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In which country? Camilla Send a noteboard - 14/06/2011 02:59:04 PM
I am constructing a course on Dickens, and so started wondering what I could expect people to have read. I would therefore be very happy if you could reply even if you haven't read anything.
What on earth would possibly explain getting through 4 years of any high school worth a damn without having to read at least one thing by him?


I am sure that depends to a great extent on cultural context.

Have you read any Dickens?

What have you read?
Tale of Two Cities, Great Expectations, Christmas Carol, that I am sure of.

Have you heard of any (other) Dickens novels?

Why have you not read them?
Yes, and because he gets paid by the word, which makes them a little too much like work.


Which ones?

And he was not paid by the word. Common misconception. He published in numbers, which is not the same thing. He would not get paid more if he exceeded the number of pages.
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Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 13/06/2011 04:46:11 PM 1493 Views
What the dickens?! Nate - 13/06/2011 05:04:20 PM 1078 Views
Re: What the dickens?! -->an expression to be found already in Shakespeare, actually. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:41:08 PM 971 Views
Re: Pay Nate - 14/06/2011 06:13:33 PM 1027 Views
P.S. Shakespeare was probably a time traveller. *NM* Nate - 14/06/2011 06:16:30 PM 450 Views
Re: Pay Camilla - 14/06/2011 06:29:49 PM 995 Views
I may have a lead Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:21:33 PM 1020 Views
But, of course. Palatine - 13/06/2011 05:13:20 PM 1026 Views
Re: But, of course. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:42:34 PM 948 Views
Re: But, of course. Palatine - 14/06/2011 05:42:36 PM 979 Views
Yes. Rebekah - 13/06/2011 05:19:05 PM 1004 Views
Re: Yes. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:45:04 PM 1089 Views
Re: Yes. Rebekah - 14/06/2011 09:01:07 PM 1074 Views
I'm gonna guess it varies widely. Legolas - 13/06/2011 05:22:33 PM 1086 Views
Re: I'm gonna guess it varies widely. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:46:41 PM 989 Views
i *hate* dickens. temeraire - 13/06/2011 05:45:05 PM 1088 Views
Re: i *hate* dickens. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:48:28 PM 889 Views
sorry i didn't reply - forgot about this. temeraire - 25/06/2011 02:40:51 PM 1142 Views
Only for school. Great Expectations and Hard Times. The latter was dire. *NM* Tim - 13/06/2011 06:28:24 PM 489 Views
Hard Times is one of my favorite Dickens novels Larry - 13/06/2011 11:43:18 PM 969 Views
Have you noticed how many Dickens titles would make good names for porn movies? Tom - 14/06/2011 03:29:30 AM 971 Views
I am not a fan of Hard Times, either. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:49:02 PM 1002 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Darth_Katie - 13/06/2011 06:55:44 PM 1069 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:50:57 PM 1011 Views
Yes, but it's one concept! Darth_Katie - 14/06/2011 06:58:45 PM 1004 Views
That's easy. No. Wibble - 13/06/2011 07:13:59 PM 1021 Views
Re: That's easy. No. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:52:02 PM 903 Views
Re: That's easy. No. Wibble - 14/06/2011 10:26:02 PM 1000 Views
Re: That's easy. No. Camilla - 14/06/2011 10:29:04 PM 1121 Views
Oh... jh - 13/06/2011 07:24:02 PM 991 Views
Re: Oh... Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:53:15 PM 979 Views
only great expectations Foxhead - 13/06/2011 09:37:39 PM 948 Views
Re: only great expectations Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:54:29 PM 1078 Views
mmmm Foxhead - 14/06/2011 03:53:15 PM 962 Views
Very un-dickensian answers Stephen - 13/06/2011 09:40:17 PM 970 Views
Re: Very un-dickensian answers Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:56:34 PM 1117 Views
That was meant to be a pithy sarcastic comment. *NM* Stephen - 14/06/2011 06:17:45 PM 631 Views
Shocking. *NM* Camilla - 14/06/2011 06:26:09 PM 464 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 987 Views
In which country? Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:59:04 PM 1003 Views
What in the dickens prompted this survey? Tom - 13/06/2011 11:15:19 PM 1051 Views
Re: What in the dickens prompted this survey? Camilla - 14/06/2011 03:02:22 PM 1074 Views
Can you please find that word? Tom - 15/06/2011 05:17:12 AM 941 Views
Re: Can you please find that word? Camilla - 15/06/2011 08:05:58 AM 1034 Views
None of those. It was a thoroughly odd word. Tom - 15/06/2011 02:25:31 PM 880 Views
I'm fairly well-read in this regard Larry - 13/06/2011 11:38:06 PM 950 Views
Re: I'm fairly well-read in this regard Camilla - 14/06/2011 03:03:39 PM 979 Views
Re: I'm fairly well-read in this regard Larry - 14/06/2011 04:59:11 PM 935 Views
Re: I'm fairly well-read in this regard Camilla - 14/06/2011 05:03:36 PM 1066 Views
They are Larry - 14/06/2011 07:23:38 PM 1033 Views
Re: They are Camilla - 14/06/2011 09:18:38 PM 937 Views
Some were, but most were short fictions or short novels Larry - 14/06/2011 11:09:53 PM 934 Views
I'm considering picking up Our Mutual Friend. Yay or nay? *NM* RandAllThor - 15/06/2011 12:43:52 AM 967 Views
Yes. It's one of his more complex and rewarding novels. Larry - 15/06/2011 01:19:51 AM 873 Views
It is good Camilla - 15/06/2011 07:50:56 AM 1035 Views
Yes nossy - 14/06/2011 12:23:19 AM 1036 Views
Re: Yes Camilla - 14/06/2011 03:05:08 PM 969 Views
Yes Ryan - 14/06/2011 05:49:06 AM 954 Views
Re: Yes Camilla - 14/06/2011 03:05:40 PM 923 Views
Jacob - 14/06/2011 01:21:12 PM 896 Views
Re: Camilla - 14/06/2011 03:07:19 PM 1023 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? ClubCaved - 14/06/2011 05:45:06 PM 1031 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 14/06/2011 06:24:49 PM 917 Views
Edwin Drood Ending ClubCaved - 15/06/2011 03:55:01 PM 978 Views
Garfield and Forsyte Camilla - 15/06/2011 05:12:20 PM 1017 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Werthead - 14/06/2011 08:35:41 PM 1003 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 14/06/2011 10:12:34 PM 968 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? DrJacJacMcScrumptious - 15/06/2011 12:04:15 AM 862 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 15/06/2011 07:51:53 AM 1070 Views
A few works Praziquantel - 15/06/2011 07:05:56 AM 975 Views
Re: A few works Camilla - 15/06/2011 08:12:35 AM 876 Views
Re: A few works Praziquantel - 15/06/2011 04:05:08 PM 1093 Views
Re: A few works Camilla - 15/06/2011 05:11:43 PM 1024 Views
What the Dickens? snoopcester - 15/06/2011 05:15:57 PM 867 Views
Re: What the Dickens? Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:18:10 PM 989 Views
why bother/ They made them all into movies *NM* random thoughts - 15/06/2011 06:09:35 PM 459 Views
Have you seen any Dickens? *NM* Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:18:37 PM 430 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Maria - 17/06/2011 04:26:04 PM 1061 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:19:47 PM 865 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Fred Gaidin - 19/06/2011 01:14:30 PM 1110 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:17:01 PM 992 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Fred Gaidin - 22/06/2011 03:00:19 AM 1185 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? ranagrande - 19/06/2011 05:04:35 PM 1089 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 19/06/2011 05:06:18 PM 1141 Views
All of them. *NM* ranagrande - 19/06/2011 05:14:01 PM 419 Views
Are you sure? Camilla - 19/06/2011 05:34:26 PM 966 Views
Yes. ranagrande - 19/06/2011 09:44:37 PM 1090 Views
YES smaug - 27/06/2011 09:20:50 PM 1024 Views
Camilla - 28/06/2011 09:34:27 AM 1186 Views
Re: smaug - 29/06/2011 10:51:37 AM 1177 Views
Droodiana Camilla - 29/06/2011 02:24:35 PM 1168 Views
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