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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 1822 Views
What the dickens?! Nate - 13/06/2011 05:04:20 PM 1422 Views
Re: What the dickens?! -->an expression to be found already in Shakespeare, actually. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:41:08 PM 1301 Views
Re: Pay Nate - 14/06/2011 06:13:33 PM 1351 Views
P.S. Shakespeare was probably a time traveller. *NM* Nate - 14/06/2011 06:16:30 PM 597 Views
Re: Pay Camilla - 14/06/2011 06:29:49 PM 1310 Views
I may have a lead Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:21:33 PM 1343 Views
But, of course. Palatine - 13/06/2011 05:13:20 PM 1351 Views
Re: But, of course. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:42:34 PM 1281 Views
Re: But, of course. Palatine - 14/06/2011 05:42:36 PM 1308 Views
Yes. Rebekah - 13/06/2011 05:19:05 PM 1334 Views
Re: Yes. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:45:04 PM 1425 Views
Re: Yes. Rebekah - 14/06/2011 09:01:07 PM 1402 Views
I'm gonna guess it varies widely. Legolas - 13/06/2011 05:22:33 PM 1460 Views
Re: I'm gonna guess it varies widely. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:46:41 PM 1309 Views
i *hate* dickens. temeraire - 13/06/2011 05:45:05 PM 1425 Views
Re: i *hate* dickens. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:48:28 PM 1177 Views
sorry i didn't reply - forgot about this. temeraire - 25/06/2011 02:40:51 PM 1453 Views
Only for school. Great Expectations and Hard Times. The latter was dire. *NM* Tim - 13/06/2011 06:28:24 PM 659 Views
Hard Times is one of my favorite Dickens novels Larry - 13/06/2011 11:43:18 PM 1275 Views
Have you noticed how many Dickens titles would make good names for porn movies? Tom - 14/06/2011 03:29:30 AM 1276 Views
I am not a fan of Hard Times, either. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:49:02 PM 1295 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Darth_Katie - 13/06/2011 06:55:44 PM 1411 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:50:57 PM 1313 Views
Yes, but it's one concept! Darth_Katie - 14/06/2011 06:58:45 PM 1361 Views
That's easy. No. Wibble - 13/06/2011 07:13:59 PM 1436 Views
Re: That's easy. No. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:52:02 PM 1231 Views
Re: That's easy. No. Wibble - 14/06/2011 10:26:02 PM 1405 Views
Re: That's easy. No. Camilla - 14/06/2011 10:29:04 PM 1427 Views
Oh... jh - 13/06/2011 07:24:02 PM 1331 Views
Re: Oh... Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:53:15 PM 1295 Views
only great expectations Foxhead - 13/06/2011 09:37:39 PM 1277 Views
Re: only great expectations Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:54:29 PM 1389 Views
mmmm Foxhead - 14/06/2011 03:53:15 PM 1276 Views
Very un-dickensian answers Stephen - 13/06/2011 09:40:17 PM 1301 Views
Re: Very un-dickensian answers Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:56:34 PM 1432 Views
That was meant to be a pithy sarcastic comment. *NM* Stephen - 14/06/2011 06:17:45 PM 785 Views
Shocking. *NM* Camilla - 14/06/2011 06:26:09 PM 617 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 1333 Views
In which country? Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:59:04 PM 1332 Views
What in the dickens prompted this survey? Tom - 13/06/2011 11:15:19 PM 1401 Views
Re: What in the dickens prompted this survey? Camilla - 14/06/2011 03:02:22 PM 1391 Views
Can you please find that word? Tom - 15/06/2011 05:17:12 AM 1283 Views
Re: Can you please find that word? Camilla - 15/06/2011 08:05:58 AM 1374 Views
None of those. It was a thoroughly odd word. Tom - 15/06/2011 02:25:31 PM 1196 Views
I'm fairly well-read in this regard Larry - 13/06/2011 11:38:06 PM 1305 Views
Re: I'm fairly well-read in this regard Camilla - 14/06/2011 03:03:39 PM 1321 Views
Re: I'm fairly well-read in this regard Larry - 14/06/2011 04:59:11 PM 1271 Views
Re: I'm fairly well-read in this regard Camilla - 14/06/2011 05:03:36 PM 1408 Views
They are Larry - 14/06/2011 07:23:38 PM 1361 Views
Re: They are Camilla - 14/06/2011 09:18:38 PM 1241 Views
Some were, but most were short fictions or short novels Larry - 14/06/2011 11:09:53 PM 1277 Views
I'm considering picking up Our Mutual Friend. Yay or nay? *NM* RandAllThor - 15/06/2011 12:43:52 AM 1287 Views
Yes. It's one of his more complex and rewarding novels. Larry - 15/06/2011 01:19:51 AM 1185 Views
It is good Camilla - 15/06/2011 07:50:56 AM 1358 Views
Yes nossy - 14/06/2011 12:23:19 AM 1365 Views
Re: Yes Camilla - 14/06/2011 03:05:08 PM 1299 Views
Yes Ryan - 14/06/2011 05:49:06 AM 1356 Views
Re: Yes Camilla - 14/06/2011 03:05:40 PM 1261 Views
Jacob - 14/06/2011 01:21:12 PM 1254 Views
Re: Camilla - 14/06/2011 03:07:19 PM 1301 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? ClubCaved - 14/06/2011 05:45:06 PM 1355 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 14/06/2011 06:24:49 PM 1245 Views
Edwin Drood Ending ClubCaved - 15/06/2011 03:55:01 PM 1261 Views
Garfield and Forsyte Camilla - 15/06/2011 05:12:20 PM 1342 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Werthead - 14/06/2011 08:35:41 PM 1317 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 14/06/2011 10:12:34 PM 1292 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? DrJacJacMcScrumptious - 15/06/2011 12:04:15 AM 1174 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 15/06/2011 07:51:53 AM 1419 Views
A few works Praziquantel - 15/06/2011 07:05:56 AM 1300 Views
Re: A few works Camilla - 15/06/2011 08:12:35 AM 1180 Views
Re: A few works Praziquantel - 15/06/2011 04:05:08 PM 1448 Views
Re: A few works Camilla - 15/06/2011 05:11:43 PM 1325 Views
What the Dickens? snoopcester - 15/06/2011 05:15:57 PM 1233 Views
Re: What the Dickens? Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:18:10 PM 1318 Views
why bother/ They made them all into movies *NM* random thoughts - 15/06/2011 06:09:35 PM 618 Views
Have you seen any Dickens? *NM* Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:18:37 PM 589 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Maria - 17/06/2011 04:26:04 PM 1403 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:19:47 PM 1194 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Fred Gaidin - 19/06/2011 01:14:30 PM 1463 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:17:01 PM 1292 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Fred Gaidin - 22/06/2011 03:00:19 AM 1529 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? ranagrande - 19/06/2011 05:04:35 PM 1405 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 19/06/2011 05:06:18 PM 1450 Views
All of them. *NM* ranagrande - 19/06/2011 05:14:01 PM 556 Views
Are you sure? Camilla - 19/06/2011 05:34:26 PM 1308 Views
Yes. ranagrande - 19/06/2011 09:44:37 PM 1404 Views
YES smaug - 27/06/2011 09:20:50 PM 1338 Views
Camilla - 28/06/2011 09:34:27 AM 1529 Views
Re: smaug - 29/06/2011 10:51:37 AM 1534 Views
Droodiana Camilla - 29/06/2011 02:24:35 PM 1498 Views
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