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i *hate* dickens. temeraire Send a noteboard - 13/06/2011 05:45:05 PM

Have you read any Dickens?

What have you read?



yes - great expectations, tale or two cities (only read... the first page...) and one other one, don't remember the name

Have you heard of any (other) Dickens novels?


uh. sure? i tend to not think about them.

Why have you not read them?


boring, awful books.

What is your perception of Dickens?


horrid, terrible character development, horrible writing, boring ass descriptions. blech.

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


no.

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


dread. also, dreary.

that is not to say i dislike other older english lit. i love jane austen, virginia woolf and whatnot. i adore shakespeare... i mostly dislike classics anyway, though. ofrom everywhere. i hated moby dick. fully boring. it's why i wasn't an english major. i adore books and writing and whatnot. i have a ba in creative writing and a minor in latin american literature and culture... and one in linguistics. and an ma in ling. i studied old and middle english, old irish and old norse. i adore the ancient stories and tales and everything of that age. :) anyway.... yeah. i guess i'm not helping your class designing. though maybe you can figure out how to make dickens less terrible for your students. though i figure if you're teaching at a uni they actually want to take the course?
"it's like the real world, except there's dragons!"

cw, you are missed...
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Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 13/06/2011 04:46:11 PM 1628 Views
What the dickens?! Nate - 13/06/2011 05:04:20 PM 1206 Views
Re: What the dickens?! -->an expression to be found already in Shakespeare, actually. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:41:08 PM 1100 Views
Re: Pay Nate - 14/06/2011 06:13:33 PM 1151 Views
P.S. Shakespeare was probably a time traveller. *NM* Nate - 14/06/2011 06:16:30 PM 501 Views
Re: Pay Camilla - 14/06/2011 06:29:49 PM 1127 Views
I may have a lead Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:21:33 PM 1161 Views
But, of course. Palatine - 13/06/2011 05:13:20 PM 1154 Views
Re: But, of course. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:42:34 PM 1078 Views
Re: But, of course. Palatine - 14/06/2011 05:42:36 PM 1100 Views
Yes. Rebekah - 13/06/2011 05:19:05 PM 1140 Views
Re: Yes. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:45:04 PM 1209 Views
Re: Yes. Rebekah - 14/06/2011 09:01:07 PM 1193 Views
I'm gonna guess it varies widely. Legolas - 13/06/2011 05:22:33 PM 1233 Views
Re: I'm gonna guess it varies widely. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:46:41 PM 1115 Views
i *hate* dickens. temeraire - 13/06/2011 05:45:05 PM 1221 Views
Re: i *hate* dickens. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:48:28 PM 989 Views
sorry i didn't reply - forgot about this. temeraire - 25/06/2011 02:40:51 PM 1264 Views
Only for school. Great Expectations and Hard Times. The latter was dire. *NM* Tim - 13/06/2011 06:28:24 PM 549 Views
Hard Times is one of my favorite Dickens novels Larry - 13/06/2011 11:43:18 PM 1093 Views
Have you noticed how many Dickens titles would make good names for porn movies? Tom - 14/06/2011 03:29:30 AM 1065 Views
I am not a fan of Hard Times, either. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:49:02 PM 1099 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Darth_Katie - 13/06/2011 06:55:44 PM 1192 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:50:57 PM 1129 Views
Yes, but it's one concept! Darth_Katie - 14/06/2011 06:58:45 PM 1131 Views
That's easy. No. Wibble - 13/06/2011 07:13:59 PM 1157 Views
Re: That's easy. No. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:52:02 PM 1025 Views
Re: That's easy. No. Wibble - 14/06/2011 10:26:02 PM 1133 Views
Re: That's easy. No. Camilla - 14/06/2011 10:29:04 PM 1248 Views
Oh... jh - 13/06/2011 07:24:02 PM 1122 Views
Re: Oh... Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:53:15 PM 1104 Views
only great expectations Foxhead - 13/06/2011 09:37:39 PM 1072 Views
Re: only great expectations Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:54:29 PM 1196 Views
mmmm Foxhead - 14/06/2011 03:53:15 PM 1085 Views
Very un-dickensian answers Stephen - 13/06/2011 09:40:17 PM 1103 Views
Re: Very un-dickensian answers Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:56:34 PM 1239 Views
That was meant to be a pithy sarcastic comment. *NM* Stephen - 14/06/2011 06:17:45 PM 690 Views
Shocking. *NM* Camilla - 14/06/2011 06:26:09 PM 519 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 1120 Views
In which country? Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:59:04 PM 1131 Views
What in the dickens prompted this survey? Tom - 13/06/2011 11:15:19 PM 1185 Views
Re: What in the dickens prompted this survey? Camilla - 14/06/2011 03:02:22 PM 1215 Views
Can you please find that word? Tom - 15/06/2011 05:17:12 AM 1078 Views
Re: Can you please find that word? Camilla - 15/06/2011 08:05:58 AM 1161 Views
None of those. It was a thoroughly odd word. Tom - 15/06/2011 02:25:31 PM 1008 Views
I'm fairly well-read in this regard Larry - 13/06/2011 11:38:06 PM 1080 Views
Re: I'm fairly well-read in this regard Camilla - 14/06/2011 03:03:39 PM 1107 Views
Re: I'm fairly well-read in this regard Larry - 14/06/2011 04:59:11 PM 1072 Views
Re: I'm fairly well-read in this regard Camilla - 14/06/2011 05:03:36 PM 1197 Views
They are Larry - 14/06/2011 07:23:38 PM 1151 Views
Re: They are Camilla - 14/06/2011 09:18:38 PM 1059 Views
Some were, but most were short fictions or short novels Larry - 14/06/2011 11:09:53 PM 1073 Views
I'm considering picking up Our Mutual Friend. Yay or nay? *NM* RandAllThor - 15/06/2011 12:43:52 AM 1099 Views
Yes. It's one of his more complex and rewarding novels. Larry - 15/06/2011 01:19:51 AM 998 Views
It is good Camilla - 15/06/2011 07:50:56 AM 1164 Views
Yes nossy - 14/06/2011 12:23:19 AM 1165 Views
Re: Yes Camilla - 14/06/2011 03:05:08 PM 1104 Views
Yes Ryan - 14/06/2011 05:49:06 AM 1096 Views
Re: Yes Camilla - 14/06/2011 03:05:40 PM 1048 Views
Jacob - 14/06/2011 01:21:12 PM 1025 Views
Re: Camilla - 14/06/2011 03:07:19 PM 1120 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? ClubCaved - 14/06/2011 05:45:06 PM 1158 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 14/06/2011 06:24:49 PM 1050 Views
Edwin Drood Ending ClubCaved - 15/06/2011 03:55:01 PM 1078 Views
Garfield and Forsyte Camilla - 15/06/2011 05:12:20 PM 1131 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Werthead - 14/06/2011 08:35:41 PM 1129 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 14/06/2011 10:12:34 PM 1094 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? DrJacJacMcScrumptious - 15/06/2011 12:04:15 AM 978 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 15/06/2011 07:51:53 AM 1195 Views
A few works Praziquantel - 15/06/2011 07:05:56 AM 1094 Views
Re: A few works Camilla - 15/06/2011 08:12:35 AM 990 Views
Re: A few works Praziquantel - 15/06/2011 04:05:08 PM 1216 Views
Re: A few works Camilla - 15/06/2011 05:11:43 PM 1153 Views
What the Dickens? snoopcester - 15/06/2011 05:15:57 PM 996 Views
Re: What the Dickens? Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:18:10 PM 1121 Views
why bother/ They made them all into movies *NM* random thoughts - 15/06/2011 06:09:35 PM 512 Views
Have you seen any Dickens? *NM* Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:18:37 PM 491 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Maria - 17/06/2011 04:26:04 PM 1188 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:19:47 PM 988 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Fred Gaidin - 19/06/2011 01:14:30 PM 1246 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:17:01 PM 1113 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Fred Gaidin - 22/06/2011 03:00:19 AM 1319 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? ranagrande - 19/06/2011 05:04:35 PM 1207 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 19/06/2011 05:06:18 PM 1264 Views
All of them. *NM* ranagrande - 19/06/2011 05:14:01 PM 471 Views
Are you sure? Camilla - 19/06/2011 05:34:26 PM 1104 Views
Yes. ranagrande - 19/06/2011 09:44:37 PM 1227 Views
YES smaug - 27/06/2011 09:20:50 PM 1145 Views
Camilla - 28/06/2011 09:34:27 AM 1322 Views
Re: smaug - 29/06/2011 10:51:37 AM 1298 Views
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