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Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Fred Gaidin Send a noteboard - 19/06/2011 01:14:30 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.

Have you read any Dickens?

Yes

What have you read?

Great Expectations & A Tale of Two Cities (although that latter I read in high school and don't remember much of it)

Have you heard of any (other) Dickens novels?

Sure,Oliver Twist and David Copperfield off the top of my head. Plus he did A Christmas Carol and a similar story about and insect and a hearth I think.

Why have you not read them?

If I made excusses for every book I haven't read I would do nothing else.

What is your perception of Dickens?

A bit on the dry side. I remember reading an abridged version of Great Expectations in high school and enjoying it, but I found the full novel to be much drier when I read it years later.

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

A Christmas Carol, and I wouldn't be surprised if I have seen something else, but I don't recall for sure. Maybe Oliver Twist in school?

Pick one word that you connect with Dickens. What is it?

Dry.
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Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 13/06/2011 04:46:11 PM 1750 Views
What the dickens?! Nate - 13/06/2011 05:04:20 PM 1337 Views
Re: What the dickens?! -->an expression to be found already in Shakespeare, actually. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:41:08 PM 1220 Views
Re: Pay Nate - 14/06/2011 06:13:33 PM 1274 Views
P.S. Shakespeare was probably a time traveller. *NM* Nate - 14/06/2011 06:16:30 PM 558 Views
Re: Pay Camilla - 14/06/2011 06:29:49 PM 1242 Views
I may have a lead Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:21:33 PM 1270 Views
But, of course. Palatine - 13/06/2011 05:13:20 PM 1269 Views
Re: But, of course. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:42:34 PM 1204 Views
Re: But, of course. Palatine - 14/06/2011 05:42:36 PM 1223 Views
Yes. Rebekah - 13/06/2011 05:19:05 PM 1269 Views
Re: Yes. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:45:04 PM 1346 Views
Re: Yes. Rebekah - 14/06/2011 09:01:07 PM 1322 Views
I'm gonna guess it varies widely. Legolas - 13/06/2011 05:22:33 PM 1354 Views
Re: I'm gonna guess it varies widely. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:46:41 PM 1227 Views
i *hate* dickens. temeraire - 13/06/2011 05:45:05 PM 1349 Views
Re: i *hate* dickens. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:48:28 PM 1102 Views
sorry i didn't reply - forgot about this. temeraire - 25/06/2011 02:40:51 PM 1384 Views
Only for school. Great Expectations and Hard Times. The latter was dire. *NM* Tim - 13/06/2011 06:28:24 PM 619 Views
Hard Times is one of my favorite Dickens novels Larry - 13/06/2011 11:43:18 PM 1214 Views
Have you noticed how many Dickens titles would make good names for porn movies? Tom - 14/06/2011 03:29:30 AM 1199 Views
I am not a fan of Hard Times, either. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:49:02 PM 1232 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Darth_Katie - 13/06/2011 06:55:44 PM 1322 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:50:57 PM 1241 Views
Yes, but it's one concept! Darth_Katie - 14/06/2011 06:58:45 PM 1268 Views
That's easy. No. Wibble - 13/06/2011 07:13:59 PM 1309 Views
Re: That's easy. No. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:52:02 PM 1161 Views
Re: That's easy. No. Wibble - 14/06/2011 10:26:02 PM 1319 Views
Re: That's easy. No. Camilla - 14/06/2011 10:29:04 PM 1361 Views
Oh... jh - 13/06/2011 07:24:02 PM 1243 Views
Re: Oh... Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:53:15 PM 1229 Views
only great expectations Foxhead - 13/06/2011 09:37:39 PM 1197 Views
Re: only great expectations Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:54:29 PM 1313 Views
mmmm Foxhead - 14/06/2011 03:53:15 PM 1194 Views
Very un-dickensian answers Stephen - 13/06/2011 09:40:17 PM 1223 Views
Re: Very un-dickensian answers Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:56:34 PM 1357 Views
That was meant to be a pithy sarcastic comment. *NM* Stephen - 14/06/2011 06:17:45 PM 744 Views
Shocking. *NM* Camilla - 14/06/2011 06:26:09 PM 575 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 1246 Views
In which country? Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:59:04 PM 1253 Views
What in the dickens prompted this survey? Tom - 13/06/2011 11:15:19 PM 1323 Views
Re: What in the dickens prompted this survey? Camilla - 14/06/2011 03:02:22 PM 1333 Views
Can you please find that word? Tom - 15/06/2011 05:17:12 AM 1212 Views
Re: Can you please find that word? Camilla - 15/06/2011 08:05:58 AM 1292 Views
None of those. It was a thoroughly odd word. Tom - 15/06/2011 02:25:31 PM 1120 Views
I'm fairly well-read in this regard Larry - 13/06/2011 11:38:06 PM 1233 Views
Re: I'm fairly well-read in this regard Camilla - 14/06/2011 03:03:39 PM 1243 Views
Re: I'm fairly well-read in this regard Larry - 14/06/2011 04:59:11 PM 1193 Views
Re: I'm fairly well-read in this regard Camilla - 14/06/2011 05:03:36 PM 1321 Views
They are Larry - 14/06/2011 07:23:38 PM 1282 Views
Re: They are Camilla - 14/06/2011 09:18:38 PM 1170 Views
Some were, but most were short fictions or short novels Larry - 14/06/2011 11:09:53 PM 1201 Views
I'm considering picking up Our Mutual Friend. Yay or nay? *NM* RandAllThor - 15/06/2011 12:43:52 AM 1220 Views
Yes. It's one of his more complex and rewarding novels. Larry - 15/06/2011 01:19:51 AM 1114 Views
It is good Camilla - 15/06/2011 07:50:56 AM 1284 Views
Yes nossy - 14/06/2011 12:23:19 AM 1282 Views
Re: Yes Camilla - 14/06/2011 03:05:08 PM 1224 Views
Yes Ryan - 14/06/2011 05:49:06 AM 1275 Views
Re: Yes Camilla - 14/06/2011 03:05:40 PM 1170 Views
Jacob - 14/06/2011 01:21:12 PM 1147 Views
Re: Camilla - 14/06/2011 03:07:19 PM 1234 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? ClubCaved - 14/06/2011 05:45:06 PM 1276 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 14/06/2011 06:24:49 PM 1180 Views
Edwin Drood Ending ClubCaved - 15/06/2011 03:55:01 PM 1192 Views
Garfield and Forsyte Camilla - 15/06/2011 05:12:20 PM 1254 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Werthead - 14/06/2011 08:35:41 PM 1238 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 14/06/2011 10:12:34 PM 1212 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? DrJacJacMcScrumptious - 15/06/2011 12:04:15 AM 1103 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 15/06/2011 07:51:53 AM 1344 Views
A few works Praziquantel - 15/06/2011 07:05:56 AM 1230 Views
Re: A few works Camilla - 15/06/2011 08:12:35 AM 1116 Views
Re: A few works Praziquantel - 15/06/2011 04:05:08 PM 1374 Views
Re: A few works Camilla - 15/06/2011 05:11:43 PM 1271 Views
What the Dickens? snoopcester - 15/06/2011 05:15:57 PM 1172 Views
Re: What the Dickens? Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:18:10 PM 1251 Views
why bother/ They made them all into movies *NM* random thoughts - 15/06/2011 06:09:35 PM 583 Views
Have you seen any Dickens? *NM* Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:18:37 PM 553 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Maria - 17/06/2011 04:26:04 PM 1322 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:19:47 PM 1103 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Fred Gaidin - 19/06/2011 01:14:30 PM 1397 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:17:01 PM 1224 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Fred Gaidin - 22/06/2011 03:00:19 AM 1453 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? ranagrande - 19/06/2011 05:04:35 PM 1327 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 19/06/2011 05:06:18 PM 1373 Views
All of them. *NM* ranagrande - 19/06/2011 05:14:01 PM 525 Views
Are you sure? Camilla - 19/06/2011 05:34:26 PM 1227 Views
Yes. ranagrande - 19/06/2011 09:44:37 PM 1347 Views
YES smaug - 27/06/2011 09:20:50 PM 1265 Views
Camilla - 28/06/2011 09:34:27 AM 1446 Views
Re: smaug - 29/06/2011 10:51:37 AM 1448 Views
Droodiana Camilla - 29/06/2011 02:24:35 PM 1432 Views
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