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What the dickens?! Nate Send a noteboard - 13/06/2011 05:04:20 PM
Have you read any Dickens?


I have not. I do own a copy of Oliver Twist though.

What have you read?

Have you heard of any (other) Dickens novels?


Just so. A Christmas Carol of course, everyone knows that one. At the moment I can also think of Bleak House, Great Expectations, A Tale of Two Cities, David Copperfield, Nicholas Nickleby, Hard Times, and The Mystery of Edwin Drood.

Why have you not read them?


They're not high enough on my priority list given my limited reading time. I have some interest in them given that they're classics, but not enough to get past that first thing. I was never given any as assigned reading in any classes, including several first and second year university English literature classes.

What is your perception of Dickens?


Wordy, likely because of how he wrote and was paid for the books. Lots of characters. And for some reason I think of chimney sweepers.

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


Multiple versionf of A Christmas Carol, and one version of Oliver Twist.

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


Chimney sweepers.
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Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 13/06/2011 04:46:11 PM 1639 Views
What the dickens?! Nate - 13/06/2011 05:04:20 PM 1216 Views
Re: What the dickens?! -->an expression to be found already in Shakespeare, actually. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:41:08 PM 1108 Views
Re: Pay Nate - 14/06/2011 06:13:33 PM 1162 Views
P.S. Shakespeare was probably a time traveller. *NM* Nate - 14/06/2011 06:16:30 PM 508 Views
Re: Pay Camilla - 14/06/2011 06:29:49 PM 1138 Views
I may have a lead Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:21:33 PM 1170 Views
But, of course. Palatine - 13/06/2011 05:13:20 PM 1168 Views
Re: But, of course. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:42:34 PM 1090 Views
Re: But, of course. Palatine - 14/06/2011 05:42:36 PM 1110 Views
Yes. Rebekah - 13/06/2011 05:19:05 PM 1148 Views
Re: Yes. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:45:04 PM 1219 Views
Re: Yes. Rebekah - 14/06/2011 09:01:07 PM 1200 Views
I'm gonna guess it varies widely. Legolas - 13/06/2011 05:22:33 PM 1241 Views
Re: I'm gonna guess it varies widely. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:46:41 PM 1126 Views
i *hate* dickens. temeraire - 13/06/2011 05:45:05 PM 1228 Views
Re: i *hate* dickens. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:48:28 PM 1000 Views
sorry i didn't reply - forgot about this. temeraire - 25/06/2011 02:40:51 PM 1276 Views
Only for school. Great Expectations and Hard Times. The latter was dire. *NM* Tim - 13/06/2011 06:28:24 PM 552 Views
Hard Times is one of my favorite Dickens novels Larry - 13/06/2011 11:43:18 PM 1100 Views
Have you noticed how many Dickens titles would make good names for porn movies? Tom - 14/06/2011 03:29:30 AM 1075 Views
I am not a fan of Hard Times, either. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:49:02 PM 1109 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Darth_Katie - 13/06/2011 06:55:44 PM 1202 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:50:57 PM 1140 Views
Yes, but it's one concept! Darth_Katie - 14/06/2011 06:58:45 PM 1142 Views
That's easy. No. Wibble - 13/06/2011 07:13:59 PM 1166 Views
Re: That's easy. No. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:52:02 PM 1033 Views
Re: That's easy. No. Wibble - 14/06/2011 10:26:02 PM 1163 Views
Re: That's easy. No. Camilla - 14/06/2011 10:29:04 PM 1258 Views
Oh... jh - 13/06/2011 07:24:02 PM 1133 Views
Re: Oh... Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:53:15 PM 1115 Views
only great expectations Foxhead - 13/06/2011 09:37:39 PM 1087 Views
Re: only great expectations Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:54:29 PM 1205 Views
mmmm Foxhead - 14/06/2011 03:53:15 PM 1094 Views
Very un-dickensian answers Stephen - 13/06/2011 09:40:17 PM 1113 Views
Re: Very un-dickensian answers Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:56:34 PM 1251 Views
That was meant to be a pithy sarcastic comment. *NM* Stephen - 14/06/2011 06:17:45 PM 695 Views
Shocking. *NM* Camilla - 14/06/2011 06:26:09 PM 524 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 1130 Views
In which country? Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:59:04 PM 1139 Views
What in the dickens prompted this survey? Tom - 13/06/2011 11:15:19 PM 1199 Views
Re: What in the dickens prompted this survey? Camilla - 14/06/2011 03:02:22 PM 1224 Views
Can you please find that word? Tom - 15/06/2011 05:17:12 AM 1090 Views
Re: Can you please find that word? Camilla - 15/06/2011 08:05:58 AM 1169 Views
None of those. It was a thoroughly odd word. Tom - 15/06/2011 02:25:31 PM 1019 Views
I'm fairly well-read in this regard Larry - 13/06/2011 11:38:06 PM 1093 Views
Re: I'm fairly well-read in this regard Camilla - 14/06/2011 03:03:39 PM 1116 Views
Re: I'm fairly well-read in this regard Larry - 14/06/2011 04:59:11 PM 1082 Views
Re: I'm fairly well-read in this regard Camilla - 14/06/2011 05:03:36 PM 1208 Views
They are Larry - 14/06/2011 07:23:38 PM 1158 Views
Re: They are Camilla - 14/06/2011 09:18:38 PM 1073 Views
Some were, but most were short fictions or short novels Larry - 14/06/2011 11:09:53 PM 1085 Views
I'm considering picking up Our Mutual Friend. Yay or nay? *NM* RandAllThor - 15/06/2011 12:43:52 AM 1108 Views
Yes. It's one of his more complex and rewarding novels. Larry - 15/06/2011 01:19:51 AM 1012 Views
It is good Camilla - 15/06/2011 07:50:56 AM 1173 Views
Yes nossy - 14/06/2011 12:23:19 AM 1175 Views
Re: Yes Camilla - 14/06/2011 03:05:08 PM 1116 Views
Yes Ryan - 14/06/2011 05:49:06 AM 1109 Views
Re: Yes Camilla - 14/06/2011 03:05:40 PM 1059 Views
Jacob - 14/06/2011 01:21:12 PM 1037 Views
Re: Camilla - 14/06/2011 03:07:19 PM 1129 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? ClubCaved - 14/06/2011 05:45:06 PM 1166 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 14/06/2011 06:24:49 PM 1061 Views
Edwin Drood Ending ClubCaved - 15/06/2011 03:55:01 PM 1087 Views
Garfield and Forsyte Camilla - 15/06/2011 05:12:20 PM 1139 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Werthead - 14/06/2011 08:35:41 PM 1137 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 14/06/2011 10:12:34 PM 1106 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? DrJacJacMcScrumptious - 15/06/2011 12:04:15 AM 993 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 15/06/2011 07:51:53 AM 1208 Views
A few works Praziquantel - 15/06/2011 07:05:56 AM 1106 Views
Re: A few works Camilla - 15/06/2011 08:12:35 AM 1005 Views
Re: A few works Praziquantel - 15/06/2011 04:05:08 PM 1230 Views
Re: A few works Camilla - 15/06/2011 05:11:43 PM 1161 Views
What the Dickens? snoopcester - 15/06/2011 05:15:57 PM 1007 Views
Re: What the Dickens? Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:18:10 PM 1131 Views
why bother/ They made them all into movies *NM* random thoughts - 15/06/2011 06:09:35 PM 519 Views
Have you seen any Dickens? *NM* Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:18:37 PM 495 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Maria - 17/06/2011 04:26:04 PM 1199 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:19:47 PM 997 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Fred Gaidin - 19/06/2011 01:14:30 PM 1257 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:17:01 PM 1121 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Fred Gaidin - 22/06/2011 03:00:19 AM 1330 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? ranagrande - 19/06/2011 05:04:35 PM 1219 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 19/06/2011 05:06:18 PM 1271 Views
All of them. *NM* ranagrande - 19/06/2011 05:14:01 PM 476 Views
Are you sure? Camilla - 19/06/2011 05:34:26 PM 1114 Views
Yes. ranagrande - 19/06/2011 09:44:37 PM 1236 Views
YES smaug - 27/06/2011 09:20:50 PM 1155 Views
Camilla - 28/06/2011 09:34:27 AM 1335 Views
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