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Re: What in the dickens prompted this survey? Camilla Send a noteboard - 14/06/2011 03:02:22 PM
Sorry, I just wanted to have a little play on words there.


Nate beat you to it ;)

Have you read any Dickens?

YES!

What have you read?

I have read A Tale of Two Cities, Bleak House, Great Expectations and A Christmas Carol. I also have David Copperfield, The Old Curiosity Shop and Oliver Twist but haven't gotten around to reading them just yet.

Have you heard of any (other) Dickens novels?

I've heard of all of them, though asking me to recite them would invariably lead me to forget one or two. Off the top of my head I can think of Nicholas Nickleby (or however that's spelled), Little Dorrit, Our Mutual Friend, Edwin Drood, The Pickwick Papers...they all have weird names.


How do you know you have heard of all of them?

Why have you not read them?

We make choices in what we read, and in what order.


Yes. I was wondering about the rationale behind the choices.

What is your perception of Dickens?

Uneven as an author - some stuff is good and some is not as good. A bit stilted in the prose department. I think part of it is that I just don't like these installation-novels from the Nineteenth Century.

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

I saw "Great Expectations" with Gwyneth Paltrow (she was good there, but I think I could marry Margot Tenenbaum...but I digress). I seem to remember watching the first half of Oliver! but not the second half, and of course who hasn't seen at least one version of A Christmas Carol?

Pick one word that you connect with Dickens. What is it?
Damn I wish I could remember it. It's a word that no one uses and when I saw it I thought it was a misprint of "prevaricate" because it was obviously along the same lines in meaning, but it was like perstication or pervastication or something like that.
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Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 13/06/2011 04:46:11 PM 1919 Views
What the dickens?! Nate - 13/06/2011 05:04:20 PM 1504 Views
Re: What the dickens?! -->an expression to be found already in Shakespeare, actually. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:41:08 PM 1452 Views
Re: Pay Nate - 14/06/2011 06:13:33 PM 1455 Views
P.S. Shakespeare was probably a time traveller. *NM* Nate - 14/06/2011 06:16:30 PM 645 Views
Re: Pay Camilla - 14/06/2011 06:29:49 PM 1401 Views
I may have a lead Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:21:33 PM 1430 Views
But, of course. Palatine - 13/06/2011 05:13:20 PM 1443 Views
Re: But, of course. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:42:34 PM 1387 Views
Re: But, of course. Palatine - 14/06/2011 05:42:36 PM 1408 Views
Yes. Rebekah - 13/06/2011 05:19:05 PM 1436 Views
Re: Yes. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:45:04 PM 1543 Views
Re: Yes. Rebekah - 14/06/2011 09:01:07 PM 1495 Views
I'm gonna guess it varies widely. Legolas - 13/06/2011 05:22:33 PM 1553 Views
Re: I'm gonna guess it varies widely. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:46:41 PM 1408 Views
i *hate* dickens. temeraire - 13/06/2011 05:45:05 PM 1531 Views
Re: i *hate* dickens. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:48:28 PM 1273 Views
sorry i didn't reply - forgot about this. temeraire - 25/06/2011 02:40:51 PM 1547 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 1374 Views
Have you noticed how many Dickens titles would make good names for porn movies? Tom - 14/06/2011 03:29:30 AM 1374 Views
I am not a fan of Hard Times, either. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:49:02 PM 1378 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Darth_Katie - 13/06/2011 06:55:44 PM 1511 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:50:57 PM 1418 Views
Yes, but it's one concept! Darth_Katie - 14/06/2011 06:58:45 PM 1467 Views
That's easy. No. Wibble - 13/06/2011 07:13:59 PM 1533 Views
Re: That's easy. No. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:52:02 PM 1323 Views
Re: That's easy. No. Wibble - 14/06/2011 10:26:02 PM 1500 Views
Re: That's easy. No. Camilla - 14/06/2011 10:29:04 PM 1518 Views
Oh... jh - 13/06/2011 07:24:02 PM 1423 Views
Re: Oh... Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:53:15 PM 1382 Views
only great expectations Foxhead - 13/06/2011 09:37:39 PM 1373 Views
Re: only great expectations Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:54:29 PM 1486 Views
mmmm Foxhead - 14/06/2011 03:53:15 PM 1370 Views
Very un-dickensian answers Stephen - 13/06/2011 09:40:17 PM 1403 Views
Re: Very un-dickensian answers Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:56:34 PM 1537 Views
That was meant to be a pithy sarcastic comment. *NM* Stephen - 14/06/2011 06:17:45 PM 837 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 1423 Views
In which country? Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:59:04 PM 1439 Views
What in the dickens prompted this survey? Tom - 13/06/2011 11:15:19 PM 1506 Views
Re: What in the dickens prompted this survey? Camilla - 14/06/2011 03:02:22 PM 1504 Views
Can you please find that word? Tom - 15/06/2011 05:17:12 AM 1377 Views
Re: Can you please find that word? Camilla - 15/06/2011 08:05:58 AM 1467 Views
None of those. It was a thoroughly odd word. Tom - 15/06/2011 02:25:31 PM 1290 Views
I'm fairly well-read in this regard Larry - 13/06/2011 11:38:06 PM 1400 Views
Re: I'm fairly well-read in this regard Camilla - 14/06/2011 03:03:39 PM 1409 Views
Re: I'm fairly well-read in this regard Larry - 14/06/2011 04:59:11 PM 1425 Views
Re: I'm fairly well-read in this regard Camilla - 14/06/2011 05:03:36 PM 1506 Views
They are Larry - 14/06/2011 07:23:38 PM 1461 Views
Re: They are Camilla - 14/06/2011 09:18:38 PM 1335 Views
Some were, but most were short fictions or short novels Larry - 14/06/2011 11:09:53 PM 1372 Views
I'm considering picking up Our Mutual Friend. Yay or nay? *NM* RandAllThor - 15/06/2011 12:43:52 AM 1389 Views
Yes. It's one of his more complex and rewarding novels. Larry - 15/06/2011 01:19:51 AM 1284 Views
It is good Camilla - 15/06/2011 07:50:56 AM 1458 Views
Yes nossy - 14/06/2011 12:23:19 AM 1469 Views
Re: Yes Camilla - 14/06/2011 03:05:08 PM 1382 Views
Yes Ryan - 14/06/2011 05:49:06 AM 1450 Views
Re: Yes Camilla - 14/06/2011 03:05:40 PM 1346 Views
Jacob - 14/06/2011 01:21:12 PM 1343 Views
Re: Camilla - 14/06/2011 03:07:19 PM 1401 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 1333 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 1443 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Werthead - 14/06/2011 08:35:41 PM 1407 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 14/06/2011 10:12:34 PM 1395 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? DrJacJacMcScrumptious - 15/06/2011 12:04:15 AM 1270 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 15/06/2011 07:51:53 AM 1524 Views
A few works Praziquantel - 15/06/2011 07:05:56 AM 1395 Views
Re: A few works Camilla - 15/06/2011 08:12:35 AM 1281 Views
Re: A few works Praziquantel - 15/06/2011 04:05:08 PM 1555 Views
Re: A few works Camilla - 15/06/2011 05:11:43 PM 1425 Views
What the Dickens? snoopcester - 15/06/2011 05:15:57 PM 1336 Views
Re: What the Dickens? Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:18:10 PM 1425 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 1507 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:19:47 PM 1285 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Fred Gaidin - 19/06/2011 01:14:30 PM 1567 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:17:01 PM 1397 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Fred Gaidin - 22/06/2011 03:00:19 AM 1629 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? ranagrande - 19/06/2011 05:04:35 PM 1507 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 19/06/2011 05:06:18 PM 1555 Views
All of them. *NM* ranagrande - 19/06/2011 05:14:01 PM 600 Views
Are you sure? Camilla - 19/06/2011 05:34:26 PM 1437 Views
Yes. ranagrande - 19/06/2011 09:44:37 PM 1504 Views
YES smaug - 27/06/2011 09:20:50 PM 1423 Views
Camilla - 28/06/2011 09:34:27 AM 1617 Views
Re: smaug - 29/06/2011 10:51:37 AM 1626 Views
Droodiana Camilla - 29/06/2011 02:24:35 PM 1590 Views
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