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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 1675 Views
What the dickens?! Nate - 13/06/2011 05:04:20 PM 1254 Views
Re: What the dickens?! -->an expression to be found already in Shakespeare, actually. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:41:08 PM 1142 Views
Re: Pay Nate - 14/06/2011 06:13:33 PM 1196 Views
P.S. Shakespeare was probably a time traveller. *NM* Nate - 14/06/2011 06:16:30 PM 520 Views
Re: Pay Camilla - 14/06/2011 06:29:49 PM 1170 Views
I may have a lead Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:21:33 PM 1205 Views
But, of course. Palatine - 13/06/2011 05:13:20 PM 1200 Views
Re: But, of course. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:42:34 PM 1124 Views
Re: But, of course. Palatine - 14/06/2011 05:42:36 PM 1145 Views
Yes. Rebekah - 13/06/2011 05:19:05 PM 1186 Views
Re: Yes. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:45:04 PM 1254 Views
Re: Yes. Rebekah - 14/06/2011 09:01:07 PM 1237 Views
I'm gonna guess it varies widely. Legolas - 13/06/2011 05:22:33 PM 1273 Views
Re: I'm gonna guess it varies widely. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:46:41 PM 1156 Views
i *hate* dickens. temeraire - 13/06/2011 05:45:05 PM 1268 Views
Re: i *hate* dickens. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:48:28 PM 1035 Views
sorry i didn't reply - forgot about this. temeraire - 25/06/2011 02:40:51 PM 1312 Views
Only for school. Great Expectations and Hard Times. The latter was dire. *NM* Tim - 13/06/2011 06:28:24 PM 568 Views
Hard Times is one of my favorite Dickens novels Larry - 13/06/2011 11:43:18 PM 1138 Views
Have you noticed how many Dickens titles would make good names for porn movies? Tom - 14/06/2011 03:29:30 AM 1111 Views
I am not a fan of Hard Times, either. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:49:02 PM 1145 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Darth_Katie - 13/06/2011 06:55:44 PM 1243 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:50:57 PM 1168 Views
Yes, but it's one concept! Darth_Katie - 14/06/2011 06:58:45 PM 1178 Views
That's easy. No. Wibble - 13/06/2011 07:13:59 PM 1202 Views
Re: That's easy. No. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:52:02 PM 1067 Views
Re: That's easy. No. Wibble - 14/06/2011 10:26:02 PM 1225 Views
Re: That's easy. No. Camilla - 14/06/2011 10:29:04 PM 1293 Views
Oh... jh - 13/06/2011 07:24:02 PM 1163 Views
Re: Oh... Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:53:15 PM 1151 Views
only great expectations Foxhead - 13/06/2011 09:37:39 PM 1128 Views
Re: only great expectations Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:54:29 PM 1238 Views
mmmm Foxhead - 14/06/2011 03:53:15 PM 1127 Views
Very un-dickensian answers Stephen - 13/06/2011 09:40:17 PM 1150 Views
Re: Very un-dickensian answers Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:56:34 PM 1281 Views
That was meant to be a pithy sarcastic comment. *NM* Stephen - 14/06/2011 06:17:45 PM 708 Views
Shocking. *NM* Camilla - 14/06/2011 06:26:09 PM 538 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 1164 Views
In which country? Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:59:04 PM 1173 Views
What in the dickens prompted this survey? Tom - 13/06/2011 11:15:19 PM 1231 Views
Re: What in the dickens prompted this survey? Camilla - 14/06/2011 03:02:22 PM 1259 Views
Can you please find that word? Tom - 15/06/2011 05:17:12 AM 1123 Views
Re: Can you please find that word? Camilla - 15/06/2011 08:05:58 AM 1202 Views
None of those. It was a thoroughly odd word. Tom - 15/06/2011 02:25:31 PM 1050 Views
I'm fairly well-read in this regard Larry - 13/06/2011 11:38:06 PM 1138 Views
Re: I'm fairly well-read in this regard Camilla - 14/06/2011 03:03:39 PM 1146 Views
Re: I'm fairly well-read in this regard Larry - 14/06/2011 04:59:11 PM 1117 Views
Re: I'm fairly well-read in this regard Camilla - 14/06/2011 05:03:36 PM 1238 Views
They are Larry - 14/06/2011 07:23:38 PM 1194 Views
Re: They are Camilla - 14/06/2011 09:18:38 PM 1102 Views
Some were, but most were short fictions or short novels Larry - 14/06/2011 11:09:53 PM 1116 Views
I'm considering picking up Our Mutual Friend. Yay or nay? *NM* RandAllThor - 15/06/2011 12:43:52 AM 1141 Views
Yes. It's one of his more complex and rewarding novels. Larry - 15/06/2011 01:19:51 AM 1045 Views
It is good Camilla - 15/06/2011 07:50:56 AM 1208 Views
Yes nossy - 14/06/2011 12:23:19 AM 1208 Views
Re: Yes Camilla - 14/06/2011 03:05:08 PM 1151 Views
Yes Ryan - 14/06/2011 05:49:06 AM 1203 Views
Re: Yes Camilla - 14/06/2011 03:05:40 PM 1089 Views
Jacob - 14/06/2011 01:21:12 PM 1067 Views
Re: Camilla - 14/06/2011 03:07:19 PM 1168 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? ClubCaved - 14/06/2011 05:45:06 PM 1198 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 14/06/2011 06:24:49 PM 1095 Views
Edwin Drood Ending ClubCaved - 15/06/2011 03:55:01 PM 1123 Views
Garfield and Forsyte Camilla - 15/06/2011 05:12:20 PM 1180 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Werthead - 14/06/2011 08:35:41 PM 1167 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 14/06/2011 10:12:34 PM 1135 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? DrJacJacMcScrumptious - 15/06/2011 12:04:15 AM 1022 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 15/06/2011 07:51:53 AM 1241 Views
A few works Praziquantel - 15/06/2011 07:05:56 AM 1139 Views
Re: A few works Camilla - 15/06/2011 08:12:35 AM 1040 Views
Re: A few works Praziquantel - 15/06/2011 04:05:08 PM 1304 Views
Re: A few works Camilla - 15/06/2011 05:11:43 PM 1198 Views
What the Dickens? snoopcester - 15/06/2011 05:15:57 PM 1041 Views
Re: What the Dickens? Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:18:10 PM 1166 Views
why bother/ They made them all into movies *NM* random thoughts - 15/06/2011 06:09:35 PM 539 Views
Have you seen any Dickens? *NM* Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:18:37 PM 509 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Maria - 17/06/2011 04:26:04 PM 1233 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:19:47 PM 1033 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Fred Gaidin - 19/06/2011 01:14:30 PM 1288 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:17:01 PM 1153 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Fred Gaidin - 22/06/2011 03:00:19 AM 1362 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? ranagrande - 19/06/2011 05:04:35 PM 1247 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 19/06/2011 05:06:18 PM 1299 Views
All of them. *NM* ranagrande - 19/06/2011 05:14:01 PM 491 Views
Are you sure? Camilla - 19/06/2011 05:34:26 PM 1149 Views
Yes. ranagrande - 19/06/2011 09:44:37 PM 1273 Views
YES smaug - 27/06/2011 09:20:50 PM 1189 Views
Camilla - 28/06/2011 09:34:27 AM 1369 Views
Re: smaug - 29/06/2011 10:51:37 AM 1343 Views
Droodiana Camilla - 29/06/2011 02:24:35 PM 1358 Views
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