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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 1921 Views
What the dickens?! Nate - 13/06/2011 05:04:20 PM 1506 Views
Re: What the dickens?! -->an expression to be found already in Shakespeare, actually. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:41:08 PM 1454 Views
Re: Pay Nate - 14/06/2011 06:13:33 PM 1457 Views
P.S. Shakespeare was probably a time traveller. *NM* Nate - 14/06/2011 06:16:30 PM 646 Views
Re: Pay Camilla - 14/06/2011 06:29:49 PM 1403 Views
I may have a lead Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:21:33 PM 1432 Views
But, of course. Palatine - 13/06/2011 05:13:20 PM 1445 Views
Re: But, of course. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:42:34 PM 1389 Views
Re: But, of course. Palatine - 14/06/2011 05:42:36 PM 1411 Views
Yes. Rebekah - 13/06/2011 05:19:05 PM 1438 Views
Re: Yes. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:45:04 PM 1545 Views
Re: Yes. Rebekah - 14/06/2011 09:01:07 PM 1497 Views
I'm gonna guess it varies widely. Legolas - 13/06/2011 05:22:33 PM 1556 Views
Re: I'm gonna guess it varies widely. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:46:41 PM 1410 Views
i *hate* dickens. temeraire - 13/06/2011 05:45:05 PM 1533 Views
Re: i *hate* dickens. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:48:28 PM 1275 Views
sorry i didn't reply - forgot about this. temeraire - 25/06/2011 02:40:51 PM 1549 Views
Only for school. Great Expectations and Hard Times. The latter was dire. *NM* Tim - 13/06/2011 06:28:24 PM 712 Views
Hard Times is one of my favorite Dickens novels Larry - 13/06/2011 11:43:18 PM 1376 Views
Have you noticed how many Dickens titles would make good names for porn movies? Tom - 14/06/2011 03:29:30 AM 1376 Views
I am not a fan of Hard Times, either. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:49:02 PM 1379 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Darth_Katie - 13/06/2011 06:55:44 PM 1513 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:50:57 PM 1420 Views
Yes, but it's one concept! Darth_Katie - 14/06/2011 06:58:45 PM 1469 Views
That's easy. No. Wibble - 13/06/2011 07:13:59 PM 1536 Views
Re: That's easy. No. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:52:02 PM 1325 Views
Re: That's easy. No. Wibble - 14/06/2011 10:26:02 PM 1502 Views
Re: That's easy. No. Camilla - 14/06/2011 10:29:04 PM 1519 Views
Oh... jh - 13/06/2011 07:24:02 PM 1424 Views
Re: Oh... Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:53:15 PM 1384 Views
only great expectations Foxhead - 13/06/2011 09:37:39 PM 1375 Views
Re: only great expectations Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:54:29 PM 1488 Views
mmmm Foxhead - 14/06/2011 03:53:15 PM 1372 Views
Very un-dickensian answers Stephen - 13/06/2011 09:40:17 PM 1404 Views
Re: Very un-dickensian answers Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:56:34 PM 1538 Views
That was meant to be a pithy sarcastic comment. *NM* Stephen - 14/06/2011 06:17:45 PM 838 Views
Shocking. *NM* Camilla - 14/06/2011 06:26:09 PM 668 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 1425 Views
In which country? Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:59:04 PM 1441 Views
What in the dickens prompted this survey? Tom - 13/06/2011 11:15:19 PM 1508 Views
Re: What in the dickens prompted this survey? Camilla - 14/06/2011 03:02:22 PM 1506 Views
Can you please find that word? Tom - 15/06/2011 05:17:12 AM 1379 Views
Re: Can you please find that word? Camilla - 15/06/2011 08:05:58 AM 1469 Views
None of those. It was a thoroughly odd word. Tom - 15/06/2011 02:25:31 PM 1293 Views
I'm fairly well-read in this regard Larry - 13/06/2011 11:38:06 PM 1401 Views
Re: I'm fairly well-read in this regard Camilla - 14/06/2011 03:03:39 PM 1410 Views
Re: I'm fairly well-read in this regard Larry - 14/06/2011 04:59:11 PM 1428 Views
Re: I'm fairly well-read in this regard Camilla - 14/06/2011 05:03:36 PM 1509 Views
They are Larry - 14/06/2011 07:23:38 PM 1463 Views
Re: They are Camilla - 14/06/2011 09:18:38 PM 1338 Views
Some were, but most were short fictions or short novels Larry - 14/06/2011 11:09:53 PM 1374 Views
I'm considering picking up Our Mutual Friend. Yay or nay? *NM* RandAllThor - 15/06/2011 12:43:52 AM 1391 Views
Yes. It's one of his more complex and rewarding novels. Larry - 15/06/2011 01:19:51 AM 1287 Views
It is good Camilla - 15/06/2011 07:50:56 AM 1461 Views
Yes nossy - 14/06/2011 12:23:19 AM 1470 Views
Re: Yes Camilla - 14/06/2011 03:05:08 PM 1383 Views
Yes Ryan - 14/06/2011 05:49:06 AM 1451 Views
Re: Yes Camilla - 14/06/2011 03:05:40 PM 1349 Views
Jacob - 14/06/2011 01:21:12 PM 1345 Views
Re: Camilla - 14/06/2011 03:07:19 PM 1404 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? ClubCaved - 14/06/2011 05:45:06 PM 1456 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 14/06/2011 06:24:49 PM 1336 Views
Edwin Drood Ending ClubCaved - 15/06/2011 03:55:01 PM 1400 Views
Garfield and Forsyte Camilla - 15/06/2011 05:12:20 PM 1445 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Werthead - 14/06/2011 08:35:41 PM 1408 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 14/06/2011 10:12:34 PM 1396 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? DrJacJacMcScrumptious - 15/06/2011 12:04:15 AM 1271 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 15/06/2011 07:51:53 AM 1526 Views
A few works Praziquantel - 15/06/2011 07:05:56 AM 1396 Views
Re: A few works Camilla - 15/06/2011 08:12:35 AM 1282 Views
Re: A few works Praziquantel - 15/06/2011 04:05:08 PM 1557 Views
Re: A few works Camilla - 15/06/2011 05:11:43 PM 1427 Views
What the Dickens? snoopcester - 15/06/2011 05:15:57 PM 1337 Views
Re: What the Dickens? Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:18:10 PM 1427 Views
why bother/ They made them all into movies *NM* random thoughts - 15/06/2011 06:09:35 PM 672 Views
Have you seen any Dickens? *NM* Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:18:37 PM 642 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Maria - 17/06/2011 04:26:04 PM 1509 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:19:47 PM 1287 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Fred Gaidin - 19/06/2011 01:14:30 PM 1569 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:17:01 PM 1399 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Fred Gaidin - 22/06/2011 03:00:19 AM 1631 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? ranagrande - 19/06/2011 05:04:35 PM 1510 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 19/06/2011 05:06:18 PM 1557 Views
All of them. *NM* ranagrande - 19/06/2011 05:14:01 PM 601 Views
Are you sure? Camilla - 19/06/2011 05:34:26 PM 1439 Views
Yes. ranagrande - 19/06/2011 09:44:37 PM 1508 Views
YES smaug - 27/06/2011 09:20:50 PM 1426 Views
Camilla - 28/06/2011 09:34:27 AM 1618 Views
Re: smaug - 29/06/2011 10:51:37 AM 1628 Views
Droodiana Camilla - 29/06/2011 02:24:35 PM 1593 Views
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