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Jacob Send a noteboard - 14/06/2011 01:21:12 PM
I've read most of his novels, plus A CHRISTMAS CAROL, with the exception of not yet reading EDWIN DROOD.

My personal favorite, at the moment at least, is BLEAK HOUSE.

Dickens was a master story teller, but his work was a bit uneven, which I attest mostly to him being a installation writer, being paid by the word. A lot of the stories that were published as a regular installment in a periodical just sometimes stretch and wander a bit. Still, there are large segments of his works that are simply brilliant examples of story, setting, and character.
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Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 13/06/2011 04:46:11 PM 1562 Views
What the dickens?! Nate - 13/06/2011 05:04:20 PM 1137 Views
Re: What the dickens?! -->an expression to be found already in Shakespeare, actually. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:41:08 PM 1033 Views
Re: Pay Nate - 14/06/2011 06:13:33 PM 1089 Views
P.S. Shakespeare was probably a time traveller. *NM* Nate - 14/06/2011 06:16:30 PM 474 Views
Re: Pay Camilla - 14/06/2011 06:29:49 PM 1064 Views
I may have a lead Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:21:33 PM 1089 Views
But, of course. Palatine - 13/06/2011 05:13:20 PM 1091 Views
Re: But, of course. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:42:34 PM 1003 Views
Re: But, of course. Palatine - 14/06/2011 05:42:36 PM 1041 Views
Yes. Rebekah - 13/06/2011 05:19:05 PM 1066 Views
Re: Yes. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:45:04 PM 1149 Views
Re: Yes. Rebekah - 14/06/2011 09:01:07 PM 1127 Views
I'm gonna guess it varies widely. Legolas - 13/06/2011 05:22:33 PM 1147 Views
Re: I'm gonna guess it varies widely. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:46:41 PM 1052 Views
i *hate* dickens. temeraire - 13/06/2011 05:45:05 PM 1149 Views
Re: i *hate* dickens. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:48:28 PM 948 Views
sorry i didn't reply - forgot about this. temeraire - 25/06/2011 02:40:51 PM 1201 Views
Only for school. Great Expectations and Hard Times. The latter was dire. *NM* Tim - 13/06/2011 06:28:24 PM 522 Views
Hard Times is one of my favorite Dickens novels Larry - 13/06/2011 11:43:18 PM 1029 Views
Have you noticed how many Dickens titles would make good names for porn movies? Tom - 14/06/2011 03:29:30 AM 1031 Views
I am not a fan of Hard Times, either. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:49:02 PM 1060 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Darth_Katie - 13/06/2011 06:55:44 PM 1133 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:50:57 PM 1060 Views
Yes, but it's one concept! Darth_Katie - 14/06/2011 06:58:45 PM 1066 Views
That's easy. No. Wibble - 13/06/2011 07:13:59 PM 1086 Views
Re: That's easy. No. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:52:02 PM 962 Views
Re: That's easy. No. Wibble - 14/06/2011 10:26:02 PM 1066 Views
Re: That's easy. No. Camilla - 14/06/2011 10:29:04 PM 1181 Views
Oh... jh - 13/06/2011 07:24:02 PM 1053 Views
Re: Oh... Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:53:15 PM 1045 Views
only great expectations Foxhead - 13/06/2011 09:37:39 PM 1007 Views
Re: only great expectations Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:54:29 PM 1131 Views
mmmm Foxhead - 14/06/2011 03:53:15 PM 1026 Views
Very un-dickensian answers Stephen - 13/06/2011 09:40:17 PM 1034 Views
Re: Very un-dickensian answers Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:56:34 PM 1182 Views
That was meant to be a pithy sarcastic comment. *NM* Stephen - 14/06/2011 06:17:45 PM 661 Views
Shocking. *NM* Camilla - 14/06/2011 06:26:09 PM 488 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 1054 Views
In which country? Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:59:04 PM 1068 Views
What in the dickens prompted this survey? Tom - 13/06/2011 11:15:19 PM 1119 Views
Re: What in the dickens prompted this survey? Camilla - 14/06/2011 03:02:22 PM 1135 Views
Can you please find that word? Tom - 15/06/2011 05:17:12 AM 1009 Views
Re: Can you please find that word? Camilla - 15/06/2011 08:05:58 AM 1095 Views
None of those. It was a thoroughly odd word. Tom - 15/06/2011 02:25:31 PM 940 Views
I'm fairly well-read in this regard Larry - 13/06/2011 11:38:06 PM 1010 Views
Re: I'm fairly well-read in this regard Camilla - 14/06/2011 03:03:39 PM 1040 Views
Re: I'm fairly well-read in this regard Larry - 14/06/2011 04:59:11 PM 1001 Views
Re: I'm fairly well-read in this regard Camilla - 14/06/2011 05:03:36 PM 1133 Views
They are Larry - 14/06/2011 07:23:38 PM 1090 Views
Re: They are Camilla - 14/06/2011 09:18:38 PM 994 Views
Some were, but most were short fictions or short novels Larry - 14/06/2011 11:09:53 PM 996 Views
I'm considering picking up Our Mutual Friend. Yay or nay? *NM* RandAllThor - 15/06/2011 12:43:52 AM 1027 Views
Yes. It's one of his more complex and rewarding novels. Larry - 15/06/2011 01:19:51 AM 930 Views
It is good Camilla - 15/06/2011 07:50:56 AM 1101 Views
Yes nossy - 14/06/2011 12:23:19 AM 1093 Views
Re: Yes Camilla - 14/06/2011 03:05:08 PM 1034 Views
Yes Ryan - 14/06/2011 05:49:06 AM 1024 Views
Re: Yes Camilla - 14/06/2011 03:05:40 PM 982 Views
Jacob - 14/06/2011 01:21:12 PM 951 Views
Re: Camilla - 14/06/2011 03:07:19 PM 1081 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? ClubCaved - 14/06/2011 05:45:06 PM 1089 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 14/06/2011 06:24:49 PM 977 Views
Edwin Drood Ending ClubCaved - 15/06/2011 03:55:01 PM 1036 Views
Garfield and Forsyte Camilla - 15/06/2011 05:12:20 PM 1066 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Werthead - 14/06/2011 08:35:41 PM 1063 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 14/06/2011 10:12:34 PM 1021 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? DrJacJacMcScrumptious - 15/06/2011 12:04:15 AM 916 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 15/06/2011 07:51:53 AM 1123 Views
A few works Praziquantel - 15/06/2011 07:05:56 AM 1035 Views
Re: A few works Camilla - 15/06/2011 08:12:35 AM 927 Views
Re: A few works Praziquantel - 15/06/2011 04:05:08 PM 1149 Views
Re: A few works Camilla - 15/06/2011 05:11:43 PM 1078 Views
What the Dickens? snoopcester - 15/06/2011 05:15:57 PM 923 Views
Re: What the Dickens? Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:18:10 PM 1049 Views
why bother/ They made them all into movies *NM* random thoughts - 15/06/2011 06:09:35 PM 479 Views
Have you seen any Dickens? *NM* Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:18:37 PM 457 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Maria - 17/06/2011 04:26:04 PM 1118 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:19:47 PM 915 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Fred Gaidin - 19/06/2011 01:14:30 PM 1173 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:17:01 PM 1054 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Fred Gaidin - 22/06/2011 03:00:19 AM 1246 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? ranagrande - 19/06/2011 05:04:35 PM 1154 Views
Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 19/06/2011 05:06:18 PM 1200 Views
All of them. *NM* ranagrande - 19/06/2011 05:14:01 PM 443 Views
Are you sure? Camilla - 19/06/2011 05:34:26 PM 1026 Views
Yes. ranagrande - 19/06/2011 09:44:37 PM 1155 Views
YES smaug - 27/06/2011 09:20:50 PM 1076 Views
Camilla - 28/06/2011 09:34:27 AM 1250 Views
Re: smaug - 29/06/2011 10:51:37 AM 1235 Views
Droodiana Camilla - 29/06/2011 02:24:35 PM 1245 Views
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