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Re: What the dickens?! -->an expression to be found already in Shakespeare, actually. Camilla Send a noteboard - 14/06/2011 02:41:08 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.


I sympathise. I think a lot of teachers are hesitant about putting the good Dickens stuff on reading lists simply because they are so long. People keep reading A Christmas Carol, but not all that many others.

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.


When you say you know how he was paid, what do you mean?

I don't know where the chimney sweepers comes from.

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.


Interesting.
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Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 13/06/2011 04:46:11 PM 1593 Views
What the dickens?! Nate - 13/06/2011 05:04:20 PM 1169 Views
Re: What the dickens?! -->an expression to be found already in Shakespeare, actually. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:41:08 PM 1060 Views
Re: Pay Nate - 14/06/2011 06:13:33 PM 1114 Views
P.S. Shakespeare was probably a time traveller. *NM* Nate - 14/06/2011 06:16:30 PM 485 Views
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I may have a lead Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:21:33 PM 1117 Views
But, of course. Palatine - 13/06/2011 05:13:20 PM 1119 Views
Re: But, of course. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:42:34 PM 1031 Views
Re: But, of course. Palatine - 14/06/2011 05:42:36 PM 1064 Views
Yes. Rebekah - 13/06/2011 05:19:05 PM 1095 Views
Re: Yes. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:45:04 PM 1175 Views
Re: Yes. Rebekah - 14/06/2011 09:01:07 PM 1154 Views
I'm gonna guess it varies widely. Legolas - 13/06/2011 05:22:33 PM 1180 Views
Re: I'm gonna guess it varies widely. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:46:41 PM 1079 Views
i *hate* dickens. temeraire - 13/06/2011 05:45:05 PM 1179 Views
Re: i *hate* dickens. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:48:28 PM 967 Views
sorry i didn't reply - forgot about this. temeraire - 25/06/2011 02:40:51 PM 1227 Views
Only for school. Great Expectations and Hard Times. The latter was dire. *NM* Tim - 13/06/2011 06:28:24 PM 531 Views
Hard Times is one of my favorite Dickens novels Larry - 13/06/2011 11:43:18 PM 1057 Views
Have you noticed how many Dickens titles would make good names for porn movies? Tom - 14/06/2011 03:29:30 AM 1049 Views
I am not a fan of Hard Times, either. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:49:02 PM 1081 Views
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Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:50:57 PM 1086 Views
Yes, but it's one concept! Darth_Katie - 14/06/2011 06:58:45 PM 1090 Views
That's easy. No. Wibble - 13/06/2011 07:13:59 PM 1116 Views
Re: That's easy. No. Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:52:02 PM 990 Views
Re: That's easy. No. Wibble - 14/06/2011 10:26:02 PM 1096 Views
Re: That's easy. No. Camilla - 14/06/2011 10:29:04 PM 1208 Views
Oh... jh - 13/06/2011 07:24:02 PM 1083 Views
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only great expectations Foxhead - 13/06/2011 09:37:39 PM 1031 Views
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mmmm Foxhead - 14/06/2011 03:53:15 PM 1046 Views
Very un-dickensian answers Stephen - 13/06/2011 09:40:17 PM 1060 Views
Re: Very un-dickensian answers Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:56:34 PM 1207 Views
That was meant to be a pithy sarcastic comment. *NM* Stephen - 14/06/2011 06:17:45 PM 673 Views
Shocking. *NM* Camilla - 14/06/2011 06:26:09 PM 501 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 1078 Views
In which country? Camilla - 14/06/2011 02:59:04 PM 1092 Views
What in the dickens prompted this survey? Tom - 13/06/2011 11:15:19 PM 1145 Views
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Can you please find that word? Tom - 15/06/2011 05:17:12 AM 1038 Views
Re: Can you please find that word? Camilla - 15/06/2011 08:05:58 AM 1119 Views
None of those. It was a thoroughly odd word. Tom - 15/06/2011 02:25:31 PM 970 Views
I'm fairly well-read in this regard Larry - 13/06/2011 11:38:06 PM 1038 Views
Re: I'm fairly well-read in this regard Camilla - 14/06/2011 03:03:39 PM 1064 Views
Re: I'm fairly well-read in this regard Larry - 14/06/2011 04:59:11 PM 1031 Views
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They are Larry - 14/06/2011 07:23:38 PM 1116 Views
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Some were, but most were short fictions or short novels Larry - 14/06/2011 11:09:53 PM 1031 Views
I'm considering picking up Our Mutual Friend. Yay or nay? *NM* RandAllThor - 15/06/2011 12:43:52 AM 1060 Views
Yes. It's one of his more complex and rewarding novels. Larry - 15/06/2011 01:19:51 AM 958 Views
It is good Camilla - 15/06/2011 07:50:56 AM 1126 Views
Yes nossy - 14/06/2011 12:23:19 AM 1126 Views
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Re: Have you read anything by Charles Dickens? ClubCaved - 14/06/2011 05:45:06 PM 1118 Views
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A few works Praziquantel - 15/06/2011 07:05:56 AM 1057 Views
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Re: A few works Praziquantel - 15/06/2011 04:05:08 PM 1173 Views
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Re: What the Dickens? Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:18:10 PM 1077 Views
why bother/ They made them all into movies *NM* random thoughts - 15/06/2011 06:09:35 PM 491 Views
Have you seen any Dickens? *NM* Camilla - 19/06/2011 01:18:37 PM 473 Views
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All of them. *NM* ranagrande - 19/06/2011 05:14:01 PM 458 Views
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Yes. ranagrande - 19/06/2011 09:44:37 PM 1190 Views
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