AM 1252 Views
Yes. It's one of his more complex and rewarding novels. Larry - 15/06/2011 01:19:51 AM 1150 Views
It is good Camilla - 15/06/2011 07:50:56 AM 1329 Views
Yes nossy - 14/06/2011 12:23:19 AM 1334 Views
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Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? ClubCaved - 14/06/2011 05:45:06 PM 1318 Views
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Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 15/06/2011 07:51:53 AM 1390 Views
A few works Praziquantel - 15/06/2011 07:05:56 AM 1270 Views
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Re: A few works Praziquantel - 15/06/2011 04:05:08 PM 1416 Views
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Re: What the Dickens? Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:18:10 PM 1289 Views
why bother/ They made them all into movies *NM* random thoughts - 15/06/2011 06:09:35 PM 602 Views
Have you seen any Dickens? *NM* Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:18:37 PM 571 Views
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Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:17:01 PM 1259 Views
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Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 19/06/2011 05:06:18 PM 1419 Views
All of them. *NM* ranagrande - 19/06/2011 05:14:01 PM 539 Views
Are you sure? Camilla - 19/06/2011 05:34:26 PM 1280 Views
Yes. ranagrande - 19/06/2011 09:44:37 PM 1378 Views
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