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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 1777 Views
What the dickens?! Nate - 13/06/2011 05:04:20 PM 1383 Views
Re: What the dickens?! -->an expression to be found already in Shakespeare, actually. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:41:08 PM 1258 Views
Re: Pay Nate - 14/06/2011 06:13:33 PM 1314 Views
P.S. Shakespeare was probably a time traveller. *NM* Nate - 14/06/2011 06:16:30 PM 576 Views
Re: Pay Camilla - 14/06/2011 06:29:49 PM 1267 Views
I may have a lead Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:21:33 PM 1299 Views
But, of course. Palatine - 13/06/2011 05:13:20 PM 1313 Views
Re: But, of course. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:42:34 PM 1234 Views
Re: But, of course. Palatine - 14/06/2011 05:42:36 PM 1263 Views
Yes. Rebekah - 13/06/2011 05:19:05 PM 1300 Views
Re: Yes. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:45:04 PM 1381 Views
Re: Yes. Rebekah - 14/06/2011 09:01:07 PM 1353 Views
I'm gonna guess it varies widely. Legolas - 13/06/2011 05:22:33 PM 1400 Views
Re: I'm gonna guess it varies widely. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:46:41 PM 1270 Views
i *hate* dickens. temeraire - 13/06/2011 05:45:05 PM 1383 Views
Re: i *hate* dickens. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:48:28 PM 1132 Views
sorry i didn't reply - forgot about this. temeraire - 25/06/2011 02:40:51 PM 1414 Views
Only for school. Great Expectations and Hard Times. The latter was dire. *NM* Tim - 13/06/2011 06:28:24 PM 635 Views
Hard Times is one of my favorite Dickens novels Larry - 13/06/2011 11:43:18 PM 1246 Views
Have you noticed how many Dickens titles would make good names for porn movies? Tom - 14/06/2011 03:29:30 AM 1231 Views
I am not a fan of Hard Times, either. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:49:02 PM 1258 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Darth_Katie - 13/06/2011 06:55:44 PM 1358 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:50:57 PM 1277 Views
Yes, but it's one concept! Darth_Katie - 14/06/2011 06:58:45 PM 1315 Views
That's easy. No. Wibble - 13/06/2011 07:13:59 PM 1366 Views
Re: That's easy. No. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:52:02 PM 1195 Views
Re: That's easy. No. Wibble - 14/06/2011 10:26:02 PM 1362 Views
Re: That's easy. No. Camilla - 14/06/2011 10:29:04 PM 1388 Views
Oh... jh - 13/06/2011 07:24:02 PM 1277 Views
Re: Oh... Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:53:15 PM 1260 Views
only great expectations Foxhead - 13/06/2011 09:37:39 PM 1231 Views
Re: only great expectations Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:54:29 PM 1340 Views
mmmm Foxhead - 14/06/2011 03:53:15 PM 1232 Views
Very un-dickensian answers Stephen - 13/06/2011 09:40:17 PM 1253 Views
Re: Very un-dickensian answers Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:56:34 PM 1393 Views
That was meant to be a pithy sarcastic comment. *NM* Stephen - 14/06/2011 06:17:45 PM 767 Views
Shocking. *NM* Camilla - 14/06/2011 06:26:09 PM 598 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 1288 Views
In which country? Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:59:04 PM 1286 Views
What in the dickens prompted this survey? Tom - 13/06/2011 11:15:19 PM 1359 Views
Re: What in the dickens prompted this survey? Camilla - 14/06/2011 03:02:22 PM 1365 Views
Can you please find that word? Tom - 15/06/2011 05:17:12 AM 1246 Views
Re: Can you please find that word? Camilla - 15/06/2011 08:05:58 AM 1331 Views
None of those. It was a thoroughly odd word. Tom - 15/06/2011 02:25:31 PM 1154 Views
I'm fairly well-read in this regard Larry - 13/06/2011 11:38:06 PM 1262 Views
Re: I'm fairly well-read in this regard Camilla - 14/06/2011 03:03:39 PM 1279 Views
Re: I'm fairly well-read in this regard Larry - 14/06/2011 04:59:11 PM 1226 Views
Re: I'm fairly well-read in this regard Camilla - 14/06/2011 05:03:36 PM 1353 Views
They are Larry - 14/06/2011 07:23:38 PM 1319 Views
Re: They are Camilla - 14/06/2011 09:18:38 PM 1211 Views
Some were, but most were short fictions or short novels Larry - 14/06/2011 11:09:53 PM 1242 Views
I'm considering picking up Our Mutual Friend. Yay or nay? *NM* RandAllThor - 15/06/2011 12:43:52 AM 1246 Views
Yes. It's one of his more complex and rewarding novels. Larry - 15/06/2011 01:19:51 AM 1142 Views
It is good Camilla - 15/06/2011 07:50:56 AM 1319 Views
Yes nossy - 14/06/2011 12:23:19 AM 1329 Views
Re: Yes Camilla - 14/06/2011 03:05:08 PM 1262 Views
Yes Ryan - 14/06/2011 05:49:06 AM 1315 Views
Re: Yes Camilla - 14/06/2011 03:05:40 PM 1216 Views
Jacob - 14/06/2011 01:21:12 PM 1210 Views
Re: Camilla - 14/06/2011 03:07:19 PM 1264 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? ClubCaved - 14/06/2011 05:45:06 PM 1309 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 14/06/2011 06:24:49 PM 1206 Views
Edwin Drood Ending ClubCaved - 15/06/2011 03:55:01 PM 1230 Views
Garfield and Forsyte Camilla - 15/06/2011 05:12:20 PM 1298 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Werthead - 14/06/2011 08:35:41 PM 1274 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 14/06/2011 10:12:34 PM 1252 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? DrJacJacMcScrumptious - 15/06/2011 12:04:15 AM 1125 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 15/06/2011 07:51:53 AM 1382 Views
A few works Praziquantel - 15/06/2011 07:05:56 AM 1261 Views
Re: A few works Camilla - 15/06/2011 08:12:35 AM 1148 Views
Re: A few works Praziquantel - 15/06/2011 04:05:08 PM 1411 Views
Re: A few works Camilla - 15/06/2011 05:11:43 PM 1295 Views
What the Dickens? snoopcester - 15/06/2011 05:15:57 PM 1197 Views
Re: What the Dickens? Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:18:10 PM 1276 Views
why bother/ They made them all into movies *NM* random thoughts - 15/06/2011 06:09:35 PM 600 Views
Have you seen any Dickens? *NM* Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:18:37 PM 568 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Maria - 17/06/2011 04:26:04 PM 1366 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:19:47 PM 1153 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Fred Gaidin - 19/06/2011 01:14:30 PM 1424 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:17:01 PM 1250 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Fred Gaidin - 22/06/2011 03:00:19 AM 1490 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? ranagrande - 19/06/2011 05:04:35 PM 1359 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 19/06/2011 05:06:18 PM 1412 Views
All of them. *NM* ranagrande - 19/06/2011 05:14:01 PM 536 Views
Are you sure? Camilla - 19/06/2011 05:34:26 PM 1268 Views
Yes. ranagrande - 19/06/2011 09:44:37 PM 1374 Views
YES smaug - 27/06/2011 09:20:50 PM 1303 Views
Camilla - 28/06/2011 09:34:27 AM 1487 Views
Re: smaug - 29/06/2011 10:51:37 AM 1489 Views
Droodiana Camilla - 29/06/2011 02:24:35 PM 1461 Views
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