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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 1873 Views
What the dickens?! Nate - 13/06/2011 05:04:20 PM 1460 Views
Re: What the dickens?! -->an expression to be found already in Shakespeare, actually. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:41:08 PM 1358 Views
Re: Pay Nate - 14/06/2011 06:13:33 PM 1407 Views
P.S. Shakespeare was probably a time traveller. *NM* Nate - 14/06/2011 06:16:30 PM 616 Views
Re: Pay Camilla - 14/06/2011 06:29:49 PM 1358 Views
I may have a lead Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:21:33 PM 1386 Views
But, of course. Palatine - 13/06/2011 05:13:20 PM 1394 Views
Re: But, of course. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:42:34 PM 1339 Views
Re: But, of course. Palatine - 14/06/2011 05:42:36 PM 1360 Views
Yes. Rebekah - 13/06/2011 05:19:05 PM 1385 Views
Re: Yes. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:45:04 PM 1498 Views
Re: Yes. Rebekah - 14/06/2011 09:01:07 PM 1452 Views
I'm gonna guess it varies widely. Legolas - 13/06/2011 05:22:33 PM 1504 Views
Re: I'm gonna guess it varies widely. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:46:41 PM 1351 Views
i *hate* dickens. temeraire - 13/06/2011 05:45:05 PM 1477 Views
Re: i *hate* dickens. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:48:28 PM 1226 Views
sorry i didn't reply - forgot about this. temeraire - 25/06/2011 02:40:51 PM 1496 Views
Only for school. Great Expectations and Hard Times. The latter was dire. *NM* Tim - 13/06/2011 06:28:24 PM 681 Views
Hard Times is one of my favorite Dickens novels Larry - 13/06/2011 11:43:18 PM 1327 Views
Have you noticed how many Dickens titles would make good names for porn movies? Tom - 14/06/2011 03:29:30 AM 1322 Views
I am not a fan of Hard Times, either. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:49:02 PM 1338 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Darth_Katie - 13/06/2011 06:55:44 PM 1466 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:50:57 PM 1365 Views
Yes, but it's one concept! Darth_Katie - 14/06/2011 06:58:45 PM 1426 Views
That's easy. No. Wibble - 13/06/2011 07:13:59 PM 1481 Views
Re: That's easy. No. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:52:02 PM 1277 Views
Re: That's easy. No. Wibble - 14/06/2011 10:26:02 PM 1453 Views
Re: That's easy. No. Camilla - 14/06/2011 10:29:04 PM 1476 Views
Oh... jh - 13/06/2011 07:24:02 PM 1380 Views
Re: Oh... Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:53:15 PM 1334 Views
only great expectations Foxhead - 13/06/2011 09:37:39 PM 1327 Views
Re: only great expectations Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:54:29 PM 1439 Views
mmmm Foxhead - 14/06/2011 03:53:15 PM 1319 Views
Very un-dickensian answers Stephen - 13/06/2011 09:40:17 PM 1354 Views
Re: Very un-dickensian answers Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:56:34 PM 1496 Views
That was meant to be a pithy sarcastic comment. *NM* Stephen - 14/06/2011 06:17:45 PM 812 Views
Shocking. *NM* Camilla - 14/06/2011 06:26:09 PM 639 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 1374 Views
In which country? Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:59:04 PM 1386 Views
What in the dickens prompted this survey? Tom - 13/06/2011 11:15:19 PM 1453 Views
Re: What in the dickens prompted this survey? Camilla - 14/06/2011 03:02:22 PM 1450 Views
Can you please find that word? Tom - 15/06/2011 05:17:12 AM 1332 Views
Re: Can you please find that word? Camilla - 15/06/2011 08:05:58 AM 1423 Views
None of those. It was a thoroughly odd word. Tom - 15/06/2011 02:25:31 PM 1244 Views
I'm fairly well-read in this regard Larry - 13/06/2011 11:38:06 PM 1356 Views
Re: I'm fairly well-read in this regard Camilla - 14/06/2011 03:03:39 PM 1362 Views
Re: I'm fairly well-read in this regard Larry - 14/06/2011 04:59:11 PM 1330 Views
Re: I'm fairly well-read in this regard Camilla - 14/06/2011 05:03:36 PM 1445 Views
They are Larry - 14/06/2011 07:23:38 PM 1415 Views
Re: They are Camilla - 14/06/2011 09:18:38 PM 1289 Views
Some were, but most were short fictions or short novels Larry - 14/06/2011 11:09:53 PM 1325 Views
I'm considering picking up Our Mutual Friend. Yay or nay? *NM* RandAllThor - 15/06/2011 12:43:52 AM 1342 Views
Yes. It's one of his more complex and rewarding novels. Larry - 15/06/2011 01:19:51 AM 1235 Views
It is good Camilla - 15/06/2011 07:50:56 AM 1408 Views
Yes nossy - 14/06/2011 12:23:19 AM 1418 Views
Re: Yes Camilla - 14/06/2011 03:05:08 PM 1344 Views
Yes Ryan - 14/06/2011 05:49:06 AM 1402 Views
Re: Yes Camilla - 14/06/2011 03:05:40 PM 1298 Views
Jacob - 14/06/2011 01:21:12 PM 1301 Views
Re: Camilla - 14/06/2011 03:07:19 PM 1350 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? ClubCaved - 14/06/2011 05:45:06 PM 1411 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 14/06/2011 06:24:49 PM 1289 Views
Edwin Drood Ending ClubCaved - 15/06/2011 03:55:01 PM 1323 Views
Garfield and Forsyte Camilla - 15/06/2011 05:12:20 PM 1390 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Werthead - 14/06/2011 08:35:41 PM 1358 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 14/06/2011 10:12:34 PM 1340 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? DrJacJacMcScrumptious - 15/06/2011 12:04:15 AM 1224 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 15/06/2011 07:51:53 AM 1471 Views
A few works Praziquantel - 15/06/2011 07:05:56 AM 1355 Views
Re: A few works Camilla - 15/06/2011 08:12:35 AM 1233 Views
Re: A few works Praziquantel - 15/06/2011 04:05:08 PM 1508 Views
Re: A few works Camilla - 15/06/2011 05:11:43 PM 1380 Views
What the Dickens? snoopcester - 15/06/2011 05:15:57 PM 1283 Views
Re: What the Dickens? Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:18:10 PM 1372 Views
why bother/ They made them all into movies *NM* random thoughts - 15/06/2011 06:09:35 PM 638 Views
Have you seen any Dickens? *NM* Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:18:37 PM 614 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Maria - 17/06/2011 04:26:04 PM 1462 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:19:47 PM 1232 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Fred Gaidin - 19/06/2011 01:14:30 PM 1521 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:17:01 PM 1347 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Fred Gaidin - 22/06/2011 03:00:19 AM 1574 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? ranagrande - 19/06/2011 05:04:35 PM 1456 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 19/06/2011 05:06:18 PM 1502 Views
All of them. *NM* ranagrande - 19/06/2011 05:14:01 PM 576 Views
Are you sure? Camilla - 19/06/2011 05:34:26 PM 1370 Views
Yes. ranagrande - 19/06/2011 09:44:37 PM 1453 Views
YES smaug - 27/06/2011 09:20:50 PM 1380 Views
Camilla - 28/06/2011 09:34:27 AM 1573 Views
Re: smaug - 29/06/2011 10:51:37 AM 1585 Views
Droodiana Camilla - 29/06/2011 02:24:35 PM 1538 Views
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